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Another sigh "Apparently, not close enough" A wave gulped down the wreath

That ti

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Closer to her

"How long till I see her?" I muttered from the backseat of ouryet another vehicle and helping me in

I was still laid out Never been sick a day in my life, but I couldn’t shake this, no My bones ached so bad I was certain I’d caught bonebreak fever Deliriu the ones when I ake My breaths whistled as if a weight pressed onlike so all over it Or in it

But Matthew had given h Had worse odds, irl"

As usual, coo-yôn didn’t answer me

We remained far in the west, as far as I could tell Most roads had been blocked, and gas proved as scarce as ever I didn’t knohere Domīnija’s place was, just knew it could be reached within a week on horseback from Fort Arcana At our present pace, it would take the Fool and me months to reach even the area

But I had to assuh voice, I said, "Woan answer htwhy didn’t you ever before?" I thought of all those tiht spot, when he could’ve changed the tide

In the salt mine, that boy had taken out a dozen men--without a weapon I supposed if I could see every move an opponent would make ahead of ti at his temple, he said, "If I do that, I don’t do this"

My head pounded too hard to pursue the subject "Can’t say I’ve ravestone"

Of course, she would’ve figured I’d died with the rest The odds ofthat blast were a million to one Then the lava, and then the flood, which Matthew had blarieved for even a second "What’d she say when you told her I lived?"

Silence from coo-yôn

"You did tell her?" No answer My eyes shot wide I wheezed, sucking in a breath "Dained this possibility Because I’d thought he cared about Evie in his oay "Sheshe doan know I’h to sit up, one, had she already accepted Doether?" Say no, say no

After she’d chosen me, I’d felt like hell for Domīnija Actually had sympathy for the bastard, ’cause I kne it felt to lose her