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I let her go and then ran to htly

“I’m fine, squirt,” Aiden assured ht”

“Yes, I do,” I cried “Adam’s dead, isn’t he?”

“He and ether,” Vivian interrupted “I watched it happen…they didn’t suffer”

My lower lip trembled

It was one thing to believe my brother was dead; it was another to hear it But I couldn’t let ht now, there would be tiht now, I needed to see as still alive

I spotted Gabriel and surprised hi myself into his arms

“Whoa,” he hugged me back aardly, “what’s this for?”

“For helping hter back,” I kissed his cheek “Without you, ould’ve never been able to do this”

“I don’t know about that,” he smiled sheepishly

“You know I’ht,” I smiled back

“I was pretty helpful,” he chuckled Sobering, he said, “Still, I wish no one had to die”

“This was a war,” I finally said, “and a war has casualties”

“Spoken like a true soldier,” He winked Winked! I still wasn’t used to this new and improved Gabriel

I made my way back to Jonathon