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Guilt twisted inside o?"

"Dunno He always passes outside of my animal nethen I’m asleep"

Then he did it on purpose, because he didn’t want to be tracked Still"Lark, I need Cyclops to scent his trail and lead me to hi "He’d be freaking furious! That would seriously put me in his crosshairs"

I narrowed my eyes "What makes you think I won’t do worse than he ever could?"

She tilted her head "Good point"

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The Hunter

Somewhere east of the old Mississippi River

Closer still

Another truck Another highway

But Matthee were closing in on our destination

Barely a week had passed since he’d broken li after all I was using a crutch and a crude brace to walk, but I was fast on the , yet my head andout of tiht I’d go mad

Did she remember that it’d always be Evie and Jack? That even death--or Death--couldn’t keep us apart? Would she remember how perfect it’d been between us?

With her, I’d known true peace for the first time in my life Hadn’t she?

As coo-yôn and I covered miles, I’d craved that cellphone--with its pictures of Evie--and her taped recording When I’d been separated fro Noas a junkie needing a fix, but my pack had been stolen early on Gone forever

Matthew had sourced another one for’Cause I was starting over with nothing

From behind the wheel, coo-yôn said, "You need her"

"Tellme literally "You don’t know the future I see far I see an unbroken line that stretches through eternity--and back on itself"

"Uh-huh" Just hold on, peekôn, I’