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I glanced at the sky, thinking a storlass And then I realized The only sounds disturbing the woods were

I jerked the brakes and jolted to a stop Popping round and looked around I knew this feeling When I lived with the Siet violent When he stomped down the hall to my bedroo for soht as well have been sto turned to a chore, the dense air hardly fitting throughwindpipe I needed to hide Or run

I put my foot back on the pedal and pushed as hard as I could Well, I didn’t clip the sole of the shoe into the stupid clipless pedal all the way Ten feet down the trail I lost control of my bike and totally wiped out In a daze I stared up at the sky A big black bird circled overhead, hunting solea Me I was being watched

My brain decided to freak out, filling with thoughts of thefor me at the Navajo Mexican Maybe he’d foundas fast as I could,the bike seat There was a disturbance in the woods behind h the underbrush Peering over old fur I pedaled harder

Bridger’s SUV calad to see a big, expensive hunk of er and Kat weren’t there

Close by, a stick snapped and I flinched, staring at the woods Bridger e out of his er looked at ie? Your knee’s bleeding"

I pressed ether

"You’re scared What happened?" he asked Kat stared at ht I saw soer studied ed I had seen so I just didn’t know exactly what

"We need to hurry and get out of here It’s al to wonder where we are," he said

I nodded and looked around The forest was noisy again, alive with birds and chip seeer talkedUltimate at the city park, whatever the heck thatwithout his little sister

We got out of his car and I followed hiuys, half of them white, half dark skinned, with Kat in theirwithout her

My heart dropped when I realized these big, tall,to play Ultimate with I was tiny beside them I hoped there was no physical contact in Ultier called a greeting "I ood on my promise and found one more player" He nodded at gie Maggie, uys"

Their eyes went from ner jeans, toshoes More than one of them started to complain I couldn’t blame them They all wore sporty exercise clothes--even Kat, dressed in teeny skintight shorts and a yuy, the oldest, even had on a knee brace

"U workout clothes, too

"I know you’re nervous Just trust uys" He looked awfully pleased with himself, like the cat that sed the canary "So," he called out "Whose teaie and I on? Walt’s or Alex’s?"

Two roup and eyed each other, then eyed Bridger and ain They looked at each other once

"With those two added, we can’t play dark on light Unless--" He looked at Bridger "You wanna be on h color in your skin to still look Navajo"

"I don’t care whose teaie has to be on er said Kat barked a laugh and rolled her eyes

"But we dark boys are skins" The guy lookedwashboard abs and s her shirt off, you two’ll have to stick with Walt and Kat"