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"Honestly, I don't know. Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows. You take them from Lissa." My confusion grew. "I don't understand." "I can't get into it right now," he told me. "That's not why I'm here." "You're here for a reason?" I asked, my eyes wandering to the blue-gray water. It was hypnotic. "You aren't just…here to be here?" He stepped forward and caught my hand, forcing me to look up at him. All amusement was gone. He was dead serious. "Where are you?" "Here," I said, puzzled. "Just like you." Adrian shook his head. "No, that's not what I mean. In the real world. Where are you?" The real world? Around us, the beach suddenly blurred, like a film going out of focus. Moments later, everything steadied itself. I racked my brain. The real world. Images came to me. Chairs. Guards. Flex-cuffs. "In a basement …" I said slowly. Alarm suddenly shattered the beauty of the moment as everything came back to me. "Oh God, Adrian. You've got to help Mia and Christian. I can't—" Adrian's grip on my hand tightened. "Where?" The world shimmered again, and this time it didn't refocus. He swore. "Where are you, Rose?" The world began to disintegrate. Adrian began to disintegrate. "A basement. In a house. In—" He was gone. I woke up. The sound of the room's door opening startled me back to reality. Isaiah swept in with Elena in tow. I had to fight a sneer when I saw her. He was arrogant and mean and all-around evil. But he was that way because he was a leader. He had the strength and power to back up his cruelty—even if I didn't like it. But Elena? She was a lackey. She threatened us and made snide comments, but most of her ability to do so came from being his sidekick. She was a total suck-up.
"Hello, children," he said. "How are we doing today?" Sullen glares answered him. He strolled over to Mia and Christian, hands folded behind his back. "Any changes of heart since my last visit? You're taking an awfully long time, and it's upsetting Elena. She's very hungry, you see, but—I suspect—not as hungry as you two." Christian narrowed his eyes. "Fuck off," he said through gritted teeth. Elena snarled and lunged forward. "Don't you dare—" Isaiah waved her off. "Leave him alone. It just means we wait a little longer, and really, it's an entertaining wait." Elena's eyes shot daggers at Christian. "Honestly," continued Isaiah, watching Christian, "I can't decide which I want more: to kill you or have you join us. Either option offers its own amusements." "Don't you get tired of hearing yourself talk?" asked Christian. Isaiah considered. "No. Not really. And I don't get tired of this, either." He turned around and walked toward Eddie. Poor Eddie could barely sit upright in his chair anymore after all the feedings he'd gone through. Worse, Isaiah didn't even need to use compulsion. Eddie's face simply lit up with a stupid grin, eager for the next bite. He was as addicted as a feeder. Anger and disgust flooded through me. "Damn it!" I yelled. "Leave him alone!" Isaiah glanced back at me. "Be silent, girl. I don't find you nearly as amusing as I do Mr. Ozera." "Yeah?" I snarled. "If I piss you off so much, then use me to prove your stupid point. Bite me instead. Put me in my place, and show me what a badass you are."
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"Honestly, I don't know. Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows.<br />
You take them from Lissa."<br />
My confusion grew. "I don't understand."<br />
"I can't get into it right now," he told me. "That's not why I'm here."<br />
"You're here for a reason?" I asked, my eyes wandering to the blue-gray water. It was hypnotic.<br />
"You aren't just…here to be here?"<br />
He stepped forward and caught my hand, forcing me to look up at him. All amusement was<br />
gone. He was dead serious. "Where are you?"<br />
"Here," I said, puzzled. "Just like you."<br />
Adrian shook his head. "No, that's not what I mean. In the real world. Where are you?"<br />
The real world? Around us, the beach suddenly blurred, like a film going out of focus.<br />
Moments later, everything steadied itself. I racked my brain. The real world. Images came to<br />
me. Chairs. Guards. Flex-cuffs.<br />
"In a basement …" I said slowly. Alarm suddenly shattered the beauty of the moment as<br />
everything came back to me. "Oh God, Adrian. You've got to help Mia and Christian. I can't—"<br />
Adrian's grip on my hand tightened. "Where?" The world shimmered again, and this time it<br />
didn't refocus. He swore. "Where are you, Rose?"<br />
The world began to disintegrate. Adrian began to disintegrate.<br />
"A basement. In a house. In—"<br />
He was gone. I woke up. The sound of the room's door opening startled me back to reality.<br />
Isaiah swept in with Elena in tow. I had to fight a sneer when I saw her. He was arrogant and<br />
mean and all-around evil. But he was that way because he was a leader. He had the strength and<br />
power to back up his cruelty—even if I didn't like it. But Elena? She was a lackey. She<br />
threatened us and made snide comments, but most of her ability to do so came from being his<br />
sidekick. She was a total suck-up.
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