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Chapter 69: You don’t have to lie
At some point I doze off and I don’t wake up until Jareth wakes me.
“Aubrey, I think it’s time to take you home,” he whispers.
“I can’t go home. What about the commander?” I ask with a frown.
“I just spoke to the doctor, the commander is doing a little better, but he hasn’t regain consciousness. It could take a while for him to come back and having you here is risky, you know Bearers aren’t supposed to be in hospitals.”
“I know but I’d rather stay,” I say as I look around. Sabrina is sleeping a few chairs from where we are. She is going to get to stay because she is not a Bearer. Jealousy takes over me, I don’t want her to be here when Leopold w
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