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The vehicles pulled up and parked Men ju their weapons

The crowd broke apart People screamed and pushed one another aside

“Loreda!” Elsa couldn’t see her children in the pandemonium “Ant!”

People ran in all directions Those who had driven jumped in their cars and drove away The others ran for their lives across the fields

Elsa saw Loreda and Ant, clinging to each other, being carried forward by the tide of people

She started to run for the hit her in the head, hard, and she fell to the ground unconscious

ELSA CAME AWAKE IN stages Her mouth was dry She was thirsty

The last thing she remembered was—

“Loreda! Ant!” She sat up so fast she felt dizzy

Jack was beside her “I’m here, Elsa,” he said

She was in bed But not in a room she’d ever seen before There was an empty chair beside the bed

Jack handed her a glass of water and sat down in the chair

“Where are my children?”

“Natalia got them to your cabin She drove your truck back”

“How do you know this?”