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"Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, that's what they called her. A time bomb.Tick, tick, tick."
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"Dammit, Gage. What the hell were you thinking?'I wasn't, he shouts. 'I was upset she wanted to stay, and I lost it.Ethan scoffs. 'Yeah, you did.'I'm an idiot.'Yeah, you are.'Shut up."
"Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesn't care, because if it did, it would've reversed."
"It hurts, Summer cries, head shaking back and forth. 'Please, make it stop. Sweat beads on her forehead.'What hurts? Cameron asks.'My eyes.Summer's eyes open. Everyone gasps. They're no longer blue; they appear bionic, like a circuit board's inside her eyes. Panicked now, Summer reaches for her face. 'What is it? What's wrong?"
"What's with savage humans always wanting to cannibalize us? Jaden asks as she runs past Summer to check for any more of the Tainted around the corner.'They want to suck your blood, Rob says in a Romanian accent.Jaden snorts. Too bad humor won't help them out of this mess."
"What are you doing? Egnatious asked, eyebrows furrowed as he watched Gabriella do a flip.Firen mimicked Gabriella and turned to Egnatious. 'Fun times. Go with it. She didn't even crack a smile, though her body language said she was laughing on the inside.Instead of following their act, Egnatious simply dove for an outcrop just as it began moving away. He nearly lost his balance, but Firen caught his flailing arms.'Are you having a seizure or something? she jested, displaying a rare vein of humor.Egnatious sent her a queasy glare."
"He holds her with the strength of a million-man army, but with all the tenderness of her heart lying naked in the palms of his hands."
"He smiles at her before ever opening his eyes. The innocence in his face ensnares. Wraps her heart in a cocoon.They did this to him. The Society. Constructed that smile with malicious expectations. Now she must rip it off his face. Because she doesn't deserve his love. Or Gage's. This madness coils around her throat, darkening every inch of her soul."
"Why won't you look at me? she murmurs.He doesn't speak, seemingly at a loss for words.'It's my scars. It comes out as barely a whisper.Horror spasms across his face. 'What? No, he says, a bit breathless. 'You're beautiful. All of you."
"Her gaze travels back to the lie twisted in a tempest of mud and blood. She witnesses the culmination of her recklessness through a curved lens. Absorbed in life uncoiling, unaware of the world beyond this ridge. His light hair, darkened by rain. His stiff shoulders, full of pain. The vision poisoned with truth. With rust-stained hues."
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