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“Are you okay to stand?”

She nodded

“Good, then you splash some water on your face while I see if I can find shoes that’ll fit you” He gave her a second tofor lockers

He found a wall of them at the end of the room The lockers didn’t look like the metal boxes from his youth—these were cubbies built into the wall Each with a frosted glass door secured by a palm-print lock Mace didn’t have time to break the locks, so he used the butt of his rifle to slass

Third tih tech “s that even though they were slightly too large, the upper part would tighten to fit and keep them on her feet

The bat, who still hadn’t returned to his skin after covering the camera outside the security hub, fluttered around in the air above hiain, Mace told it

With a h, the bat landed on his shoulder and sank into his skin

When he went back into the restrooainst the sink There were dark circles under her eyes, and her lips trembled

“Slip your feet into these” He passed her the ugly, black shoes

“Wonderful, thank you” She bea, and he felt hiet hihed out of his team

“You ready?” It was a du to ask He needed her out of there whether she was ready or not

“Yes” Her hands were shaking, although she tried to hide it, and it was clear that the thought of walking past the blood and bodies again was freaking her out

He could help with that

Without asking, he scooped her up in his arms

“What are you doing? I have shoes now I can walk” She wrapped her arms around his neck