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We’ll need food, Clarke thought diht, they’d checked the ca they’d stocked up for winter had been taken by the raiders Bella party out soon

But the food, weapons, and wood stores were less compared to what else had been stolen The dead and wounded were all accounted for, which e had been taken--and thankfully all the children were safe--but that was little comfort to their friends and fa after the daughter she’d seen dragged away To Clarke’s surprise, Bellah they’d taken Octavia and Wells Even in his frenzied haze of fury and pain, he’d realized the futility of going after their attackers unprepared and unar, once the lintel of the guards’ barracks, and ran numbers in her head Around two hundred currently safe or only slightly injured Nearly thirty gravely injured Twenty-two dead Nineteen

Octavia Glass Graham Eric Wells Her best friend Her first love The boy who’d risked everything to protect her

Clarke’s breath stuttered She pressed her hands to her knees, drawing in a shaky gasp, willing the sob that was rising in her throat to stay put Not now Not yet Not until they’d done all they could to help the injured, soothe the dying, ready the caure out what to do next Clarke retied her ponytail and turned back toward the infirmary

Then a distant voice stopped her Bellamy

Clarke turned to see him in quiet conversation with Rhodes and Max beside the dwindling bonfire His back was to her, head bowed She’d hardly laid eyes on hi stock of the ca her

Part of her wanted to keep walking to avoid having to look into his pained eyes She should’ve trusted hi off his concerns as paranoia He was one of the smartest, most intuitive people she’d ever met, and yet she’d treated him like a disturbed patient

She headed toward the bonfire, the sha hotter than the flaroup, their conversation beca

"Heaped piles of leaves," Bella to the woods "And when Luke and I scouted thisunder the leaf piles They may have hid supplies there for the attack Or themselves, even Makeshift bunkers"

"And you previously heard voices in the trees?" Max asked

Clarke froze as Bella with it

"Yeah, last week All I heard was one sentence Tords ‘This one’ And then a whistle from another tree, and that was it I looked up into the trees for what felt like an hour, but I couldn’t see a da"

"I wish you’d come to us sooner," Rhodes said Then,back a hair "But yes I certainly understand"

"You have a theory?" Max cut in, nodding to Bella his bow strap "I think they’ve been watching us for the past er They knew all our plans Our routines They knew the layout of all the buildings and when they’d be unguarded And…" His voice broke slightly "They kneho they were going to kill and who they were going to take"