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"Let’s go for it," Bella," Clarke said tentatively "Maybe we should fall back and make camp somewhere we can establish a perimeter" She looked ahile she spoke, as if afraid of setting Bella emphatically "We’ll be better off under the cover of darkness"

And ould you know about that? Bellamy wanted to ask You were an "officer" on a space station where there was no night… and no real ene as well and sighed inwardly There was no way he could storm this concrete fortress on his own He needed the others with him, and if they wanted to fall back, then that was the way it had to be For now

As Bella his back with a quiet groan, Paul turned back and called, "One of us should stay here and keep watch Bellae in his eyes

"I’ll do it," Felix said, breaking the tension "Just send soet word to you if anything changes"

Paul looked disappointed, but he nodded, then turned to the rest of the group, saying, "Keep low and stay quiet," in the loudest whisper Bellale winding line through the woods, following the saered in the back with Bellaive us the best shot"

"Yes Fine," he said, not ed ht He felt as if he was being torn in half Part of hiive hi part of hiive her What did he have to do to make her trust hi… wait, hold on… no way! I think it’s a frog ings It’s got the strangest face"

Without another word to Bellae of a sroup continued walking, and Bellamy followed the their tracks as he went Finally, ClarkeSo with moss so thick it forh to shield them from view from a distance

"This should work fine," Paul said, his hand reaching out to rest on Clarke’s shoulder "Good eye, Griffin"

"A fire’s going to be too conspicuous," Clarke said, turning away Paul’s hand dropped off her "We’ll have to do our best without one"

Touch her one uishable fro his fists He forced hi a circle of makeshift trip alarms around the ca cross-legged on the ground, drawing a diagram of the raiders’ massive fortress in the dirt with a stick Paul leaned over her, one hand on her shoulder--again--as if for balance And she wasn’t shooing hi

Bellaer Instead, he turned and started away

"Hey!" Clarke called fro?"