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delivered quite a blow,” Asia said, “but I refuse to let life’s obstacles get in my way. I’m going to triumph victoriously, and do you know why?”
    “Why?” I asked.
    “Because I should already be dead, but I’m not. With your help, I survived that virus, and if I can survive that, I’ve got no right to give up. I’m gonna keep moving, forging forward, and conquer life with every bit of strength I have. We can’t decide what life does to us, but we can live it in the moment, right here, right now. Life is waiting for me, and I intend on living it every single minute I have breath in my body.”
    Val nodded. “Well said, my friend. We have to run fast and swift in this race, and we’ll win. In the end, no prize is more important than our lives.”
    Claire wrapped one arm around me and the other around Val and squeezed us. “You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for not leaving me back in that glass house.”
    “It’s always my pleasure to turn a princess into a dirty girl,” Val teased, and the rest of us broke out into some much-needed laughter, the best medicine of all.
     

Chapter 4
    Jackie, Val, and I opened the door to head into the night, but Nick motioned for us to stop. “Where do you think you’re going, Dean?”
    “We decided on night patrols, didn’t we? I wanna take the first shift so I can sleep for the rest of the night, hopefully uninterrupted.”
    He shook his head. “You’re not going out there alone. Take Kate.”
    “Why?” I asked.
    “Because I asked you nicely,” he replied.
    I could tell by the look on his face that there was more to it.
    “Boy, your brother’s quite the control freak,” Jackie whispered in my ear.
    Val slapped me on the back. “I’ll keep little brother covered.”
    “See? It’s all taken care of,” I said. “And don’t forget that Val and Jackie have night vision. They’ll see anything coming from miles away.”
    Val chuckled. “Guess that’s one perk of the curse.”
    Nick’s eyes narrowed into blue slits, his voice filled with authority. “I said to take Kate…or me.”
    I blinked. “I don’t get it.”
    His forehead furrowed as he frowned. “Of course you wouldn’t.”
    Val cocked her head. “Oh, I get it.” She let out a long breath. “You’ve made it painfully obvious. Things were cool before, but now everything has changed .”
    “I’m sorry, but we have to take every precaution at this stage of the game.” Nick was wearing a very serious expression, and I could tell he wasn’t about to back down.
    I shifted my stance. “Nick, you think Val and Jackie are gonna turn into hybrids, don’t you?”
    “I have no idea, but I can’t afford to rule it out, and in case you haven’t noticed, I’m not one to sugarcoat things or spare anyone’s feelings. The truth is the truth. If Val and Jackie were to turn when you’re outside alone in the dark with them, what would you do?”
    I shook my head. “I dunno.”
    His eyes showed genuine anguish as he flashed me a troubled look. “Could you bear to kill your sister and your girlfriend? I can tell you firsthand that having to kill your girlfriend is…well, it really sucks.”
    “Nick!”
    His lips pressed into grim lines. “You’ve got no idea what it’s really like for the girl you’ve loved your entire life to come at you like a rabid animal, trying to tear you apart, Dean.”
    My voice softened. “I’m sorry you had to go through that, Nick, and I’d never want to, but this situation is completely different.”
    “Is it really? You know full well that Jackie might change at any given moment, and if that happens, you’ll be in the same predicament I found myself in last year. We all tiptoe around this and don’t wanna talk about it, but we need to face it, because it’s a very real threat, maybe an inevitable one.”
    I crossed my arms defensively. “You’re really something, Nick. Why are you so blunt? I don’t see why Claire doesn’t run a million miles