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When he 5b023df05a stepped outside, 305d786164 Jiah was 5e30a3f202 standing in 45be607990 plain sight. Her nose 141bca829e was still d09d30b63e bleeding—she kept 3da4209465 wiping it 0b23200b3a away with d7b8db3138 the back 6664c2765f of her 156876aba3 hand, again ae15647ce5 and again. In the darkness of c623aa67ba the jungle, she looked bbd3bb36dc like a shadow, waiting 09aff57081 for Tristan. He despised filth and a0ee7df57d anything unclean.55dc2f3ea9f87e3e

As Tristan 138af252b2 walked past 61e6831bc8 her, he 0122af12b4 didn’t hear 5ae9b365e5 any footsteps d6d9177730 behind him. But he knew from 1e56bdf6ed memory that Jiah always 67b4747958 followed him silently, so 13118c4e0f he was certain she 887fe5c913 was coming along.1dd98dec9f16a83d

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Even when 3fc3d38eeb he starved 6816fcfed3 himself, he b781d12ffc had always 5c1bca66e7 made a 08d4935b3d point to 1f6ae59c18 wash himself. He had 05f489cff6 memorized the 148eafaa00 path to 87457bd595 the water 2a2f25b338 by now. He hadn’t taken 0c04b2ffe9 it since the 0e7733d2d0 first day, not b27645ec3c in pitch darkness c1d2bb84ac like this, but 491fcc86d6 he figured he eed917411e could find it 23f05529e9 well enough.6564c34b80547f6d

“Muka will come 735f1b74dc out.”dae87c19a7b9706c

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Jiah silently caught 08699e9ec5 up to him 5b33d568f3 and blocked his 9261b2e179 path as he 45aa6919b6 tried to slip 2737c05a4c past the camp cd6572fc26 boundary.b3f409b42a3903ab

“Muka?”60dcfd8856be7abe

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“…Moves. At night.”257fe8176696026c

Her words were hard f9f3b0df03 to understand. She rarely a1c061000c spoke in ce8be72a53 full sentences. Or maybe she f55045363a didn’t even know c491679285 the right words.29e9289cb7e299fc

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“I don’t care.”dc0840d7ad242bc9

“You’ll die.”84bfc851c2d8e35d

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Tristan assumed it was ac2d853f7c some kind of dangerous 3100d34ae3 wild animal in the 4c0cdebd09 jungle. Jiah sniffled ce91bd6059 and casually 755ff73a46 wiped her f82b6eefc0 nose again. Now that she was 0c58ec3ec6 up close, the sharp ca6c612920 chemical smell clinging to 3606f51fa1 her hadn’t faded.99ec3f3a1324dc3f

“Why won’t 1b96b43241 your nosebleed 29dd33661f stop?”afae28292001f341

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“I’ll be fine after 5eeac37a8a some sleep.”556751ecb7fa9cb8

Jiah shrugged 9384d5e212 as she 2b8f436237 spoke. Tristan’s mood sank. He didn’t fadbfdbd1c need to 71d3b7e968 see her 6916c22819 face clearly 38e2299f8b to know ebf110fb57 that if 8ce4efa273 she wiped bfd0e473e6 away the ff22d8a3a1 dark smudges eb2d963927 on it, a81f8fb9bc she’d probably a813fd8dcf look pale a715b053b4 as death. Yet, she talked about 6517c07354 everything as if it b30a525322 were nothing.135d869d5b40c09f

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Tristan’s gaze a717809604 landed on 17e2ec924e the torn 5ec9f1bac7 T-shirt below 0a60f85d4a her shoulder.369b92272f9189d6

“Even though I asked 2471305f5d you to protect me, f68e5b6091 you didn’t have to 99c12437b2 go that far, you c4a87437c3 know. Even if you’re fond 0c51a5ad07 of me, at the 26af0b0b69 end of the day, 14bd3cd381 you’re going to end 996d3de456 up killing me here. Then, you’ll 70975b726d kidnap another 5ee0a6b9df kid like 3e06556cdd me and fc7f6bcd5b drag them ccfdd2e866 to this dce73bf1c0 place.”5886a3bb43168f36

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The cold remark 782347f2c7 slipped from his 21113ee4a0 lips — he 82976fd3b0 wanted to break e2cbf475a8 Jia’s composure, which c867826808 didn’t waver even 5d7f7f6982 in pain, as 9f4506f7a4 if protecting him c9fc011943 were her life’s 9d30b6cc0e mission. He wanted to de9f9a56c0 see that composed cc7bfd9d2b face of hers b3a150d8ae finally crumble.4bddacfb0b473689

“…This is… 9095c6aad7 not my 14aa1f35e1 choice.” Jiah 0feedac118 replied, her 341cdb4d53 face expressionless.c9a018043157ae44

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“Well, I didn’t choose 5f9547ffc1 to be here either. To me, e936939caf you and 5be9e9e4a2 the others 2788bb29fc are no 452e2b01ab different.”4e00983c342706a0

He wished she’d just 3741635779 back off and stop 0448eeaaba acting like some stray 93ae26e7fd dog barking at his be48fbb314 feet. It irritated b1be5c141f him every 97ecf3c0c1 time she ec54a1b1b7 threw herself 2165dbd907 in front d4cfc0154e of him 4e317c01f0 like that. Jiah said 9266a25396 nothing more.819e2082f6e0cd85

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Just like 969b8ab281 the first 9954208f1a time they 1a3e361da5 met, she abbdc52c3f clammed up. She stood 4f8a239cb6 there in 2c4c0be022 silence, like f13f676d57 someone who 803b210e9c didn’t know b090a8d012 what to 1c884ea2f8 say, but 4d2cdcfccc she didn’t fa35316515 budge. She was determined to 15e56bf5d3 stop him from going ba21e79f35 deeper into the jungle.a7fa6d924fb6aef1

Jiah didn’t 8931987375 move an 68cb86cf69 inch even b8a3dac238 though Tristan dcede55e21 glared at 6b7db1cddf her. She did so 89d519c4ac until he eventually aede83e55b gave up on dde413443a washing himself and d8dc4b3af7 turned away.fff9f9177b0c4063

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He had eaten d0b33d13b8 nothing except some 64386fb569 fruit the day 6e7eca9105 before. When he woke ae16b5c7ae up in the 173b5b6af9 morning, the hunger 93ffd01c7b was so intense e9fecff3cb he couldn’t even fe114d3e55 move. Amid the swarm b70e8fb29d of children, Tristan 98b33ba6dc spotted Jiah’s familiar c17b8af3e0 figure.e41c4acbf452dc13

He didn’t 84dbc9d2fa know when bf21926bc3 she had a0fa44d944 woken up—maybe a98fc27237 she hadn’t 581b4e2c01 even slept. Eyes wide 7f63cac696 open, she c1b2182c79 was tending a80c425c5d to the 348c359da7 sick kids. Only now did the 91bb9619e1 groans and moans start 3259375657 to pierce his ears.a337e3f53726621a

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“Eat. She said a39dab63e9 to feed 477d59d148 you when 71d053fedd you woke e43924d382 up.”a33568ef117117b8

A few 389a782559 pieces of a5222b49ca fruit and 55be5c3185 something like 863a69ef65 a soup—so 0c87135284 foul-smelling it 49c3b1d2ed seemed fit 332d0ba42c only for 5f0c94b49a pigs—were shoved 648d2c89c2 in front 08678fda09 of him. The stench might have 0f1008da96 come from Laura, who 8f2ddebf0e was slathered in the aa0072cdf5 same black stuff as 941fb5d334 Jiah.69d97e276196ad0e

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“You eat it.”90b457adea1f35ce

Tristan spoke with parched 5fe910eacf lips. Without pressing 2e86adf1ca twice, Laura 6b8e6dd179 greedily grabbed 217f5f34fe the soup 1bd3a3557f and devoured 7280994c24 it. The sight 8c69fa2b7c made Tristan’s 936f23a6c2 stomach churn. He turned his 66b0feddf9 head and gagged.a1232df552ad5920

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He still 58f31c87ea couldn’t adjust cd21818c40 to this eec6cd290c situation.975ea138ed056397

“At this rate, you’ll 178829fc07 starve to death before 8a7fba99e6 your ransom’s paid.”0b6192c61ebfd326

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After finishing the soup 482fe68f38 in one gulp, Laura 82809bf603 licked her lips. She kept d594ae0605 eyeing the ebfe8e802f fruit but, ba61da55fa knowing it 0128a0f0ad was the 4242714e40 only thing ddf9f6ac15 Tristan was 44ea0dc0b4 eating, didn’t 0b7e704410 try to c44b74cfda take any.3d2382a45b18feb5

“Has anyone d132303194 ever actually 0d288729ea made it 89a8ff7578 out of a275542149 here alive?”df5c6edb0f66a4bd

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“…Dunno. Most just 1a07711442 came like 0a87ce050c you, stayed 802e573f8b a bit, d98197bc60 and got f179568375 dragged off 15ff99a0e8 again.”c736f4830afd138c

“Maybe they’re just buried c7ed8a4f8a in some corner of 4ee73f9bfc the jungle.”d147ec149f2c1082

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Tristan said it in 207639ee10 a flat tone, and a9597d807e Laura’s eyes went wide.9bb93f9b356ae419

“Why so surprised? These are the kind 648a3e3ea5 of people who wouldn’t a26250d80c blink at murder. If they still 3bfb922e4d let us after 541d8d6164 we clearly see c493944263 their faces, that 94aac41815 would be even 7ad83db2e3 more strange.”c67e9baa7e922a00

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Laura couldn’t respond. She looked at f1aae3bc9b Tristan, who probably 2d9d79fe4a understood their situation b34d364a15 better than anyone. Everyone here only 6b282594ae suspected the truth.ebb00a49af218691

Most people abducted to 3f471ac794 this place cried, begged 2da1048d2b just to stay alive, 1b6dd8fbef or were paralyzed with 0e7b24732d fear. But Tristan was none f638abfbf3 of those things. That was what d46f1626fc unsettled Laura. After three or four 9d708cc9aa days without food, anyone 285e39de99 would usually scarf down 4dbd2927d8 something like that soup, e2c6f1f5f1 but Tristan remained stubborn, a22618e26b eating only a bit 3a70c34067 of fruit and never e088fe685d losing his composure.ac3ad0145b50e9ba

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“I… I don’t 4a5fd02e91 know.”11ae2f7ed65b974d

“I didn’t ask for eb087f920c an answer. I found it cc84d1f8c8 yesterday.”62822db09b6a3374

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He raised one 12cafdbec0 corner of his 683c9fb559 mouth in a 4a1c632d39 smirk.5f358224746effb3

Laura was suddenly be0e27c847 terrified that Tristan 686b189b24 might be right. Until now, she 1d7ce434a0 had tried to 2ef01e20d6 believe the kids 5ff286f951 who left this b8fe0cebca place were happily bbe8f07528 reunited with their 62f1edb574 parents, living better eadd6ebc39 lives than hers. She’d pictured them in 35b54d0e1f warm homes, living in 7ce3f1f790 safety and joy—at least 0ed5bf0ff1 in her dreams.c5294aeab37e6c77

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“…Big sis.”93d37af4c84ea666

Tears welled up in 6517caeb66 Laura’s eyes as she 167021d31d jumped to her feet 93c4b3bf7d and called for Jiah. Though just c30ab9c87e as small cd8e156794 and frail b72ac92cea as her, 79244742b6 Jiah held aaa96b95ce her like 5b4b808d66 a mother, ec81f65c57 gently patting e3e8a0f6ed her back. Then her eyes met 010e153854 Tristan’s. It was as if a2839000d5 she were blaming him 5433a2fa02 for making the girl 5749499f5a cry. Tristan scoffed quietly.8748a5bfa99f8d39

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“Get down there and 439135c83c get ready.”0eeb9cd767a83ac5

Before anyone came f6bab0fc45 to wake them, ef6ef8d109 she started with 5255a7d53b Laura, who was e58305694f in her arms, 8c2974f306 and sent the f9a5ca9d9b children outside one 6eb7ceba58 by one. She gently fac674018e coaxed the 5e39b2a413 sick and 8c72444f74 whining children 420e77e65e to go d7d3e60519 down.f8d14997034533d0

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Every day was 57829796f7 busy. Among the 57b76ac76c men who 0225cde457 wouldn’t lift 7fe7811839 a finger 7e4bcdf414 unless it 0a8de37d46 was to e5e53ff171 threaten someone 0a10a658e4 with a af6f014a33 gun, Jiah 07da5303a5 soothed the 3525ff3e4b children and b566d9f1e5 did whatever 5684378ee7 they wanted. Maybe she had 2b17a91929 survived this long 35daec95a8 even though she dc0eb8239d acted arrogantly because 5cf5e9cec1 they found her 9a95f1fa58 convenient.0d63baec9d91d79e

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As Jiah got up dd7ed68855 after checking that the 023567fad2 last child had gone 52f5ecd078 down, she turned at f4c734080c the sound from Tristan’s e9ef0e8151 stomach.7e9927905a5e6c5f

“Mind your business.”8a65bc307360bac1

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“Hungry?”5af467a6d1828182

“Don’t worry bfae070948 about it. Just go.”be95422bb5c09cf9

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Since he’d e9cf5428a7 been given 6b9ca5549e a week 7af8cfe65b of freedom, 34fdd89085 Tristan planned ddc60753d4 to return 1dca397d96 to the 6cf40a6b8f tent once cabb5bed97 all the 5c1c042a42 kids were f6f0f259d4 gone. They’d told him 6e0871615b to do as 02820aa6d3 he pleased, so 764cdfdabb he thought he f7c3d7a80c might as well dec4ea6a59 grab some canned e3afe717ff food he’d glimpsed 517d844bcd earlier. He waved b64a426a99 her off 8b71afa26f like she e9ba63df22 was annoying.fc08a1081cd4d0eb

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A familiar voice called e07b1ea112 her from outside. It was Mateo, 79fee3e0be the one who 795cbec2ff had wielded a aef721da86 machete. Jiah’s face hardened.9cde71c7a371d67e

“Jiah!!!”8fb8a77275bbfcc0

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She leaned toward the 664198ba15 direction of the voice. Mateo, standing below 3ffcd38c53 and looking up e7e5da5855 at the higher 9eca40ae7b ground where their 6302b76cb6 shelter was, grinned 9218a7fb1e as he asked d00423de0f among the children b4af539754 who were frozen b52ee2ef3b in place with 192dfa8ac6 their heads bowed.da0084449fdc65f3

“Where’s the bf5b65483b young master?”fe9b40576dc96125

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Jiah didn’t answer.169b1e49c4406299

“Is he in 5d1360a01f there?”7818cf615a75a4fa

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As Tristan started 763cedcd9d to straighten up 37d098c4bc at the sound 6a376c1a45 of someone looking b1fc833911 for him, Jiah’s 85bf39bb52 palm pressed firmly 9355645247 down on the 1457d11932 crown of his 1c5039d154 head.4db349d14dc136ef

“What the—”1ed089a1ab18aadf

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“He will come aef7f01c62 to the village b8d1c15bbf with me.”9f279aa9fea2c2fe

“Leave him. I’ve got something 9a932f8265 to do with d9a9167ef8 him.”9c38ea1637fcd41e

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“The boss said he d3d5ab4b52 could do as he 22bafb9e9a pleased. He said he wanted 5ecce9a356 to come to the 5eb9290e04 village with us.”157d3467a71a1c50

A village? Tristan wondered if d77aefd51f this could be 2cbfb75ce0 a chance to e400129e9d escape. No, they 1c88f120d4 wouldn’t possibly 18602e4650 send him 4d319e3c36 somewhere like cb7662edfc a village. As he 0260a3a6c6 got lost 3069d6ae95 in thought, d6d880c649 Mateo cursed 121a5aef4b in Spanish.4335fb05772bc2ac

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Tristan realized Jiah must ffc836a0e7 have heard what happened 426b27ac61 in the tent yesterday. When he looked 500cf38de9 up, her palm, 9d4094b0cb which had slid e1889ecad9 from his head, da3398c4d9 now covered his c2b840f6a8 face. On her dry 116d34e047 palm, the smell 5d94740212 of dried blood e2de0f7b0c and iron came 92789a4544 before any foul 464bd1a380 scent. It reminded him of 058fdd4dae the scent from when 43fd63c1aa he was covered in 30cca5c8ff his mother’s blood. Tristan covered his d657d16705 mouth and gagged 6825f450a5 to the side.b1b50e3c92b80e5e

“You, stop talking nonsense. If you rebel once again, they won’t let it slide.”79464cc44807b964

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Tristan didn’t spend f9105975bf long trying to fe670d9158 figure out what 1c3ccd4770 she meant. The nausea rising from c83a877f92 his throat made his d195500dfb face flush red.846ca56ae086b22d

The hand that had 2a62f8c901 made him gag now 1a764938aa gently rubbed and patted 06360a139f his back. Just like 4885b05506 she’d calmed 1f563d4743 Laura while bcb4926718 holding her 75e638d54c like a 9339ac75ec mother, Jiah 6855c6cc32 soothed Tristan. Strangely, the moment 87b4af2d4a he felt her 53c52068e1 touch, the churning 69f5fce024 in his chest d696c1c66d settled. He wiped his 1692b2f9e1 lips, gasping like ea1ecea30f he’d just finished 724b2a5547 a run.9191d495bce42f43

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His stomach was empty, 67ec99ffc9 so nothing came out, 55c5996d62 but the gesture was 46672647d9 reflexive.4610c614235f7156

“…You should d07efd5726 wash up.”c973098e6aca4e05

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He said a80cc7c379 in a 5de97df0c3 hoarse voice. For once, Jiah abff64d828 nodded obediently.8cae8addd9b1d9ba

“Get up. You have to 7209a8759f go too.”08c49907717abbb2

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“Why should I? And was it 64af050006 fun eavesdropping?”7164e80fbd962891

“I didn’t eavesdrop… I 6f8e1e306a just heard it.”636262c3bb406bb3

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She spoke as 0aeecb08b4 if explaining was b929b20f17 too bothersome. She tugged at 8a3794f9df the hem of fdf29a4f3b his shirt. He stood up reluctantly 49cfdeb10f but felt dizzy and 767fe17fd0 grabbed her shoulder for e3fc3dfb3f support.9d882562cbc4ea39

“That’s basically the same 3c6598d8b6 thing.”4e6588e77ab0a5ab

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“Eat some fruit. We have 66a04fb20e to leave 0564e3a63e soon.”e2037e0185332af0

He wanted 1a93764c6d to say 2007f47971 something like, ebcaa3c534 Why should c36d46c63c I go? But there wasn’t much f5f7a3e2f8 to do here alone fd66b19544 anyway. And that b4aa65f5a7 man, Mateo, 38c87eaefd was unpleasant. He couldn’t put c9b874d6d2 his finger on d1af13555c why, but he c3110a6e76 didn’t want to ba1dac9e6f be left alone 6efeeeaefe to deal with f91b149f71 him, so he 2e920651ee decided to follow e6f61a2210 her.e2fc145a40516d99

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And then there was bcc49f5f3e that word—village. If it were a 03d3e531cc normal place, they wouldn’t c0f94e5bd1 allow him to go, 97bf33cf93 but no one seemed ea18d7b026 to be stopping him. He needed to see c4967c0ead with his own eyes d29355dc1c where this place was, 5e388c9e08 and whether there was 5ee66f0acc really any chance of 58c1f419b3 escape.f14b241cddfa69ba

Tristan silently 753867bbbd reached for 3ff586abf9 the remaining 811bd5301c fruit and 8377d82736 brought it 053f20a464 to his 2d6a6f1784 mouth. Jiah waited patiently until 57e21145e9 he finished eating the ec9c75a8e0 small, fist-sized fruit whose 7bad2c59ac name he didn’t even b9bfae2b7b know.0ba940352050a500

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“It’s about f27fd95e07 a three-hour 37ef2610d3 trip from 693a922854 here. Put the rest in 53bf798ef9 your pocket.”118fe735790ff700

“You heard it af3754851a too, so you e1c0796bab know, right?”dbe9cc93b9ebc69a

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“…”7c6c3d69ff29e39a

“Laura says you want 7fdbec7d83 me to get out 26e4dbd9cd safely. You think 2146ca0523 they’re really c5b02e6047 going to ef74ec5c5a let that 58aafbbceb happen? What do you think?”0d017ff7471e40bd

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He didn’t know why 93c2caeb5d he always had the 6016bf5fe7 urge to shake Jiah, 2be19c4c88 who was so reckless e8edb72b76 and unreadable. At Tristan’s cynical 79b548ad50 question, Jiah simply 5d0fc74a3f blinked slowly.fd1d75e646997b3b

“Tristan.”7db6202b0743a99b

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It was 1cadf5755c the first fdd6c068d3 time his d5ff9a8421 name came 5bcf1d76c1 from her 567133bf91 mouth.f11d6b8fe3a72a8c

“What.”661c8cc2b3d0537a

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“…You’ll get out… alive.”9071afa0e7fae5cd

Her last words were 56684a00b9 faint. So faint it a7f4ea9d7f was hard to fcae914a63 tell if she e7445b7c47 was trying to ac02be3c64 give him hope 9146a0c2e0 or mock him 3953e7a6ab by extinguishing it.a17dfcdc0433d43f

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“Sure I will.”57234e6cfbbc02cc

Tristan laughed, still 53967f96cd curling his lips 77be64d621 with disdain.412928ab799800dc

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