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This inspired Ronan Setting Chainsan on a table made of cinder blocks, he opened the old feed bin beside it Even though it was eh, when he stuck his head inside, he discovered a sharp, living sht"

Flicking to his phone’s flashlight function, Gansey illuminated the bin’s interior

"Hurry up," he said "This cooksin the bottom, Ronan found thehtless, so sh the h to be completely ently along its spine

"Why is it so ta, too?"

He tipped his hand just enough for her to see its alert, trustful eyes, but not enough for Chainsaw to glimpse it -- she’d think it was food He and Matthew used to find the hs They would sit cross-legged for hours in the grass, letting theones were never afraid

"It’s awake," he said Lifting his hand, he pressed the tiny body to his cheek so that he could feel the flutter of its rapid heartbeat against his skin Blue was staring at him, so he offered it to her "You can feel its heart that way"

She looked suspicious "Are you for real? Are you ure?"

"You’re a bastard, and this doesn’t seem like a typical bastard activity"

He sly, she accepted the tiny mouse and held it to her cheek A surprised sh, she offered it to Adaer, but at her insistence, he pressed the little body against his cheek His mouth quirked After a second, he passed the mouse on to Gansey Gansey was the only one who smiled at it before he lifted it to his face And it was his smile that buried Ronan; it reminded him of Matthew’s easy expression when they’d first discovered the ly char," Gansey reported He tipped it into Ronan’s hands

Ronan held the mouse over the top of the bin "Anyone want seconds before I put it back? Because it’ll be dead in a year Lifespan’s shit for field o

Blue’s face had gone to le His eyes ered on Ronan, mouth rueful; he knew Ronan too well to be offended Ronan felt he was being analyzed, and ," he said

Back at the BMW, Gansey was decent enough to not look s when Blue slapped her hand over her ht of the bird man Ronan and Gansey had stuffed it into a speaker box as best they could, but enough of the corpse poked out of both ends to abuse the iination Several hours of deadness had not improved its appearance in any way

"What is it?" Adaed claws hooked around the edge of the box It was terrible, chilling He was afraid of it in a dull, priain and again in his head "They cohtmare Like, it draws theht horrors Orniri viclis"

Adam frowned "Is that Latin?"

Perplexed, Ronan considered "Idon’t think so" Blue looked sharply to him, and i the other language on the puzzle box It was possible she was right

Between the four of them, they carried the speaker-box coffin to the tree line As the rain drizzled on, they took turns digging in the storlanced up every few seconds to check on Chainsaw She didn’t care for anything large and black, including herself, and so she kept her distance from the corpse, even after it was in the hole But she adored Ronan above all things, so she loitered in the round for invisible insects

By the time they had tamped the last pile of dirt over the hole, they were soaked with rain and sweat There was so a body on his behalf He would’ve preferred it to stay in his dreams, but if it had to slip out, this was better than the last out-of-control nightentle oath, Gansey jaround and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand He stuffed a mint leaf into his mouth "I have blisters Nino’s? "

Blue protested wordlessly

Gansey looked to Ada," Ada his fatigue It wasn’t quite his usual tiredness It was soine that bargain nesting in Adam’s bones

Gansey looked at Ronan