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  “What I don’t understand is why you didn’t give the vaccine to Lizzie, someone who has the disease.”

  “I can answer that,” the nurse says cheerfully.

  But Lorenzo shakes his head at her as Lizzie grabs his hand and tightly squeezes it.

  “I had to try it first,” he says slowly. “Because Lizzie is pregnant with Montrovia’s heir to the throne.”

  The breath is knocked from my chest, like I was punched in the gut.

  I can’t breathe, and I’m pretty sure my heart has stopped beating.

  I glance at Daniel, who looks as stricken as I probably do.

  I stand rooted in my spot for a moment, hoping Lorenzo will say something else.

  Instead, he defiantly stares at me, no shame whatsoever in his eyes.

  I take off the necklace, walk across the room, and drop it into his lap.

  Then, I leave the room as fast as I can. Not even Mike Burnes, who is rushing down the hall behind me, wanting more answers, is able to stop me.

  Because I’ve failed.

  My mother.

  Montrovia.

  The world.

  My mission is officially over.

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  BOOKS BY:JILLIAN DODD

  The Keatyn Chronicles®

  USA TODAY bestselling young adult contemporary romance set in an East Coast boarding school.

  Stalk Me

  Kiss Me

  Date Me

  Love Me

  Adore Me

  Hate Me

  Get Me

  Fame

  Power

  Money

  Sex

  Love

  Keatyn Unscripted

  Aiden

  That Boy Series

  Small-town contemporary romance series about falling in love with the boy next door.

  That Boy

  That Wedding

  That Baby

  That Divorce

  That Ring

  The Love Series

  Contemporary, standalone romances following the very sexy Crawford family.

  Vegas Love

  Broken Love

  Spy Girl® Series

  Young adult romance series about a young spy who just might save the world.

  The Prince

  The Eagle

  The Society

  The Valiant

  The Dauntless

  The Phoenix

  The Echelon

  By Jillian’s daughter, Kenzie Hart

  Young adult travel romance.

  Girl off the Grid

  Beautiful and heartbreaking love story told in verse.

  I Fall Apart

  ABOUT:THE AUTHOR

  Jillian Dodd is the USA Today Bestselling Author of more than twenty-five novels. She writes fun YA and contemporary romances with big fat happily ever afters and characters her readers fall in love with, from the boy next door in the That Boy trilogy to the daughter of a famous actress in The Keatyn Chronicles to a kick-ass young assassin in the Spy Girl series. She adores the color pink, fashion, and anything covered in glitter.

  www.jilliandodd.net