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I squeezed my eyes shut once more as I flinched The fear and pain, I could al, the terror was a haunting shadow Even with Luc, who had been there and seen the aftermath, I wasn’t ready to talk about any of that

"I know you don’t want to talk about that," he said quietly, squeezingin a shaky breath, I opened h mine I pushed those memories aside to dwell on later, because I kneould the moment I was alone "What did Micah say to you? He whispered soaze dropped to our joined hands, and a moment passed "Just more insanity, Peaches That is all"

Just more insanity? I didn’t believe it I’d seen the way Luc had reacted Micah had said so to him I pulled ers curled around my knees "What do we do now?"

His eyes found ht now We can watch that"

"That’s not what I’ about"

"I know" He leaned towardwe can do other than live with the pro it may not come That’s the best you can do Best we can do"

I stared at him "Sometimes you soundwise"

"What did I tell you? I’hed "We do whatever we normally do This stuff that happened? It cannot rule your life, controlling every waking second If you let that happen, then what’s the point?"

I stared at hirin appeared "It won’t be easy, but I have a lot of practice when it co the stupid, the inane, and the is were up in the air, but it was going to have to be a day-by-day thing

"I’ve been thinking about everything," he said after a moment

I tensed "That’s a loaded statement"

"It is" There was a pause "Have you?"

I knehat he was talking about Who I really was What I may have ht Him Me Half naked

"I have," I admitted

Luc placed his hand on the bed besideI want to make clear between us Okay?"

"Okay"

"I know you’re Evie now I knew that the moment you walked into Foretoken You looked like Nadia, you sounded like her, but I always knew you weren’t her Not any on tothere "Nadia ho you were Evie is who you are now"

I sed hard "Do you knoho the real Evie was? She did exist, Luc I was given her nahter She died in a car accident I’m not--"

"You’re not that Evie You are you" He lifted his other hand and caught a piece of my hair that caered there for the briefest moment "And you know yourself as Evie That’s all that ainst the sudden rush of tears "Is it really that si it that si was norain "I can’t take back what I already know and I" This was a big thing that was hard to admit "I want to know more about htly "Are you sure about that?"

I nodded "I am"

"Then we can do that," his said, his voice just as soft as mine "You Me Zoe The three of us can do that, but I want you to know that you are real"

The knot returned to ed around insidesuddenly, I wrapped my arms around Luc The action obviously surprised him, because he froze That lasted only for about a second before his arht to hiainst his chest "Thank you"

"For what, Peaches?"

I let out a hoarse laugh "I feel like there’s a long list"

His hand s around the nape ofyou need to thank me for"

There was so much, probably too much based on the way the back ofto sense that I needed physical space at the moment, and I did The truth to who I used to be was still a messy ball of emotion One that would be unraveled with a little bit of time, but maybe never completely

There was a knock on the door, and a second later it opened Mo for her to whip out a gun Her gaze moved from me to him "You know, Luc You could’ve just used the front door"

"I could have," he replied smoothly "But where’s the fun in that?"

"Hmm" She took a deep breath and seemed to prepare herself for what she said next "Why don’t you guys co lunch"