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@@@@@Often they were pitch-black, but Jeb and the
@@@@@Often they were pitch-black, but Jeb and the others never so much as paused,
clearly familiar with their whereabouts and long since accustomed to traveling in darknessIt
was harder for me than it was when Jeb and I were aloneIn the dark, every noise sounded like
an attackEven the doctor's and Ian's casual chatter seemed like a cover for some nefarious
move
Paranoid,Melanie commented
If that's what it takes to keep us alive, so be it
I wish you would pay more attention to Uncle Jeb
Do what you want with your time
I can only hear and see what you hear and see, Wanderer,she told meThen she changed the
subjectamie looks okay, don't you think? Not too unhappy
We were just coming into some light after the longest trek so far in the humid blackness
“This here is the southernmost spur of the tube system,” Jeb explained as we walked“Not
super convenient, but it gets good light all day longThat's why we made it the hospital wing
This is where Doc does his thing
The moment Jeb announced where we were, my body froze and my joints locked; I skidded to a
halt, my feet planted against the rock floorMy eyes, wide with terror, flickered between Jeb's
face and the face of the doctor
Had this all been a ruse, then? Wait for stubborn Jared to be out of the picture and then lure me
back here? I couldn't believe I'd walked to this place under my own powerHow stupid I was!
Melanie was just as aghaste might as well have gift-wrapped ourselves for them!
They stared back at me, Jeb expressionless, the doctor looking as surprised as I felt–though not
as horrified
I would have flinched, ripped myself away from the touch of a hand on my arm, if the hand had
not been so familiar
“No,” Jamie said, his hand hesitantly resting just below my elbowRight,
Uncle Jeb?” Jamie looked trustingly at the old man“It's okay, right?”
“Sure it |