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it there.
    Or Rogues.
    The road straightened back out and Ally loosened her grip on the wheel.
    "Talk," Ally said.
    Luke leaned back against the window and faced her slightly. She could feel his eyes on her, and she fidgeted uncomfortably under his stare.
    "So, this girlfriend you speak of," Luke started. "Her name is Rune."
    Ally's stomach rolled over and she thought she might throw up. She shouldn't have even asked.
    "And she isn't my girlfriend, Ally. I’ve only had one girlfriend." He stared at her pointedly.
    Ally scowled at him. "I thought that pretty much ended when you chose to stay in the City."
    Luke rubbed his eyes with his hands. He looked younger, more innocent in that moment. His features had softened, and even his violet eyes seemed less bright.
    "I never stopped loving you," he responded.
    Ally gripped the wheel tightly. "Yet you got an Ordinary pregnant."
    "First," Luke said. "I didn't remember you. I had no idea who you were, or that I even had a girlfriend”
    Ally bit her lip.
    "Second, I didn't get her pregnant."
    Ally's head snapped to the side. "But... I saw her..."
    Luke frowned. "She is pregnant, but that baby isn’t mine. She and I, we never... Pax did it for me."
    "Oh," Ally said quietly. "Why Pax?"
    "I couldn't do it. At the time I thought I was having moments of weakness, but now I know that somewhere inside of me, my subconscious remembered you. It was saving me from losing any small chance I had to get you back."
    Ally let out the breath she had been holding.
    "Where is Pax?" Ally asked.
    Pax had been the one to help her leave the City after she had run from Luke.
    "He's dead," Luke said calmly.
    "Whoa," Ally said. "How?"
    "I don't want to talk about it." Luke frowned and looked at his lap.
    Ally knew there was much more to the story, but she wasn't ready to push it.
    "Did you really come here for me?" Ally asked.
    "Of course." Luke leaned forward a little. "I heard you talking to Lilla."
    With the absence of her Exceptional abilities, Ally had almost forgotten about the fact he could hear through the wall.
    "I meant what I told her," Luke said. "I let you walk away from the City without me once, and it’s my biggest regret."
    “Bigger than working for Aden?” she asked.
    “Ally...”
    "Never mind. If you hadn't stayed," Ally added. "All those people would have died."
    Luke just nodded. "And I wasn't going to let it happen again. I was going to come after you the night you left with Max and the others, but I had to organize a plan for the City. If I just disappeared it would be chaos. I helped start clean-up efforts and put a program in place for the recovering Rogues. I said that I needed to go on a trip and settle some things with surrounding towns, and left my best Guards in charge."
    Ally tried to keep her eyes on the road but her head was tilting toward Luke, her gaze meeting his.
    Suddenly the cab of the transport felt very quiet. Ally could barely hear the sound of the engine over the sound of her heart beating in her ears.
    Luke leaned closer, his face grower closer to hers until he was inches away. She could feel his warm breath on her cheek. "Ally."
    "Luke," she gulped.
    Suddenly his head snapped to the right. "ALLY!"
    Ally turned her head just in time to see the group of people in the middle of the road. She slammed on the breaks and heard bangs and shouting from behind her. Hopefully the others weren't bouncing against the wall behind her head.
    She hit a man standing directly in front of the transport and screamed when she felt the transport bump over his body. The vehicle came to a halt in front of the remaining group; there were six others.
    As one, the people in the road turned their eyes to meet hers.
    "Rogues," Ally breathed.
    Their yellow eyes glowed brightly in the light from the headlights.
    One of the Rogues raised its hand and the transport started to tilt to the side.
    "Luke!" Ally yelled but when she turned her head, he was gone. The door hung ajar.
    The transport