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I frowned "What about him?"

She lifted a brow "You were out for a few moments, but he was upset about how hurt you were, and froather from Emery, Luc is never not chill He pretty much operates on calm and calmer"

I didn’t kno to respond to that Mainly because I had no idea what I thought when it came to Luc I was all over the place

Heidi leaned into s are kind of really bizarre now, aren’t they?"

I laughed dryly "My lowing?"

"It’s probably a good thing"

"Yeah" I dragged an to wonder why exactly she soundeda trace I was hu?

About an hour later Emery and a very reluctant Grayson drove me back to my car They followed me home Emery stayed, and a few minutes later Heidi showed up By then there was just an occasional twinge of pain in ured that for once her ever-increasing late nights were a blessing The girls stayed until the sun set They didn’t say it, but I knew they were there because of what had happened

Once they left, I went toat led Arum What I learned was that arum was actually an arrow-shaped plant that so about aliens

And that wasn’t at all helpful

I went several pages deep on the search, and stuff really just got weird at that point I didn’t knohat I was expecting to find An in-depth explanation of the different types of aliens? If there really were aliens called Aruovernment didn’t want us to know about the for

I closed e of the bed, and then II just sat there, staring at the corkboard of photos above my desk They were pictures of my friends and me Halloween Christmas Random shots Soo

Luc had been right

Everything had changed

And now there was a guy out there--a superpowerful Origin who had a et to him

I almost couldn’t believe any of it happened, that it was happening Souy had come after me, had killed because--

I sucked in a sharp breath as I closedto come back? A chill curled downwashed over me He’d been in my house, in this room while I slept--while my mother slept down the hall

He’dtouched ht it was a dreaain? I knew that if he wanted to kill me, he could I’d seen what Luc was capable of, and if this Origin was half as powerful, I didn’t stand a chance

Icy terror pooled in my sto and fast, but

Dropping edly I could sit here all night and worry about the Origin, but it wasn’t the only concern My throat constricted I knew so oing to be easy, but ould believe aze drifted to ?

The hts, I squirmed with unease, because of course she did I knew she did She worked for the Daedalus, but she conveniently left out the whole part about healing humans and a whole other alien race when she’d toldsecret?

I snatched a thick bobby pin offit into a bun and then shoving the bobby pin in I started to grab h

Are you awake?

It was that unknown nuain, and my lips parted on a soft inhale It was Luc One of these days I just ht add hi

I jolted Incocame from my bedroom

"No way," I whispered, eyes wide