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Bishop stepped forward to get a better look at hi in front of Max, but when shebehind me, and he put his hand on my back

I al someone just co I’d learned to live without

Since Max seemed nervous, I wanted to cal it there to reassure hi" He extended his hand and stepped forward, like he meant to shake hands with her, but nobody moved toward him, so he dropped his hand and stopped "I just want soht I won’t bother any of you" He paused "Please"

Bishop seemed to consider hiht"

"Thank you," Serg smiled, relieved

"Whoa What?" Boden held up his hands and walked over to Serg "You don’t get to decide that without talking to anyone"

"Sure I do" Bishop smiled thinly at Boden, and turned to walk back to the fire

"No, you don’t" Boden stalked after Bishop, his feet slipping a bit in the gravel of the eun, and she chewed her lip, watching Serg uncertainly For his part, he stayed by the entrance of the underpass His hands were on the straps of his bag, like he wanted to take it off but wasn’t sure if he should

Bishop led Boden past the fire, to the opposite side of the underpass fro When she finally stopped, she rolled her eyes and crossed her are here," Boden said, purposely keeping his voice low and trying to keep the edge out of it

"Who says?" Bishop asked, staring up at him with her intense hawk-eyes "You?"

"Yeah, e and experience – " Boden said, and she scoffed and laughed

"I ran the civilians at the quarantine," Bishop reminded him, her tone icy "I kno to take care of people"

"Yeah, maybe in there you do" Boden pointed in the direction the quarantine was "But this is out here We’re at ith the undead, and I’m the soldier I pull rank over you"

Bishop was probably twice his age, but she was much smaller He was nearly a foot taller, and his shoulders were broad and strong

While they continued arguing about as in charge, Daniels decided to do so and extended a hand to hi back over at Bishop and Boden when Bishop raised her voice, and Boden hissed at her to quiet down