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"Most of these passageways haven’t been used in years; soan to move down here We’ve even created new channels that connect the old subway lines to the mines outside the Capitol It’s like our own city down here"
"Don’t you worry about getting caught? About the queen’snonsense "She’d have to knohere to look to find us Even if they could find an entrance, the tunnels are long and winding They’d get lost before they ever reached us" Her teeth flashed, dazzling and white "We’ve been down here for over a decade; no one’s found us yet"
Angelina let go ofShe stood silently, watching theirl drawing in the dirt e’d first arrived was also outlined in the dirt before us Their game was already underway, and they took turns as they tossed pebbles into the squares Then the players took their places in the square in which their stone had landed When the last pebble was tossed, they would use their bodies as ganized the gay that every child in the realelina rarely did
But she reached again for et closer, asking et closer
"Go ahead," I whispered, squatting in front of her so that ere eye to eye "See if they’ll let you play"
I grinned at Brooklynn as Angelina left roup at play
"So, what about you, Brook?" I finally broached the subject, once I was certain Angelina could no longer hear "How did you end up here?"
She didn’t hesitate "I’ve always been here, Charlie, you just didn’t know it I was practically born here Mybefore Xander was around to lead us She believed that things would be better if there was no class system at all" Brook’s brown eyes warmed as she spoke of her mother "It wasn’t until I was older--just before she died--that she confided her true beliefs, and her passion for the cause By then, I knew these people; I’d spent so ed with thee, one class" Her voice drifted off "Sometimes, when I’m supposed to be at hoone"
I felt ashamed that I hadn’t realized how lonely she’d been "So your dad, he’s not part of the cause?"
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he made a face "He doesn’t have a clue He was always happy with his lot in life; he would never want to cause trouble Besides, he would never cross the queen"
"And you would?"