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"Why aren’t you awake?" I asked, struggling to redirecthis way toseismic activity at each point of contact

I really hated to interrupt, but … "Reyes, are you listening toat the corners of his "

"To what? The sound of blood rushing to your nether regions?"

"No," he said with a husky chuckle that le everywhere "To your heartbeat" He leaned in again, began the aerial assault again

"Seriously, Reyes, how did you get hurt?"

"Painfully," he whispered into my ear

My chest constricted with his answer "Ti the irl parts

He twisted his hand around and wound his fingers intoh ?"

A burst of laughter escaped before I could stop it "Reyes," I said in ad er on his shoulder and nudged "Let me rephrase that You need to talk Please tell me what happened Why are you unconscious?"

He let out a slow breath and leaned back to focus his liquid brown eyes on mine "I told you last week, they found me"

"The de I want," he said, his eyes raking over my body, "but perhaps for different reasons"

He’d explained before that they wanted o to such lengths "Are you still alive?"

"My corporeal body is like yours It’s harder to kill, much harder, than most humans’"

Relief flooded every cell inon Exactly"

"Exactly Okay, they’re waiting for exactly one of two things to happen"

"Which are?"