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“I was thinking about a trip to Morocco after all this is over. Somewhere hot. Maybe even Australia? What do you think about that?”

“Th-they have s-snakes.” I opened my eyes and looked up at him.

“And spiders bigger than your head,” His eyes bored into mine. “As well as crocodiles and sharks that snatch you out of the water before you even realize it. But I figured after this place, Australia sounds like a walk in the fucking park.”

The corner of my lips quivered. “You’re r-right. Aust-ra-lia s-sounds almost a little too e-easy.”

He grinned, even if was a little sad.

“Here we go.” Kane called, making us jump.

I looked at his hands, and saw the oatmeal-colored sweats he had and a red t-shirt.

“It’s the best I could do.”

“It’s fine.” I rushed, meeting his stare.

I didn’t care what it was, as long as it wasn’t lace and see through. Riven hit the faucets to end the spray and grabbed a towel, before handing another to his brother. There was a second before Kane nodded, took the towel, and helped his brother dry my body.

“Just to let you know,” Riven started. “We’re all going to Australia after this.”

Kane stopped wiping. “We are?”

“Yeah.” Riven snapped. “We are and every other fucking place determined to kill us.”

Kane’s brows rose. “Whatever you need.”

I think the need was more for Riven than it was for me.

I didn’t need to walk through the fire…because I was already rising from the ashes.

“Okay.” Kane knelt, holding open the sweats for me.

I pulled them and the t-shirt on, tugging out my damn hair. I felt almost normal. If it wasn’t for the deep throbbing aches in my body and the searing fire in the back of my throat, I might’ve pretended last night hadn’t happened.

But I couldn’t.

None of us could.

Beep.

Riven grabbed his cell and looked down. “The trucks are coming through the gates.” He lifted his gaze to me. “After the Daughters are finished in the cafeteria, they’ll be starting the transport process.”

I thought my heart was going to burst through my chest. “Then I guess we’d better head to the cafeteria.”

He winced, then stopped. “Are you sure about this?”

“No.” I answered truthfully, and turned around. “But I’ll be fucked if I allow them the satisfaction of not looking me in the eye.”

Riven stepped forward and grabbed my face in both hands. “I’ve known more than my fair share of killers, but you, at this moment, are by far the strongest person I’ve ever known. You want to go to finish this, then let’s finish it. I’ll be right behind you, every damn step of the way.”

He might be a little slow upstairs.

But he was finally catching on.

I gave a nod, fighting the urge to flinch when he eased forward and kissed my lips gently, then dropped his hold.

I met Kane’s stare and returned the small smile before I took the biggest step of my life and headed for the doorway. My legs trembled, but they held as I slowly made my way out of the infirmary and back along the hall.