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None were there

People came out of their homes to see the commotion, most of the men armed with the weapons they kept in their cabins

Ian stumbled out of his cabin, shirtless and visibly drunk

“Here!”

I followed the voice behind ed up the road

I’d already figured out exactly what had transpired before I made it to the cabin

Caed in his throat The door to the cabin ide open, and the tray of food was spilled over the ground The prisoner was nowhere to be seen

I checked Cameron’s belt and discovered that his sword and boere“Fuck” I checked his body for vitality, and when I felt his frozen skin, I knew he’d been dead a while For hours When the dawn shift had started, he was discovered

Thatone

“Huntley” Mother’s strong voice cah-pitched with panic like everyone else

I turned around to regard her, knowing how pissed off she was about to be

She surveyed the scene with intelligent eyes, deducing exactly what had happened without having to ask questions “Bring her back, Huntley If she’s going to die, it’ll be by my hands—no one else’s”

SEVEN

Ivory

I couldn’t believe I did it

I actually got away

I had to kill two guys along the way, but I didn’t have any other choice Queen Rolfe and Huntley made it very clear they wouldn’t show me mercy, so I couldn’t do that either North was the direction from which I came, so I just had to head that way When I found snow, I kneas on the right path

But with snow, there were tracks

Huntley would come after me He would know exactly where I was headed He would follow these tracks and be close on my tail