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are to his efforts and how excited he is to have you here.

Everyone is beginning to notice. Warner is ruthless—he has

no mercy for anyone. He loves the power, the thrill of

destroying people. But he’s starting to crack, Juliette. He’s

so desperate to have you . . . join him. And for all his

threats, he doesn’t want to force you. He wants you to want

it. To choose him, in a way.” He looked down, took a tight

breath. “He’s losing his edge. And whenever I see his face

I’m always about two inches away from doing something

stupid. I’d love to break his jaw.”

Yes. Warner is losing his edge.

He’s paranoid, though with good reason. But then he’s

patient and impatient with me. Excited and nervous all the

time. He’s a walking oxymoron.

He disables my cameras, but some nights he orders Adam

to sleep outside my door to make sure I don’t escape. He

says I can eat lunch alone, but always ends up summoning

me to his side. The few hours Adam and I would’ve had

together are stolen from us, but the fewer nights Adam is

allowed to sleep inside my room I manage to spend huddled

in his arms.

We both sleep on the floor now, wrapped up in each other

for warmth even with the blanket covering our bodies. Every

time he touches me it’s like a burst of fire and electricity

that ignites my bones in the most amazing way. It’s the kind

of feeling I wish I could hold in my hand.

Adam tells me about new developments, whispers he’s

heard around the other soldiers. He tells me how there are

multiple headquarters across what’s left of the country. How

Warner’s dad is at the capital, how he’s left his son in

charge of this entire sector. He says Warner hates his father

but loves the power. The destruction. The devastation. He

strokes my hair and tells me stories and tucks me close like

he’s afraid I’ll disappear. He paints pictures of people and

places until I fall asleep, until I’m drowning in a drug of

dreams to escape a world with no refuge, no relief, no

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