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A wave of hopelessness swept through her Astrid closed her eyes, not wanting to let it get the better of her She did not need this Did not need Mary passed out, maybe near death She already had the autistic brother, and the depressed boyfriend in the ive me for that,” she chastised herself “Coet Mary to Dahra”

“Dahra just has a medical book She’s not an expert”

“I know Look, I don’t kno to take care of so about medicine”

“We have to get her some of that deer meat,” John said “We have to feed her”

“What deer meat?”

“Zil has a deer,” John said “He’s going to share it this evening At dinnertime”

Despite everything, Astrid’s sto than anything else But even hunger couldn’t quiet the warning bells in her head “Zil? Zil’s got a deer?”

“Everyone is talking about it,” John said “Turk is telling everyone that Zil caught Hunter Hunter had this deer and was keeping it all for himself Anyone ants some meat just has to come and help them punish Hunter”

“At least,” he added, “any normal No freaks allowed”

Astrid stared at hi what he had just said

“Is Mary going to be okay?” John asked “I et her to eat some deer meat? Will she be okay?”

“Ahhhhh!” Saain

Again and again

Sa

Crying like a baby His shrieks of painwith the harsh lunatic blare of the siren