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"When are we going to leave?" I asked

"Um … one more day," Boden replied

I turned away from theto face hi, and Max were sitting around a battered table playing poker They were using pennies froirl’s bedroom

"One day should be fine," Clark said, and there was an authoritative undercurrent to it

Boden sat up straighter after Clark spoke, and it occurred to me that Clark was his boss Boden believed in the army and the order of it, so that e now

"Are you sure we should wait that long?" I asked, and Boden glanced over at Clark instead of answering me

"One more day should be fine" Clark s about it "There’s soetan eyebrow

Boden bit his lip and looked over atwith o with it

"Fine," I said "Does anybody else want a glass?"

"I’ll take one," Serg said cautiously, as if he was afraid I would snap at hilasses of scotch We’d really lucked out with this house It didn’t have anything in the way of food, other than a few bottles of alcohol, but it was otherwise untouched by marauders or zoood shape It even had a fireplace and a wood-burning stove, so we could stay warm and actually cook our food Plus, with the snow outside, we could collect the snow from outside, and boil it down to fresh, pure water

It was a nice setup, and it would be a shame to leave But ere still too far south It was early spring, so there was sno, but it was already war If the cold really did work to keep the zoer to do that

"Two glasses of scotch," I said when I walked back into the dining roo politely said thanks, but Clark reacted differently

"Thank you, sweetheart" Clark put his hand on , but I stepped quickly away fro to draw Clark’s attention back to hiross, I went to see what Daniels and Stella were up to I found theirl had left behind Stella’s teddy bear was in a pretty new frock, and Daniels earing a sparkly veil Stella thought that was hilarious, and she kept giggling at hi despite rinned at irl’s tiara "We’re playing pretty princess Care to join us?"

"No, I think I’ll just watch" I came in the room and sat down on the bed behind theiant plastic jewels "Put this on"

"Anything you say, Princess" He dropped it over his neck, and that only h harder