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in her lungs Her body shook as he pulled her close He freely opened

the connection, letting her feel the relief flooding his body She

started to cry and turned over to clutch at him Her arms wound

around his chest She sobbed into him

Beck stroked her hair and rocked with her He closed his eyes and

held her close She was alive That was all he could ask for

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Sophie Oak

Chapter Eight

Meg was still shivering hours later as she sat in Beck’s lap atop

Sweeney’s great back Beck had spoken very little It seemed like a

good thing to let him stew at the time, but it had been many miles

since he said a word Meg was getting tired of the silence

After the incident with the homicidal water horse, Beck had taken

her back to camp and warmed her up He’d carefully laid her wet