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It was so co But he recognized the movement: how many times in the last months had he done the sa that wasn’t there?

Astrid shook her head slowly "I’ well"

He watched her walk away It was irritating, to put it

In the old days he’d have called her out on it, de

But he sensed that what he had with Astrid was fragile She was back, but not all the way back He didn’t want to start a battle with her There was a war co, no time for battles with someone he loved

But her abrupt departure had the effect of leaving hi to think about: the solution

The solution that did not exist

Penny lived alone in a se of town From her upstairs bedroomshe could see just a narrow slice of the ocean and she liked that

She wanted to move into Clifftop But Caine had denied that request Clifftop was Lana’s to do with as she pleased Even when Lana had moved to the lake--teo zone

"No one messes with Lana," Caine had decreed

Lana, Lana, Lana Everyone just loved Lana

Penny had spent sos It had taken a long time, in fact, because there were so many breaks in the bones Penny found Lana stuck-up It was certainly a relief to have her legs fixed, and it was very nice not to have that pain, but that didn’t hty and above it all

And have an entire o

It bothered Penny that Lana had that kind of respect Because Penny knew she could leave Lana crawling and crying and tearing her eyes out like Cigar had done

Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Five minutes alone with Little Miss Healer See how she liked it See how high-and-hty she was then

The only proble for Penny She had hoped after Diana took off… But no, there was no disguising Caine’s look of contempt whenever he saw Penny

Even now, even with all Penny’s power, Caine was still the big uy ould spit on soly hair and aard, bony arms and flat-as-a-board chest Even now life was all about as hot and as not

But Caine wasn’t the only boy around

There was a soft knock at the back door Penny opened it for Turk