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He stopped and turned to ot Rocket’s attention faster than the rily

I stepped closer, not wanting to lose hih the haunted halls of the asylum "Mimi Anne Jacobs Her maiden na as if he were a search engine scouring the recesses of his own mind for information He stopped and looked back at me "No Not her time yet"

Relief washed over me, and I braced myself for the next na else about Mi a hand on his arood measure, I asked, "Rocket, what do you know about Rey’aziel?"

His lips pressed together and he stood motionless for a heartbeat, two, then leaned into me and said quietly, "It shouldn’t be here, Miss Charlotte"

Rocket had said that before when I asked about Reyes Farrow Apparently, he knew they were one and the saly and whispered, "Why?"

His face transformed "Miss Charlotte, I told you" He chastised me with a scowl that looked more like a pout "He should never have been a boy named Reyes He’s Rey’aziel He should never have been born at all"

I’d also heard that before "Rocket, is his corporeal body still alive?"

He bit his lower lip in thought before answering "The boy Reyes is still here, but he broke the rules, Miss Charlotte No breaking rules," he said, wagging a finger in warning

Once again, I breathed a little easier I was terrified Reyes’s body would pass before I could find hi him petrified me

"Martians can’t become human just because they want to drink our water," he continued

"So, Rey’aziel wanted our water?" I was trying so hard to understand hisabout Rocket was easy

His boyish eyes focused on"He still does," he said, his fingers brushing over my cheek "He wants it more than air"

I breathed in softly Rocket rarely seemed so lucid, so rational So poetic "Reyes said once he was born for me, to be with me Is that what scares you, Rocket? Are you afraid for me?"

"It’s Rey’aziel, Miss Charlotte Of course, I’m afraid for you I’m afraid for everyone"