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JaxenI didn't think I slept.I knew I closed my eyes at some point, but every single time I drifted off, I saw her face.Nathalie.Sometimes she was sitting across from me at the ice cream shop, smiling while telling me about Charles kissing her. Other times, she was crying in Charles' arms. Then she became the woman from the café stories, the woman he waited five years for, the woman he nearly destroyed himself trying to rescue.And then she became something else… my sister.I hated those two words. I hated the way they sounded together. I hated the way Charles had looked at me when he said them, like he knew he was setting my entire world on fire and there was nothing he could do to stop it.I rolled onto my side and stared at the half-eaten sandwich sitting on the nightstand.I'd taken two bites out of it yesterday. Maybe three. I couldn't remember. Food tasted weird now. Everything tasted weird, even breathing felt different.I groaned and buried my face into my pillow. Maybe he

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Charles I spent almost an hour convincing myself not to come. Then I spent another thirty minutes trying to convince myself that maybe Emily was right… Jax needed space and time.She needed a chance to sit with everything I had thrown at her without me hovering around looking guilty and miserable.Unfortunately, I had never been particularly good at giving people space, especially when those people were Jaxen.I tried distracting myself earlier. I went back to the hideout, checked on Brad, annoyed Fernandez by asking too many questions, and nearly got kicked out because apparently standing over a recovering patient while carrying enough emotional baggage to sink a ship wasn't considered therapeutic.Then I called Ivan. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a terrible decision.He picked up on the second ring. "Did she stab you?" Ivan asked immediately.I frowned. "No.""Throw something at you?""No.""Tell you to get lost?""No.""Then why do you sound like someone buried your dog?""

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JaxI had already heard their voices before I got anywhere near the door, so there was really no point pretending I didn't know who had shown up. I remained seated on the couch for a little while longer, absentmindedly flipping through television channels without actually seeing anything on the screen.Ever since finding out Nathalie was my sister, my mind had been a complete mess, and sleep hadn't exactly become my best friend. Still, hearing Charles outside somehow managed to irritate me enough to get me moving. I stood up lazily, adjusted the oversized hoodie I was wearing, and walked toward the entrance just in time to hear Emily sigh dramatically."Oh," Emily said as she turned around, forcing a smile onto her face. "I was just about to come get you.""I figured," I replied dryly before shifting my attention to Charles, who looked unusually uncomfortable standing outside my apartment door.Emily glanced between the two of us and seemed to immediately decide she wanted no part in

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Charles I should have listened to Emily.Actually, I should have listened to Jaxen.Better yet, I should have stayed back, checked on Brad, annoyed Ivan, argued with Emily about using my credit card for things she definitely didn't need, or even sat with Nathalie and listened to her complain about how her tea tasted different in New York. There were plenty of things I could have done tonight, and yet somehow, I found myself parked across a restaurant like some divorced forty-year-old man trying to catch his wife cheating.It was embarrassing. Worse, I knew it was embarrassing. But that still didn't stop me.I watched as Jax climbed out of the car and adjusted her jacket before looking around briefly. She looked nervous, which almost made me feel better because maybe this wasn't something she wanted to do either. Maybe she was only here because she genuinely needed information, and maybe I had been acting irrationally for the last hour.Then the restaurant doors opened, and out came D

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