Clementine:
Of course, Ian had no idea why I was staring at Suki like that. I was trying to understand her state of mind. I hoped she would tell Joshua the truth and let him go.
And Joshua had been staring at Suki’s face for a while. Even we were confused about what she was going to say. Then, in a harsh tone, she snapped at him.
"Of course I love you. Why would you ask me that? See, this is the problem. I don’t think you completely forgive me," she complained.
It was honestly quite malicious of her to make such a mistake and then question him when he doubted her loyalty and love.
"I was just a little scared, that’s all. Is it a crime to be scared? Not everyone is like Clementine, whose reflexes don’t work," she claimed, making it sound like the only reason I went to help Ian was because my reflexes failed and I didn’t know I was supposed to save myself instead of fight those things.
"Okay, fine. Let’s just calm down." Finally, when she began to scream, Joshua had to give in. I’ve noticed that about him. She knew how to control him.
"No, seriously, I’m so annoyed. You always do that," Suki continued. "You need to understand, you’re an alpha. I’m not. Of course I’m not going to be as powerful as you. Of course I’m going to act differently than you."
She kept rambling, then suddenly moved quickly toward the deeper parts of the station. Probably because she didn’t want us to hear more of their conversation, he swiftly followed her, and now it was just Ian and me.
It was getting darker outside, which meant more trouble since we had no idea where the others were. I had lost them hours ago. What if they were still out there and hadn’t found a safe place? What then?
"So, did you guys do it?" Once I noticed Ian had been staring at me oddly for a while, I decided to shift the topic to something serious.
"Yes, we did it," he replied.
"Then that means we can go home," I asked.
He slipped his hands into his pockets, looking around.
"Sure, but I’m afraid if the train comes tonight, we won’t be able to make it to the train." As soon as he said that, my smile started to fade.
"Oh no, does that mean one more week in this fucking crazy place," I asked, and he shrugged.
"There’s nothing else we can do though," he mumbled so casually that I began to wonder if he was even scared about those things outside.
"No, Ian, we cannot stay here. You don’t know what happened back in the mansion," I muttered, watching him frown.
"And what happened," he asked. "Is our squad okay?"
He never really showed others that he cared, but the way he quickly asked about them made me believe he truly did, deep down.
"We lost quite a few other crusaders," I muttered, noticing Ian frowning. Then I began to look around.
"Where is Matthias?" I asked, confused.

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