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"Your turn," he said, and she ju out and the hum ceased She was freed even faster, and she rubbed her wrists as she backed to her corner, that sa her chest

Scared, she shook her head, warning hiot to the ballpark?" he asked as he took her hand, not letting go when she tried to pull away

"Let go Let go!" she de when he turned her hand over and put that nail in it as a talisht, and she stared at it as half a lifetime of protocol and effect beat on her She wanted to remember He was an anchor, and she was out of her ot to the ballpark," she finally groaned, desperate She needed to trust him to survive

"That’s okay," he soothed as he took her other hand, a spot of calo That’s within normal tolerance It’s just shock When you cal?"

"Yes," she said, the relief enor That had been thisto be okay And she began to calency a thin thread

Not knohy, she closed her eyes and nodded Exhaling, she felt his presence slip in behind hers, gasping when his ht colored her memory of her trip to the mall He was there, with her, and her shoulders slumped in relief so deep it hurt

"It’s okay," Silas was saying, but she hardly heard hi up from nowhere "You’ve only lost fifteenit back"

"Make it stop," she hts as he turned herwith h his mind "It was the alliance, and I told you why they were after us"

A flash of his angry es of betrayal crowded out his anger until his e For ait fro they could both accept Perhaps she’d ju Perhaps, he thought, his e with hers, I should have been honest with you about being on the outs with the alliance

"I was cuffed at the loading dock," he said "They shot you and triggered a draft"

Her eyes were shut and her body went slack as the firstdarted rose into existence and Silas dissolved it She saw herself through his eyes: furious, determined, obstinate as she looked for a way to survive She didn’t remember it that way, and she felt him take in her emotions of fear, betrayal, and desperation--and they were as real as his vision of her strength