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But at least we knehere we stood now We weren’t prisoners, but eren’t not prisoners either

Clear as ain so she could point her out toour walk back--but whoever she was, she was clearly off-duty

Too bad I wanted to knoho our non-guards were

Tyler aiting at our tent e got back, and the anxious look he gavewith the way he rubbed his hands over the sides of his khakis, ned to keep an eye on us

"Hey," he offered, his deep dih his cheek

Suddenly I felt like I needed to wipe rinned back at hi all this about e’d been and having to start from scratch Silly and awesome all at the sa all these firsts all over again

"Hey," Natty said, and Tyler blinked, all surprised-like, as if she’d justpoof!materialized from out of nowhere

But Natty didn’t wait for a hint, she did this roll-her-eyes-and-shake-her-head-sighing thing that made it clear she knew she wasn’t invited to this little party "I’ll just" She pointed to our tent "I’ll be in here See you later" She slipped inside and left the two of us alone outside

Tyler’s grin grew as he rocked back on his heels "She seems nice," he said, and I wondered when he’d possibly coli for me inside our tent when he’d first droppedtheir aard, barely-two-seconds-longer run-in?

Still grinning, he shoved his hands in his pockets and lifted his shoulders I swear, his smile could literally melt the sun, which was the lamest compliment ever, but was so totally true it didn’t even matter He was that hot "I" He nodded his head in the direction we’d just coht was nervous, and so uncomfortable

I frowned "What? You were supposed to what?"

"Griffin," he finally blurted out "She wanted et you"

If I could have buried my head, like an ostrich, I would have I was part e all aard because of me, which I still sort of hoped was the case, and part mad because Griffin was the real reason he was here

"Griffin?" I parroted nu his hands deeper into his pockets "Yeah She’s waiting for us For you"