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My heart beat fast now, like a rabbit’s, and I wondered if he could hear it. My breathing was short, shallow, rapid, and I wondered if he could feel it.

“You know what, it’s fine. I don’t mind the injection. So what do you want to do,” I asked and tried to keep my voice light and cheerful, even though tears tracked down my checks, even though I already knew the answer…

I was so scared.

I knew how I was going to find Jack. I knew how Ileum was going to lose me, so that he could find me again, but I had to find a way to stop what was coming next. I didn't want to turn!

Freeze froze me in place, made my limbs useless, clumsy. I squeezed my bladder. Of course, that could’ve been the lemon water.

“It is necessary,” he managed and before his teeth had sunk into my flesh I heard myself scream.

I gasped at the firm pressure that penetrated my flesh. I tried to wrench my arm free, even though it was too late.