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“Who’s gone?” Cain asked, sounding frustratedly calm.
“Remington!” I cried, frustrated that he wasn’t understanding.
There was a long silence then, so long I wasn’t sure Cain was even there anymore.
“Cain,” I whispered.
“I’m on my way to you,” he spit, and I heard the ding of the elevator. “Don’t go anywhere. Kill anyone who looks suspicious and ask questions later.”
“No. I’m just going to come back. I have to say goodbye to his little brother and make an excuse for why Remy isn’t here. Remington wouldn’t want him thinking he just left him.”
My mouth was forming words, but they didn’t feel like mine.
“Aurora,” Cain snarled.
“I’ll be in the car in just a few minutes. I promise.” I hung up without waiting for him to agree and strode into the house on autopilot.
Remington’s brother ran up to me. “Where’s Remy?” he asked, glancing around like he thought Remington was going to pop out from behind me.
“Remington—” I paused, because I hadn’t actually come up with an excuse yet. There was a glitch in my brain at the moment. “Remington had a friend who got sick, so he had to leave really quickly.”
The boy’s face fell.
“But he will be back to see you soon. And you guys are going to do so many fun things!”
“Ice cream?”
“Yep,” I answered, with the world’s worst smile.
“Okay!” he practically yelled before he ran off and resumed playing with his friends.
I found his aunt and gave the same lie, and she seemed to take it as easily as her nephew had.
People who lived outside the darkness were easy to lie to. They wanted to believe in the good of the world, so that’s what they saw.
When I walked outside of the house, of course Cain was parked right behind Remington’s car, a cross, annoyed look on his face.
“You’re going to need these,” he growled as he held a set of keys outside his window.
Right. I’d forgotten Remington had the keys with him.Hasthe keys, Aurora. He was still alive.
I couldn’t let myself think of any other possibility.
Cain tossed them to me, and I got into Remington’s car.
And I was so proud of myself.
I didn’t let myself cry one tear.
The entire way back to the hotel.
Because tears couldn’t bring Remy back.
Only dead bodies would do that.
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AURORA
