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Phelps looks between us, and there’s speculation in his gaze With a shrug, he grabs his bag and leaves the roolance around so I don’t have to look at him, but I can feel his attention focused squarely on me Too bad "

My gaze snaps back to hih one fro else That sensation of being trapped down here is stronger than ever "I thought you weren’t sending out any people--"

"Across the river?" he finishes for ht now"

"But Junie--"

"She scouts That’s what she does She’s good at it Sending convoys to Mexico isn’t the only thing we do here We gather supplies, roup out tomorrow to--"

Hope swells instateside" And just like that, my hope deflates "There’s a station east of here that Marcus wants to check out," he adds

Atlook, he explains, "It’s a checkpoint--went up after the Agency partnered with Border Patrol If I let Marcus go on his own, he’ll probably blow the place up and the Feds will rain down on us afterward The goal is tofor them to use every bit of manpower at their disposal to track us and wipe us out At least that’sto keep hi like that"

I scan him Hands half-buried in his pockets, even with his forearms tense, he looksrelaxed Not at all like soerous mission "Why not just let him blow it up? They can search for you all they want You’re underground They want us dead Or in cages" I sweep a hand around us "They’ve forced us to hide like fugitives"

He studies me for a moment "You think I should do that? Let dozens of people die? They can’t all be bad, can they?"

I snort, hating that he’s"They think we’re all bad Evil"

He pushes off the doorjamb and approaches me where I recline on the bed "You’re not as le my head sharply "All you need to know about me is this" I point to my neck It’s funny how I actually believe that now I didn’t at first I fought so hard to deny that HTS deter about me at all In so short a tiet you killed "Isn’t that enough?"

He ser in a boy band, and I really dislike hiht then That he can look so normal Like a boy I would have liked in another place, another ti Queen"

My hands clench at aze flicks to onna let h, he turns and opens the door to et back we can talk so my friends?"