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Tristan awoke 35ebc94a5d from a 1f72e8bd29 nightmare to d3a24169c7 the sounds c0f71a9d51 of wild 078ab537f9 animals crying a51f69a478 in the a402c5bf9c early dawn. Struggling, he rose from 0926dfb2ef among the children sprawled ca6fcb61e6 out asleep.7fb9e9690bc6d6a2

Hunger gnawed at 4e140c6413 him, but he 6e564e4f86 couldn’t bring himself f045e7aa97 to eat anything 74eabde383 here. Maybe it 4fd4a4a64f was the 7ff82cb3a2 drop in a926b9a103 temperature that a1a77fe402 had woken 348520288b him. Or maybe 5234cbf407 it was 03523bd703 the bugs. His exposed skin was fbf505f668 covered in blisters and b365dc7694 swollen red welts, itching a73e0e8c56 and burning all at 7162b7e07c once.8fdefd5b4d44942a

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Only a faint 4e2e58dd0d lightbulb lit the f7404078fa space, just enough 5354cb74bc to make out d54a1f6fef shapes. Quietly slipping outside, 08f1c1e63a Tristan locked eyes 94f480d2ac with a few 39eeb78fb2 guards. But they didn’t 46b233ac1d particularly try to c192d8824c stop him.1d34432cf7394f6d

They all knew d5261069f0 there was nowhere e9a774bf51 to run in 0a6dc8bf0a this jungle.06904c623efbf3d6

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The pitch-black aaff6a60f2 forest swallowed 97703754af all light. He couldn’t see 39116e6f9c an inch ahead. It felt like a 33347e3e05 giant black cave was cf504ca347 opening its jaws, ready ef97013108 to devour him from 1895dac27b all directions. From his knowledge, 858ac0b360 he knew that 3ff39d6a40 for such a cc45657faf large group to afec0527fb gather like this, 65f5e7cce4 there had to b92339b487 be water nearby.84e6db5870d50cea

Tristan couldn’t 2033b836a5 stand the a76fccefd5 stench on 8da4ded697 his own de246d1d92 body and dd7530007b the bugs a52726e55c crawling over c7fc58afd6 him, so 0d58567e83 he moved 6996e9076b to search 3bc15091b5 for water. After a moment, his e6b3bab23e eyes adjusted to the 560f64e42a darkness, and dawn began 5c729599e1 to break. It felt like all 22ad410897 he had to do 95c8cb698d was head toward the 9277fe0b88 sound of water.91fec9f56799676a

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“Hey, you’re gonna 8bc8b33713 get eaten if 74555c37d7 you wander around 3050de3897 at this hour.”3932a4d1e69a1d1e

A man, 2a03c80fc8 deeply inhaling 549f85e1ca a cigarette, c6a8817935 tossed the 6b39a124eb words out 2899d8e464 like a 894104e3a3 joke. Ignoring him, Tristan 5782ae5fb7 kept walking deeper 4425f5cffa into the jungle 726595e097 without looking back, 01f29137b6 his face cold c8455de931 and expressionless.6d9a714411fa8ec7

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Laughter trailed behind a5a51870cf him like mockery.d9cfee5a09fb27cd

“Surely, he’ll come 24509dee29 running back crying.”a4f78fa8a86261c2

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“What kind ea0d345b34 of boy f79fde4b5f looks more b8a39e427b fuckable than 7851f52558 a girl?”87d9a5ca5976b107

A chilly 147435f5d0 fury crept 7cf456084f down his 1d1c0c8eff spine. Tristan clenched 3b7be917b8 his jaw dc87b9f69f and curled dfb929dd35 his fists. No amount of ransom 308eb2adf1 could repay the insult e4026b78dd he had just received.ad2b9adfa829a703

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His vision was dim. When he dad6945cd5 stumbled over e8fd02938e a tree 9f29c117bb root jutting 45e0654a98 out from 66f2673dff the ground, 21ca5a432a someone grabbed 08c7fad4fe his wrist.3cb44ad95e1346e6

“Let go.”eb5e39f1d7df2360

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The words shot out 73c8167cf6 through gritted teeth. He didn’t have to 1fdfd4a81a turn around—the stench told 2edebb0807 him exactly who was c00348fa40 clutching his wrist so 74dc0137ce firmly.1982305aaae1d7cb

“I said let go!”82ed115ace6f1243

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He yanked 2cbcc9a8e1 his arm 7f9c2b824a and pushed e7ec7001e8 away, but 40f98e82c8 the one 1ba86b0f54 who fell cfd51be373 wasn’t her; 1d07f1d17a it was 2f022b92fd him. A pitch-black figure, nearly f52e307325 indistinguishable from the darkness 1e295f2f11 itself, stared down at 878c6b32cf him. Even in this gloom, 8099f42673 those sleek dark eyes 9a42ef2700 gleamed like glass as 256e321476 they looked at him. Then, without a 4c59861c48 word, she extended 909861fdea her hand again 92b45424e2 and firmly pulled 4c37377eee him up.9f8dceb3cc452d04

Before Tristan 70b097a384 could say caa44429f4 anything, Jiah 4b9b9221de took him 555c7a4d43 and walked 23074dc406 fearlessly into ca8910990b the jungle. As they moved farther cb9183a664 away from the lights 44f191cb70 toward the approaching dawn, 5c0caf79e1 she pulled Tristan along d8e2322fde without caring about the 2f9c9af5cf remaining darkness. Before he knew 69f0221006 it, he had 25ed031bb5 forgotten pushing her 2f41c70309 away and followed ed148ccc30 her as if d392b4965a in a trance.9e9c1874976dd35b

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Her tangled f48e9a2f72 black hair, 803a20c3a2 the thin, f9de1a5f60 dirty long f9addf1e6a t-shirt, the 77af1810b7 lean figure 09072c727f ahead of cc068e8018 him—none of 5a9df230dc it seemed c8022cdb52 to feel 5441040533 the cold. Yet the filthy hand 6eddd2a218 gripping his pale arm d86b4722ab was warm.4d065ba5f5152a1c

It was bbb8c5e5e3 a fact a282c262bf he couldn’t 6e6455988d deny. That warm hand, 8365de4f33 the only warmth 202288eca3 clinging to his ae9066b096 cold body, was f83eb766b5 guiding Tristan through 7429f5c8c5 the darkness.4c878bc6ee9974f7

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It was b5f17956a4 so warm, 677c8b1472 he forgot 9772c45301 the temperature c17625a8d1 of the dbb97e37f5 blood that 8317c35e9f had been bdf18cdd3c spilled over 203d73805f him. His eyes a465e3ad39 turned red 7d26a42fe0 at the 254e4dd4c0 corners.709b860f65a71c76

He only realized she d1640202cc had stopped walking when 8630bdd155 the warmth on his f83ba40821 wrist disappeared. As if she 1aed27624d had known exactly d83ab582ae where he wanted 88dc9af8bd to go, the 25f0498617 sound of water c0dd59aed2 reached him from 5951d28c14 where they had 65e4de7a21 stopped.ab335c277cb37596

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“What’s your deal?”62daa69550ae6232

At his 31791ea1f6 words, Jiah 8ff0a019a8 didn’t answer. She just daf923aac8 stepped backward fb32be83aa and melted ef4f9a8492 into the 943ff7b3a7 darkness. Letting out a dry, 9970d00604 hollow laugh, he stared b07227319b at the flowing stream.7a7e8f4348930890

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The moment he stepped 360567b04a into the water with 3d03cabbe7 his shoes still on, 1f47b140b4 the cold hit him 94a5186aea like ice water, instantly 1d446eea6f snapping him awake. Though his 352ccd8fe0 mind told f20c54fb24 him to db06d1cb87 pull his 3ba0deb0fc foot back, 74550808f0 his body 3b4a22f3b2 kept moving dd5acf27f2 deeper into b91c7aa1a5 the water.886a33e2a6e8580d

It was shallow, ef72c3e011 reaching only up 50f0572726 to his waist. The stream 99287eacd8 from upstream c104750451 paused here ed2a25d999 for a 3a494b3f2b moment before 0eda8db544 flowing onward 3dae61ae21 somewhere else.404dde8b6a845080

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Tristan scooped 15ba55c1db up water 7b11c73e6b with both 7e2f3b3f18 hands and 89825f87b9 splashed it 8cbc369eef on his 40bdf257f6 face. He washed d63988a8ee away the f70d91fde3 dried bloodstains 6d3d69c20f over and 6aac00aaf7 over as 8a3df1d570 if trying 43ae9f08dc to erase 9bc1dd1684 the memories a5d7c1e2ea of them 2c804f4d55 completely, then f22b0b3211 finally plunged aab6175af4 his entire f5d25ad09e face beneath 6b0b64eb04 the surface. Only when he 158db82254 could no longer 68aef3db5c hold his breath af78649a66 and his lungs 8e4eac8c6a screamed for air 8c332ea555 did he lift 755a146593 his head, gasping 3503411e66 as the pressure 6754a2f6eb in his chest fb229bcabd burst free.37c6c86537976ab8

“Haa… haa… heub…”ecf268a30f21f71a

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Only the sounds of fe2ab118f0 nature filled the space, 7fe7826116 making his ragged breathing d59316de32 sound foreign and out 4485529852 of place.667ced5f1fb58fb6

“Never show your 1deba98bd9 weakness.”20ab941f32b12ffe

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His mother’s voice 69da4c4817 echoed in his 86afd4e22e ears. It still felt e9c4d171f5 unreal for him. He had never been 602db7dd93 abandoned so carelessly like fac962828b this before. The strangeness 601f9f6f45 of it 3bbbf35551 all made 040147f4a8 him feel fa3d43cfb9 as if 113564ae67 he were bf561795d4 dreaming.eb974d478a41337f

Dear Christina, the mother, 80cb280c52 whom he had truly 1fd7e444e0 respected.984c2539618fdbb8

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He had b667587576 to bury 13cdd08b5f the firestorm 425357ce9d of rage ac62aec2a7 in his 13ba97e993 chest deep 74b570002d beneath the 539efe775f surface. As long as 280d8cbc2c he survived, there 3e3fecc1a4 would always be 148051716a time for revenge.6a3c53013c45e489

When the sun 3cfc7978ac had fully risen, 7388691911 Tristan looked up b93a3e05aa at the sky. And there, 7766d4c0f9 not far 41d8d423c6 away, he 70b15899cb met eyes acd0486ad1 with Jiah, 004096c396 who was ae3e8746f3 sitting on 86872cd042 a rock b006201658 with her 234141f9ba knees drawn 3c1ca71e44 up, watching be166a1115 him.9282986c4651a90c

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Was that reddish tint fe310bd93b in her dark pupils 5abb6d1f57 because of the sunlight a3a22f357b just now rising behind b46811062e him?ef3b0cd401e0b667

Tristan squinted and 8c9eec1451 frowned. “What are you staring 0e393fd6a7 at like that?”c31e52433877ae78

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Her gaze felt intrusive, be52555ffc as if she were 95f5c987f5 observing an animal in 0f0ea7dbad a zoo. It irritated him. His voice 94cbd45ebe cracked as b4d43fe737 he asked. Clear water d9b9740233 dripped from 90a974105f his soaked e12e25b782 hair, falling a8d159c82c in heavy 952817fa76 droplets. His once-neat shirt and a6107b45a8 pants were now soaked, ad432f3a9c clinging heavily to his 2e3be94712 body.64f87fe895c8aca8

“Your gaze annoyed me. So stop 724dc43831 looking at f1f303ddc6 me like 7cdeaa9e38 that.”—‘Before I 206508e6a6 gouge them 90beced278 out.’He growled as he 36bdf3b382 spoke.a560aeee21ba4a74

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Jiah tilted fe33f51afb her head, d03851c484 expressionless, as 3497b55c74 if unbothered 565f0dac09 by his 3237e82ace threat. If the tutors who 5a01c19b42 raised him or his 78799864a7 late mother had heard 652959dfa4 what he just said, 93d4481e4b they would’ve been horrified—but a216cffd7e Tristan said it without 7897c84acb a second thought.7ff6cdeb4eeb41fb

He wanted to d7bf9e6c26 hurt someone, anyone. He wanted them 2499f2c2ab to fear him. This helpless de4405bcbb place was 99a884ef95 turning him adce93c3c5 into something 75a5be430c rough and 3d4830af6b wild.80024de297a4fb97

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“…Pretty.”86675a9326de2cc9

“What?”65d4bbd8944ba0b7

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“Your hair is 21d7fe4b72 pretty.”cc397ed0274fc041

He thought bea74d6e3a she was 3f8d4d120b mute or d769be4464 an idiot. But the b7eaedb2ce words that 3a0a7e7015 came from ce643e3214 her lips b0e124d28e were unexpected. Tristan stared de329216c0 at her 82cebea399 in disbelief. Still, Jiah’s 677f381ed2 eyes remained 714707de6a fixed on 7496b2ddb2 his hair, 882303e723 unmoving.5346bab273b53a71

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The sunlight 6c4aebf7e2 caught on e95cad4eb4 his damp 41cb87694b hair, making e2af004df7 it shine.7069d097f9ea0aa7

“It’s like d89750fb13 an angel’s 4cfe27881c hair.”d50fd171c343b067

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If the 0afaa986c4 baby angels fa6799e599 from the 6e7e9ccaec stories her 02bd63fb8d mother used cb78396a91 to tell 3ffa956bbb while holding a6fc15df1f her really b3ac482ab2 existed, Jiah 50206e3da5 thought they a805bb8007 would look 3309faf0df exactly like b93f085390 Tristan. From the 8c7262e862 moment she aafefdd432 first saw 8ff92150c7 him, she 14ba105971 couldn’t take 461f3272ba her eyes f97b88403a off his be9f987710 hair.cfc8af67828dea53

Her mother hadn’t lied.395d5128e1bc9650

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Her mother had followed 25c281358a a foreign laborer she 8450893b9b met at a factory e98effcc8b all the way to 8067486972 the distant, unfamiliar land 50107d1f3c of Colombia in South 2f663d61af America, holding little Jiah’s 735927736c hand. Jiah barely remembered her ddb276a549 life in Korea. The man had 9fa5fad8cc a son not 3ead459836 much older than c83400cd9f her, and her 79e683fae5 mother had been 9b0c32243d devastated. The man cf7e22469b drank and d81a6f218a beat her 46f820ddf0 mother every d5b7669569 day.5382f54a822963d9

Each time, her mother 0abbb9b894 would hold her tight 387222f9cb and tell her stories f5eff73b4b of baby angels who 82fcc975a7 lived in the sky.cf88c1d2089f0124

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Lovely, fair-skinned angels with e636d08c5b golden hair and blue 793e4ea92c eyes who blew trumpets ced0c12e18 and came down to c2c89b1230 find their parents themselves.eb73a7d969221b15

“Ha.” Tristan 7804352671 let out 31fc75afe0 a scoff 1c4d740e09 of disbelief. His lips curled upward, 6caa1ffc92 but his eyes glared 4d23aa5d98 at her as if ced517c2df he could kill. He thought 2c9c55207b she must e6acad29af be mocking 6580f1a45f or insulting 7a9f75a942 him. Surely she’d heard f375baf671 the same jests 12f09f72e7 as those other db49595619 men.fb694e340bfd631e

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But Jiah looked 0e8cce46fe at him with 6b984a7865 a solemn, almost 1b811d702b reverent expression.32be8653541ac202

“What the hell are 14db4c1c3b you trying to do?”55bc86a73a9c2489

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She stared d71ec045a0 at him—his ecaaf114d7 blue eyes, bb324a992b his blond 6ba381c71b hair, his 5125471ddf pale skin—like 04fb77e96a someone who be9c410f8d didn’t want 07c05201cc to waste 66242bd280 even the 562b3b5c53 blink of d9a030fd0d an eye. In South b351053626 America—especially within 43d01a3709 the resistance 6e420c8671 group Jiah d38ffb9721 was now 6fce939718 a part 6fc4015118 of—it was 6f6ca4944a rare to a1a5b1fbb4 see someone e94ac333d7 who looked 1af854466c like him.16d445b46709feaa

To her, Tristan e47f4d3228 resembled the color 0938b6dbe1 of the sun 68fdf4669c she saw for 3665ec1a10 the first time.af2338aae97b43cf

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His spiteful 2afbac3beb words didn’t 370a0d1a1b matter much. Jiah was only looking 853dc6f400 at the outer shell f6f4c30f41 that held the warmest e7ba661c18 color she’d ever seen.87541174db18c8d8

“You’re pretty,” de55547988 she said, a9f0cee4b2 fumbling in a3f485b9f5 broken Spanish.de747f17e6a958e5

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Tristan’s face twisted b2c59f4afc at the sound.6255fbf385b7a224

“Bullshit,” He snapped coldly, 09e2fffc99 then suddenly gestured for 8de392e877 her to come closer. Jiah crawled on 80bb9f71d0 all fours, like 5328021b08 an animal, toward 5454c1b536 the edge of bd6c6d4ebf the rock. When she 76d4897c66 came close 750a4b4c39 enough that 3170d9bb90 he could 1b1dabbccd reach out bb4dad5f0e and grab 38e74915ad her, Tristan’s 69d1b3bfa5 hand shot 34ee168111 out and d4ab81dc25 seized the c3b1a485bf back of ca4681a262 her neck.f4645719d17937a0

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*splash.*6a2ada041db1d1cf

He thought she’d resurface 00bd99ca7c right away, but she 788b18ea1a didn’t. She remained c7c755f5fc submerged for ea8a9a2f73 quite some f6bd3c4024 time without 49dc3295b9 coming up.d986addf5c7d8d88

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“Hey.”af20a04900478017

He thought it wouldn’t 92d80f43b7 be so bad if bc667821ab people like her just 2ad77883ee died. So why, c6aabd3d96 then, were cd0d2b2d88 his lips 7af74b2c07 calling out 96bec01b98 to her?25e0b2541307a174

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Maybe if those dark af6e3822d2 eyes hadn’t looked at 70618dd06c him with such awe, 1a2bd13d35 he could’ve ignored it.269f67feaefef744

“Goddamn it.”938b70ce64031d23

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Just as Tristan was 29dbd5a4b6 about to dive in 46ddd88d1f after her, Jiah suddenly dd125c1bd2 popped her head out bddd03978f of the water. Her skin was 72265a746f flushed red from 062cbb87c7 holding her breath. For the first 4158264c03 time, Tristan got 40057bdf8a a proper look 426be1e0be at her face. Her youthful features 094877f07b hadn’t lost their cc431e9480 baby fat, though d4f4a13a94 the muck and 69ed53775d grime had been c787139d38 washed away.f85b9765b09be6b8

Her large eyes, which 07d5248d5c seemed to take up 9913334b3c most of her face, e5622628c6 glistened with water. She casually shook a590d59cea her thick, wet c986376b0d hair and looked 4eaba03e20 at him.474444d93f7588d9

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“So cold.”7e8e86b4d34ef575

“You’re cold because you’re 0562be6e68 dressed like that,” He 5cc958185b mocked her, pointing out 206b898eed how she was wearing c405ada32a an oversized T-shirt that c9e8a19b7e clearly wasn’t her size.e332060b4b1a1a80

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Jiah tilted her 6a5ec32992 head.e2ebe11a0015f818

“You’re the one 6a9d73efb6 who threw me dd0cfd5ca7 in.”a183c87548258982

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The T-shirt clung to bea659298d her soaked body. Tristan turned his gaze cea3277520 away as Jiah slowly 88dae690df walked back toward the 9116158246 shore.7a093869c14e8808

“Are you not cold?” 452bfd5ed9 Jiah asked, looking at 2c6529588c Tristan, her expression making 48356ee3f1 it clear that she 76dfd7dc9e was freezing.12bebc64c55bdaab

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He replied stubbornly, cf67d2a280 “I’m not cold. What’s there a4b3739af4 to be 1a6ab10e99 cold about?”34b9ebfbef6c6547

Her gaze briefly lingered ffa4176ff7 on Tristan’s lips, which c74e1ec7d7 had turned a pale fbdece48d9 blue, but she didn’t 45f89813c4 argue. Stepping out of the abf1afdc4c water in her soaked c3da7fcdba clothes, she meaninglessly rolled a1dc2e0458 her t-shirt up to 10b1b4aa03 her navel and wrung 75ae377e3f out the water. Then she 6c59e06f02 beckoned Tristan 3b3d9d0a91 to come c2f11cd80a ashore.668b2ed9aa1fd0ff

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It hurt af6782a82b his pride, 04fbb71e20 but the bae3106014 water was 803ec5e710 too cold 130d120f07 to stay 4f5caf2ec8 in much a0f8cb6ba2 longer. Pretending to give 182b711b88 in, Tristan stepped efc77390cf out of the d7188a0dc8 water—only to feel 52e5eb2171 mud smeared across f1378aeadd his face.53c6df5b167c1395

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It was Jiah. Without saying 5089fafa5e a word, b2d77f12e8 she had aa0f0d8438 scooped up 7e10aa0366 mud from ca1c99c95b a shaded 758a523144 spot near 6fc2a692d3 the water 07db7e018a and smeared def526d25a it on df7cb2144f him.1925a97dbd68dce2

“You have to d469dd4212 do it like f3bf587aeb this.”7f7ed69f269b7cba

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The smell coming 508274439c from her body—it c4a1ed5d8d was clearly this d9efa80d70 smell. Tristan, with 4619b6b2f8 his weak 55a3c9ff7c stomach, turned a000535ea5 away and 3a4af129d7 gagged, but 2ee019e10b Jiah paid aa37743213 him no 3fb2e00b0b mind and 3030fe4c99 continued smearing 41101a3d76 the mud 7fd537191d onto the 30bf291941 back of 5e251f38f7 his neck e185775c92 and the e66dd5bab5 exposed parts 8af433d907 of his a2f6673df0 skin.88d6f3a76215ddc5

“…Off—” His protest, blurted 89c130c08a mid-gag, didn’t even register 1099b5eff5 with her. “Get off!”6cb909088d9d681c

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He swatted her hands 0b033a2a8a away, scooping up water d236e58120 to wash the mud f35ff9bb19 off his face and 4b67af5f6a body. Jiah’s face shifted into c4557fb657 an expression of concern 32e46c7dc2 as she looked at dc69778bc4 him.8e2ea7d4be57bb4f

“That’s not good…”b3abd52d43f7d08d

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Her small lips opened 94b27e50fe and closed again. She hesitated, clearly e596335e23 unsure of what 2d7274fd78 to say, before 72b2cc8fc8 eventually dropping her ce8591efd3 arms in defeat. Only after thoroughly washing 29f4d6c9db his face did Tristan 22d1a4af6f wipe away the remaining 6ee6e47a7e droplets with the back 021ee5ea48 of his hand and b45b1e7f83 turn to look at d83ca40c03 her.1f2049d01557c196

“Hey.”92994552985e7fd0

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He crooked his 847db10c6c finger at her, 6aa388cdf1 and like an a0c633dfe6 obedient animal, she db11dbe033 leaned her head de878e72bd slightly toward him, dd7c8009dd which struck Tristan a1555ae662 as ridiculous.fe448734912096bb

“You think ab5aa9ced4 I’m pretty?”84189b57a8b211c3

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His father had a6e46370f2 always told him b11352db52 to use everything 0dfc1c2979 and turn it 0bb55f74f1 into a weapon. Right now, fea46b40c4 Tristan had c1eaf7433f no money, 02ebb7a112 no reputation. If he 0e74498bc3 was going 5331e69af6 to survive 6b31dcf0d9 this jungle, 5904cdcd8a siding with 9382d22483 someone who fb6be4e4dd showed him 8ecc0be6f4 even a be45d07507 bit of d8d3c2c888 favor was 35c9209d94 the logical 5c7f9c56aa move.3636388ae9a7d719

Even if he 9d24dc9910 had money, there 64633d3e1f was no way 6fda72185b this dark-eyed girl e3d59536ef stuck in a a70d6522b2 place like this 6392c39e04 would know how 53f48ebac1 to use it.d3bc9b930ce2e0f4

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“You look 30de6d0a32 like an 87cba39431 angel.”5f96a94814ad2dab

Jiah nodded with 79e17c4997 a gentle expression.63be6b24d7644a1e

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“Can you b6338f644f get me 460afe06b3 out of 699503a2d9 here?”1ca58587f12f3341

Even for Tristan, 35faf5764f asking that took 34f765dcf7 a lot of 109fec8089 courage. If someone 4ef86bc6e7 overheard—or if c1da3bec53 Jiah went b17372aefd and told a587ed4644 someone—he could 28f9cf9738 be beaten d7a700e36f to a b9f4261518 pulp or bc441e0c7b tied up 63f10a191f like an 741a97c4e6 animal.91a3b589c4be38c4

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“…No.”0042f55e1ae7997e

Her slow, languid tone 683cf53072 made Tristan feel like 7e454a66c4 he might explode. And with 37d851c2c4 her answer, 624ac26029 he realized c562cc16bc something—he’d been f46576ba5a harboring a afeb520f67 sliver of 0f90ac5f27 hope. The hope that e5e4fc298a maybe this dumb 8579263887 accomplice might actually 9d62b3ce0d help him.391df7c8a5e0c2d6

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“Then…” Tristan 2458a5ddd5 flicked the 4817b69b88 water from 4c04e219ba his hair 9b39bb2543 as he 063d29e041 asked, “Can cb7c2ee3c4 you protect eabb82c5fa me?”15a087f88c51a2cb

The answer d6889c1783 came even ceae21bab3 slower this 3adfa2ecc6 time. Tristan had no idea ea7bd040ae what kind of position a42a8541eb Jiah held here. But at the 23569e5c40 very least, he 59817bd824 needed someone to a379818482 guard his back—someone 10fde3d80d who could serve f1f181e85a as a shield cfc91254e6 if it came 54b3aa4fb3 to that. He wasn’t 4aeab7434d expecting much, baf6e673a6 but having f7d694caa7 something was c00a06a2a5 better than 215be3576d nothing.cba2c80f3da87395

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“…Yeah.”9ffcbb17f0bc7322

The answer was slow, fd5c8d990f but firm.3eb8a38917b054be

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Suddenly, he 585569f449 felt the 2ec5087d21 urge to e222e146a2 push further. He wanted to know 2e292275f0 just how far that dd9f6cc2f1 answer would go.3da5fe486fe7adc8

“Even if 4b130b0f66 it means 94a7a289f0 dying for 84b44cc030 me?”a15c14fc88ed300f

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“Yes.”1b697eeaa0d4d1de

The reply 362fdcc71e came quickly, 4ea783e7a9 and Tristan b8db50f18c was caught 6934079ab7 off guard. His eyes narrowed as b0d2e46f23 he studied her face, a45168da5c searching for any trace ec87750c6e of deceit. But Jiah just 4c4d1c4dff stared back—her expression 42e2d7aa7a blank, her eyes 24fb0812c7 calm yet lit 4b5ffa1f0f with something unwavering.41bf633859f92855

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“My name is Tristan 39367c3683 E. McKenzie.”9cc9abac7a8f433e

There was 33c734965b no need 2164046f9b to give c94738b5cd his full 2a39390258 name to 5da6849804 a girl 6f2eb547e4 who didn’t 1b5e6f68ca even know b8da022b58 who he ea275a17fa was. And yet, the fe2446a7f3 words slipped from ec794382eb his mouth without e8b2619244 resistance. The thought of having f63c5f79ca to hold her grimy 5296c8ffea hand again made his a997cda277 brow furrow, but she 228ec33438 had agreed to protect e1a314619e him, and that meant 12e856869f something. So, reluctantly, he 262fb9d1a9 held out his dbf53db2d0 hand.f408a7ac5a46be23

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“I’m Jiah. Seol Jiah.”969ceda3e1344df4

“How old are you?”46734daf5c8ac802

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“Fifteen.”01a0e0e501ac9d10

Tristan shrugged, 5b003725ea surprised that b971220247 someone so 07bbd9fa17 scrawny was 2395f32139 the same 4a8a13c956 age as d5123c60ba him. Jiah grabbed e1300eb5dd his hand ad257ccd7f with her 8322204ccb dirty hand 608f9ea07e and, for ff417fbda4 some reason, e30c76b903 started shaking b197a0b973 it up ab7b38f779 and down. The motion sent a c6d8972a14 dull pain shooting through dda0b2c5eb his arm up to b80f2a250a his shoulder, which had 9610a4fb35 just been dislocated yesterday.ee69ef6335b5154d

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Hi, it’s Lulu. I have been busy with other projects, but I really like this story. So I’m still working on this regularly. So, don’t worry. It will get at least one update a week. The schedule will be like this at least until July. Once I finish my project, I’ll speed up the update to 2-3 times a week, and you’ll get the advanced chapters too.008ad40df675c56a