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"He’s going to give et aelse, fighting the rising storm inside him She could have died She shouldn’t have even been here to be at risk

He glanced at the schedule board for the boats and then the clock and by pure luck they had a few minutes toisland and he didn’t ever want to return, but would probably have to

"Let’s go" He pulled her along with hi? You could have been killed back there"

"But I wasn’t"

"And Jesse better thank the good Lord above for that"

"It’s not his fault, Luke He’s a great guy I used that against hiround his teeth, biting back some choice words about Jesse "This isn’t the tiue, he ducked a shoulder between bodies and inched the the boat

Finally, they cleared the ra around the to find their perfect travel location Luke rabbed his arress "Luke–"

"Not here," he said, still holding her hand "Not nohen I’e You won’t like what I have to say"

She inhaled, pink spreading over her cheeks, her hair lifting off her neck in the wind "Don’t blame Jesse for this I tricked him"

"Yeah well, he’s supposed to be better than that," he said "If he’s smart he’s already headed to the une hi hiotten you killed, and if you think Royce would feel differently if this was Lauren, you’re wrong"

"If you wouldn’t have tried tosuper hero, deteret yourself killed then I wouldn’t have done this at all I did the right thing, and I was trying to save innocent lives And you I was trying to save you"

"I don’t need you to save me"

"I don’t need you to save et toher ripped through him "I told you If I have to throw you over my shoulder and carry you to so do back there were eating hiht to do that This is my life andhis heart "Right Your life, and uess we’re ood time buddy"

She sucked in air and shook her head "No That’s not true You took what I said wrong"