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     and although it’s obvious that she had been crying, she forces a smile and talks about
     how great I look.  She then says that dinner will be ready soon.  
    I can’t do this.  I feel like I’m deprived of air… I literally can’t breathe.  
    “I’m sorry.  I can’t be here.  Not without her.”  I turn around and storm outside.  
    Andrew, Kayla’s dad, runs after me, “Hunter, please wait.”  
    I stop, turn around, and stand in front of him.  
    His eyes water. “Has anything changed?  Do you have any new information?”  
    I shake my head.  “Nothing new.  With time, everyone gave up.  The demons are quiet
     so they think nothing is going to happen, but they are wrong.  Whatever Benjamin’s
     father is planning must be bad if it’s taking this long.”  
    He nods.  
    “I’m not giving up until I find her,” I say.  
    “And I thank you for that, but it’s been four years.” He pauses.  “Hunter, I could
     never ask you to keep your life on hold because of her.”  
    “She is my life.”  
    He smiles with approval.  
    “How is Kim?” I ask.  
    “She’s okay.  She turned 17 last week.  All I keep thinking is that she is one year
     older than Kayla was last time we saw her.”  
    “I hate to ask this, but do you think she can help attract Benjamin?”  
    He shakes his head.  
    Just then I hear a voice I haven’t heard in a long time come from the side of the
     house.  “I can help you find him,” says Ethan.  
    I look at him in shock and so does Kayla’s dad.  The Fallen don’t usually show themselves
     in human form, but well, Ethan is no longer the same anyway.  He looks exhausted,
     and his wings are darker than they were before.  
    “What are you doing here?” I ask.  I want to be mad at him but I know that none of
     this is really his fault.  
    “I asked Kim to have you meet me here.  Ever since we heard about all this, Jennifer
     and I have been tracking Benjamin and Stephaine.  We know he has the answers we need
     to get where Kayla is, but I wanted to talk to you first.”  
    Andrew and I stare at him and hear what he has to say.  
    “Jennifer and I think that we can use Stephaine to get to him, but the problem is
     they’re always together.  We would have to work something out to separate them, unless
     we just talk to them together and hope that Stephaine takes our side.”  He pauses
     and shakes his head.  “But even if he tells us how to get to Kayla, we can’t actually
     go and get her… because of what we are.”  
    “But I can,” I say.  “I’m immortal.  This will work right?”  
    “There is no telling for sure, but I guess you are our best option.”  
    “Let’s go.”  
     

ELEVEN  
    KAYLA  
    As soon as we are out of that illusion and back in the room, I take one good look
     at Samael and notice how different he looks.  I don’t know how to explain it other
     than to say that he looks older.  I know he didn’t look like this when I saw him in
     his illusion.     
    “Why are you looking at me like that?” he asks.  
    “You look older.  Why do you look older?”  
    “I don’t freaking know.  You don’t look any different, well, besides your hair, but
     that was different before.”  
    “How long were we stuck in that illusion?” I ask.  
    He shrugs.  “Time does move at a different pace in illusions, but I don’t know.  Anyway,
     I assume if a lot of time passed, you would be different too.”  
    “Well, you know what they say about assuming.”  
    “No, I don’t.  Enlighten me.”  
    I shake my head.  “Never mind.”  
    We fall into an uncomfortable silence.  
    Finally, I ask him what I’ve wanted to know since I saw him in his illusion.  
    “Who was the girl? I ask.  
    “Someone from my past.”  
    “Yeah, Captain Obvious.  She certainly isn’t a part of your present.  Who was she?”  
    “She was just someone who blamed me for the world’s evils.”  
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