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He smiles at the memory ‘Half of us joined him as a lark while the rest of us landed to watch and heckle We started throwing things at his, leaves, mud, whatever we could find – because everyone knows that a tornado should have debris’
He has a mischievous look in his eyes as he remembers ‘The ones in the air, they flew over to a tree that I swear es still on the branches They started throwing theht’ He chuckles as he gazes up at the sky
His face is relaxed and happy in a way I’ve never seen ‘We had orange pulp caked in our ears and hair for days after’
He watches the angels flying away fro back to him like shadows at the end of the day The happiness seeps out of his face, and he’s back to being a hardened outsider traveling in an apocalypse
‘You’re sure this hus?’ he asks
‘That’s what Beliel said’ Of course, Beliel said a lot of things
‘And you’re sure he’s at the Resistance camp?’
‘No, but I’m pretty sure he was rescued off Alcatraz by the Resistance If he’s not there, maybe someone will knohere he is’ I have all kinds of worries about going to the cae in the first place
I sigh ‘I can’t think of a better plan Can you?’
He looks at the angels for a little longer before turning and heading into Macy’s
It’s not a bad idea Paige and I both need to change into so while ait for the sky to clear We leave the locusts outside and follow Raffe into the store
Inside, the electricity is out, but there’s enough sun coht up the front part of the store Many of the racks are drunkenly leaning or scattered on the floor Clothes of all colors and fabrics spill into the aisles In the s, naked mannequins lie on top of each other in sexual poses
Soht stands alone with his sword drawn against a fire-breathing dragon that is ten tion’s tail disappears into darkness where thelight fades deep into the store
Beside the knight are the words ‘Where Have All the Heroes Gone?’
It looks to ainst the dragon I know just how he feels
I look around and try to reh the special-event dresses The racks and floor are covered in silky sparkle and shine
This would have been my year for the prom I doubt anyone would have asked me, and even if someone had, we couldn’t have afforded one of these dresses anyway I run oondering what it would have been like to go to the prom instead of aht behind him halos his dark hair and broad shoulders If he were huirls at my school would have died just to be in the same room with hiood on you,’ he says and nods to the o ith co, Penryn There will come a ti’