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He narrowed his eyes I tensed, expecting a fight, but he only nodded again “Okay Ignore my snores then”

I nodded, but didn’t move—not even when I heard him collapse on the bed I couldn’t see A minute or so later, when I heard his snores, soht, no sudden… I didn’t knohat I was expecting Still, I sat in the sah the door

It opened soundlessly, and he paused, taking everything in

He didn’t speak I didn’t speak He calance into the other room

He had another two guns on hiuns He also had food with hi of food on the table in front of uns on the dresser and disappeared into the other roos with hi with Cavers’ personal bag and phone He put everything on the counter before closing the door and locking it

After that, he closed his eyes, resting his forehead to the door for a id again, and he turned, ski to the bathroouns on him, while he washed up

“Do you need to take a shower?” he asked after a moment

It was then that I felt like I could relax, as much as I normally could

I stood and pulled his gun from my jeans

He waved at me “You need to keep that”

“I don’t kno to shoot it”

He narrowed his eyes, his head cocking to the side “You don’t?”

I shook un

He took it “Your line?”

“You knoe all have a line on’t cross Shooting a gun was mine”

His eyes darkened, and he gave un back “That’s a seriously stupid line You need to learn how to shoot”

I are, but I just didn’t want to tell him that Or, not yet I’d wait until Jake beca Raize’s approval before he taughtthis, but I dunno Maybe it was a new line?

I yawned, lying down on the bed by the door

“Switch”

“What?”

Raize took his bag and the guns he’d put on the other bed, the one closer to the bathroo on the end of the bed I was currently lying on “I’ll do watch until Jake gets back”

I was not going to argue with that My head was now bobbing since I’d given myself permission to let the exhaustion seep in It came hard and fast