y backed again

th weaponized against the weak-was waving a printed photo in the girl's face, and Melody w

rning. Blurry, zoomed-in. Melod

he edge of the crowd

rd enough to send her stumbling into the fount

with that particular quality of presence. He arrived with his mes

rd him. "Tell them

is arm. "She's been stalking y

quad held

desperate trust-the face of someone who has given another person all t

ked at

is," he said clearly. Ca

elody wasn't words. It was q

her like she was a pu

and dumped it into the fountain. When she r

n mo

g forearm, and used the girl's own momentum to yank he

went very,

o has never in her life been physically opposed, sud

he hissed. "Do yo

the distance

said. Barely a breath

pupils

zing it for three months. I know the exact numbers." She watched Blair's face drain of color and k

hing impossible-a nobody who somehow h

ng only slightly. She spun and walked away fast, he

owd di

still on her knees in the foun

ening. No cushion. "He threw you to them

d, hollow-ey

drenaline drain from her body, replaced by a deep, cold dread. Sh

stare before

e science building

dy

at, the way she'd stood alone in the center of the aftermath. His eyes, usual

ent. Not c

ng

nger and tapped

. T

dging something it h

. She stared at the screen of her dead phone the e

his name today, the Blair Sutton prob