I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars.
Marie LuI have to force a smile off my face as I sit limply in my seat... Then, just as I'm congratulating myself for such a stellar plan.
Marie Lu[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's as if she came perfectly happy home instead of what Kaede just told me. I feel a relaxing warmth at the thought, realizing suddenly how much I'm anticipating meeting up with Tess again. Where she goes, I go, and vice versa. Peas in a pod. Then there's June. Even the thought of her name makes it hard for me to breathe. I'm almost embarrassed by my reaction. Are June and I a good match? No. It's the first word to pop into my mind. And yet, still.
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