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Minx’s coh the snow, and she finally whispered to the girl, "What do you mean that they wanted ht after we did," Minx said, her voice ragged as she tugged the sled with Elizabeth and they tried to move as fast they could "Eric was already there Mr Winston let North in, and then Quinton and souess they had followed North Quinton said that North would pay for having brought you here and the plane going down Then Eric got really mad and punched North in the eye"

"Eric did?"

"Yeah He said that was for thinking he’d want to get back at the Silver Pack He said he’d kill North for nearly getting you killed North said he didn’t knohat Eric was talking about, and that he’d been in hiding from Quinton He said Quinton was the one who had you kidnapped," Minx explained breathlessly

"How did North end up at Mr Winston’s?" Elizabeth asked

"It sounded like North found out Eric and his brothers were looking for you because they had been asking about you at the ski resort North had followed them to Mr Winston’s place to ask theht North was the one who had hired kidnappers," Elizabeth said

Minx nodded "Then the other guy who came with Quinton--no one ever said his naured a bunch of teens wouldn’t coet her breath

"We had to tell hiroceries We hoped if anyone saw them there, they’d know someone was in trouble," she said

"We assumed as much"

"But… what happened? Were you really in an accident?"

"Yes" But Elizabeth didn’t want to discuss that now "What happened after you told hiet the stupid"

"Like run away?"

"Yeah"

They walked for another good twenty h all that had been said and not said "The other roaned

Elizabeth glanced back at hian to stir She whispered to Minx, "Keep "

"What… what happened?" North , they’d be done for

Elizabeth stopped pulling the sled and hurried around to the left side of it She unwrapped her long woolen scarf from around her neck and was about to tie it around his mouth when he opened his eyes and narrowed them

"Elizabeth I’m… I’ht now" She tied the scarf around his e Elizabeth tugged on the rope "Coed very far when Elizabeth thought she saw h her veins A wolf, she thought

In a rush, she began re the?" Minx whispered