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Julian lowered his hand "I’ next"

Cyn took a deep breath and nodded "That’s the reason you haven’t ers

"One of them, yes"

She took her eyes off of hi to savechat about what you should and should not hide froreed with it, Tabby had no clue

"All right You do what you have to and I’ll do the same"

"If you become Puma or Wolf, you’ll lose your life"

He sounded so certain, Tabby couldn’t doubt him "Cyn, you should wait"

She nodded "I’m not an idiot" She turned back to Julian "Give s from me I’m a lot more likely to listen to that than soain

"I will deal with you later" He opened hishim Tabby could tell she was still furious, that Latina teo clean ets home

He looks half-dead"

"We can drop you off first"

Cyn s sure to avoid touching Julian on her way out "Bye, Eoodbye and watched her through the plate glass

Julian kept his back to the door, his expression blank Tabby kneas hurt by Cyn’s rejection

"Well That was fun Not" Emma shook her head, her hands on her hips

"Soive her a tih Julian rolled his eyes "I’ll take care of her, don’t worry"

"Whether she likes it or not?"

Tabby jumped to her friend’s defense "She doesn’t think she needs taking care of She’s got reasons for why she’s acting the way she is I know some of them, but not all of them Emma, remember what you told me about Rick, that I should be honest with hi? Julian, that’s what you need to do with Cyn She sort of had a mushroom childhood"

"A what?"

"She was plunked down in the dark and fed a lot of bullshit"

"Oh Yeah, that would do it" Emma waved "Listen, I have inventory to sort out

I’ll talk to all of you later And Tabby? Be available when Rick gets here, okay?"

Before Tabby could protest, E her off