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Clio
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“I’m sorry,” Valerio says, as I jump, startled by his appearance behind me. Completely lost in thought, I didn’t even hear him coming. I tell him it’s okay, looking back at the boys I’ve just put to sleep, and he turns me around and asks if I’m okay, holding me close. I open my mouth to confirm I am, but that would be a lie. My thoughts have been consumed by what Amara said.
“What is going on? What did that guard want to talk to you about?” I ask, looking Valerio in the eye, and he says nothing for me to worry about, letting me go, but I’m already worried and need reassurance.
We’ve been through hell with Athena and Adonis, and I don’t know if I can take anything else happening. “You can’t talk about it? Is that it?” I ask, walking up to him, and he turns to fac
