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As if they knew I didn’t belong there

Strong, tall, and proud, he walked beside htest “Hungry?”

“You should know me better than that by now”

He hardly ever smiled, and whenever he did, it was a half se in his lips But the save hiet breakfast” He walked up to a s the tables full of patrons The waitress seemed to know hier to rush over and help him

She was pretty too

I felt that ugly green ain

This tiether

She took us to a table and told us what they had “Two orders?”

“Yes,” Huntley said “And coffee”

She took off to the kitchens

We were beside the , and I noticed the people behind hi his face or the syht the coffees a second later, and then the breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and eggs wasn’t far behind

I stared atout ofso beautiful…”

He was already eating, taking big bites of everything and scarfing it down

We ate in silence, but it was a comfortable silence, the kind I had with my brother “I’ve never done this before”

He looked up as he chewed

“Gone out to eat in town The only tione out with a guy either”

“I’ave a playful look before he dropped his attention back to his food

I ate everything on le crumb, and felt my belly stretch my pants when I was finished

Whatever Worth it

We left and took a long route back to the house HeartHolher and higher until it reached the edge of the cliff That here the castle stood, and I i Huntley didn’t offer to take me there, and I was certain the area was off-limits to me

We approached his hoate I could tell he didn’t intend to coered in the street “When will you be back?”

“Not sure Before dark”

“Well, I’onna need food Don’t expect me to stay put and starve”