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For a ht he was about to pick her up and carry her off to some secluded corner of the caht him God, not even close

But as they stood there, Sera felt a subtle sting start to needle her cheeks and forehead Her eyes started to burn, then the next breath she took carried the grit of fine sand to the back of her throat

The stor even sooner than Karsten had warned

She didn’t have to tell Jehan Pulling her close, he tucked her head against his chest and rushed with her toward the nearest outbuilding as the night began to fill with a roiling swell of yellow dust

CHAPTER 10

By the ti several yards ahead, the biting wind had picked up with a howl Sand churned across the caed with arousal, Jehan held Seraphina against him as he threw open the rickety wooden door "Inside, quickly"

She no sooner entered the shelter than a muffled cry somewhere amid the storm drew both of them to full alert The voice was small, distant Unmistakably terrified

"Yasmin" Seraphina’s face blanched orry "Oh, God The little girl who careet us e arrived She and soo"

The cry caain, more plaintive now There was pain in the child’s voice too

Jehan cursed "Stay here I’ll find her"

Without waiting for her to argue, he dashed back into the night using the speed of his Breed genetics The little girl’s wails were a beacon through the blinding sea of flying sand Jehan followed her cries to a deep ditch on the far side of the caed drop, her sht ball

"Yasony and terror flooded her tear-filled eyes The poor child was shaking and sobbing, choking on the airborne sand

Jehan ju low beside her, he sheltered her with his body as the sandstorm roiled all around them "Are you hurt?"

Her dark head wobbled in a jerky nod "My leg hurts I was trying to hide froerly examined her As soon as his palm skated over her left shin and ankle, he felt the hot pain of a coh his senses like a jagged bolt of lightning "Coet you out of here"

He collected Yasmin into his arms and carried her up fro A heavy blanket covered her from head to toe as a makeshift shield from the stor him and the child as the three of them made their way across the camp

"She needs a medic," he informed Seraphina as she murmured quiet reassurances to the scared child "I felt two fractures in the lower part of the left fibula, and a fairly bad sprain in the ankle"

Seraphina’s brows knitted for a second, then she acknowledged with a nod "Theis in the center of ca yellow lights eh the sand and darkness up ahead