...there are more terrifying monstrosities in the world than Anthropophagi. Monstrosities who, with a smile and a comforting pat on the head, are willing to sacrifice a child upon the altar of their own overweening ambition and pride.
If you leave without me, I__l just follow you. You can__ stop me, Cassie. How are you going to stop me?__ shrug helplessly, fighting back tears. __hoot you, I guess.___ike you shot the Crucifix Soldier?__he words hit me like a bullet between the shoulder blades. I whirl around and fling open the door. He flinches, but stands his ground.__ow do you know about him?_ Of course, there__ only one way he could know. __ou read my diary.___ didn__ think you were going to live.___orry to disappoint you.___ guess I wanted to know what happened____ou__e lucky I left the gun downstairs or I would shoot you right now. Do you know how creepy that makes me feel, knowing you read that? How much did you read?__e lowers his eyes. A warm red blush spreads across his cheeks.__ou read all of it, didn__ you?_ I__ totally embarrassed. I feel violated and ashamed. It__ ten times worse than when I first woke up in Val__ bed and realized he had seen me naked. That was just my body. This was my soul.I punch him in the stomach. There__ no give at all; it__ like I hit a slab of concrete.__ can__ believe you,_ I shout. __ou sat there__ust sat there__hile I lied about Ben Parish. You knew the truth and you just sat there and let me lie!
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If you leave without me, I__l just follow you. You can__ stop me, Cassie. How are you going to stop me?__ shrug helplessly, fighting back tears. __hoot you, I guess.___ike you shot the Crucifix Soldier?__he words hit me like a bullet between the shoulder blades. I whirl around and fling open the door. He flinches, but stands his ground.__ow do you know about him?_ Of course, there__ only one way he could know. __ou read my diary.___ didn__ think you were going to live.___orry to disappoint you.___ guess I wanted to know what happened____ou__e lucky I left the gun downstairs or I would shoot you right now. Do you know how creepy that makes me feel, knowing you read that? How much did you read?__e lowers his eyes. A warm red blush spreads across his cheeks.__ou read all of it, didn__ you?_ I__ totally embarrassed. I feel violated and ashamed. It__ ten times worse than when I first woke up in Val__ bed and realized he had seen me naked. That was just my body. This was my soul.I punch him in the stomach. There__ no give at all; it__ like I hit a slab of concrete.__ can__ believe you,_ I shout. __ou sat there__ust sat there__hile I lied about Ben Parish. You knew the truth and you just sat there and let me lie!
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