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She slid her feet to the left

“Only three more steps until the corner And thenelse you plan on doing after this is all over”

“Other than kiss the ground?”

He actually chuckled “Other than that”

“French cooking lessons,” she found herself saying

Mace pressed his hand to her back, keeping her flush against the wall and fir I —chili One more step to the corner Is that your whole list?” He looked past her “You can reach out and hold the corner now”

Sheher head, very slowly and carefully, to see what he hts blinking far, far beneath theround but air A wave of pure, unadulterated terror rushed through her, and suddenly it felt like the ledge beneath her feet wasto keep her in place, but it didn’t , ready to toss her off and into the night

“There’s nothing there” She fought to get the words past her tightening throat “I’ Because There Is Nothing There”

Her voice had faded to a strained whisper Sernails scratched at the wall, desperate for purchase If she’d been thinking straight, her behavior would have embarrassed her As it was, all she could think about was the nothingness in front of her In the back of her mind, a calm realization settled, and she knew she was about ten seconds away from a full-blown panic attack One that would take theht to their deaths, but there wasn’t anything she could do to stop it

“You’re safe,” Mace said over the frenzied screaot you You won’t fall” His even voice sounded like it was co from very far away

Her eyes scrunched shut, and her lips were a hairsbreadth froed “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t…”

The words drowned out everything else Everything except the sure knowledge that the ledge was going to slip out fro to die

…

She was losing it And Mace couldn’t allow that to happen

“Stop it” He barked the order, the same way his old co now”