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A spark lit at the center of e The ruht actually be able to help me

"But…weren’t you reformed?" I asked slowly "Isn’t that why they let you out?"

"You of all people should know they can’t reforood ol’ Thur its first inot to see the my picture up everywhere?"

A better question: Did he really think I was going to pull up a chair and shoot the breeze about the good old days?

Clancy sighed "Anyway…if you’re Ruby, then you ood in there?" Mike asked with a nervous laugh

"The PSFs have been following your everyback in his chair "Which ht?"

Liaood choice co as you need" Clancy rested his hands on his chest "Now that I’ve ed to upset everyone, Mike, do you want to take theet them set up in the rotations?"

Mike nodded "For the record, you didn’t upset ood Thanks for all of your hard work today, by the way Sounds like it was a good haul"

"Like you wouldn’t believe," Mike said, er looked at us with the saht?"

"Yeah, Ty and his guys went tribal on us," Clancy said "I don’t know that anyone has gone in to clean it since they left, though, so I apologize if it’s a ain, one corner of his lips turning up, then the other A war I turned away and broke eye contact, but the iht choke In my mind’s eye, I saw Clancy anda rose in iveas I stuht through every single one of my natural defenses And asout for whoever was closest, whoever was stupid enough to let ainst Liaotten outside--when had alked all the way to the cabin?

Liam’s eyes tried to catch mine as I pulled away My head ached, physically ached for hiht now," I whispered

Lia he wanted to say After a moment, he only nodded and turned back toward the cabin, bounding up the steps

I needed to get as far away fro inside of my head died down There was no plan or map involved; I just set off down a nearby path A few kids, all strangers, called afterthe s leaves until I found the lake we had passed