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‘Not very Otherwise, I would have had to kill them’

We walk in silence, the concept of kill or be killed heavy between us

I’e, if only to interrupt the silence

My sister is sitting beside her locusts My mother and her friend stop at a respectful distance and stare at the beasts

Paige gets up, sending the locusts flying to the branches above, and runs to Moe is the baby of the family, and she has a different relationship with our les into her hug

‘How did it go with Doc?’ Raffe whispers

I take a deep breath and give hi, but I know the news hits hi every second they’re not on hi as they did last time And now, the only doctor who can reattach them won’t be back in action for six weeks

And then there’ssister

I feel drained There must be another answer, but I’m too emotionally beat up to think I just want to crawl into the vault in my head and close the door on the world

I lean toward Raffe and feel his ainst my arm I close my eyes and relax into hi him comfort or the other way around

When I openus I quickly step away fro for her to do – watching us instead of the locusts or the cut-up little girl

‘Soht ‘Yeah, I heard’ The angels, the hellions – who doesn’t want a piece of ht now?

She nods toward Raffe ‘I meant him’

Do they have a bounty on hi the angels, so they ht?

‘I have a e is, freedoratitude Trust,that in ‘Where is he?’ he asks

‘Waiting for you don at the church with the stained glass’

‘He’s there now?’

‘Yes’

He turns toa vague meoing on?’

He doesn’t say anything

I wonder if the twins got theirfor Raffe and notme out a little with her calhts are far away