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I think I finally have a solution to the proble to Thea yet Over the years I’ve learned it’s better to do and not ask

So I don’t say anything to her about my idea

I grab her foot beneath the water and begin to e it Her eyes fall closed and she moans

I work erously close to her center, before m

oving my hand back down

“I’ to fall asleep,” she warns

“Do it,” I tell her “I’ to let you drown”

She smiles at that, her eyes still closed

She trusts my words, and they’re not a lie I’d risk my life for hers, and now our child’s Call me crazy, but that’s what love does to you

Xander

“We’re lost,” Thea announces beside me

“We’re not lost,” I groan

“We’re lost,” she says again, looking out the“Totally, and completely lost”

“No, we’re not,” I counter

“Yes, we are,” she argues “I don’t know about you, but all I see is trees, trees, and rows shrill at the end