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dow had faded from gray to a deep, br

ke the silence. Then another. The sound

luxurious bedroom. She would be co

e must be cheap, Momma," she'

rrow. She'd blame the laundry detergent, the bedsheets, anything but

stopped, replaced by a low, frustrated groan tha

from beneath the skin. The first of the red blotches would be appearing on

he cot, my senses on h

rs. It

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itched and full of agony. It was followed by the c

ry, "Kandace! Kandace,

ow smile spreading acr

rom her room down the hall. Then frantic footsteps, and Dr. Miller's voice,

ysterically. "What

then I saw it-no, I knew. Adeline. It had to

on't even remember kicking it in, but it flew inward, crashing against the wall. I stood in t

t, and slammed her against the wall. The thud jarr

"Brother," she said, her voice soft and raspy, "what are you talking about

eded. My grip tightened. "The antidote!" I bellowed

w anything about an antidote." Then a pause, deliberate, cruel

oosened on her shirt. The rage in my chest was drown

e

desperate. I stared at her, and the truth sank in like a stone. I'd locked the

s he's made a fatal mistake. I watched the power shift in her eyes-fr

ight then, th