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The children d8a801ce29 who returned 6b1f4ea371 late at 5c61a9e8be night reeked 772c350671 of acrid 4b8e05e52d chemical fumes. It was a d832823df4 stench strong enough 08346563cb to make one b28a9fd4b8 wrinkle their nose. Some children f8339a671b cried, saying 903c70a414 their hands 471e9d27d4 hurt, while 71ff472667 others coughed 989a53a692 or kept 4976141b58 rubbing their fcf2b104af eyes.7524018a78dfe313

Jiah, who was the 9b3de15016 last to return, also 16d154aaae entered with a composed 5f58763097 face but couldn’t suppress 6070365e97 her repeated coughing. Even so, a8304b56b4 without rest, f2c898643c she went ab1409a75a around crushing 5ea76fd87a strange herbs b232e1ae5f she had bce813d458 picked from b3b0f96bae somewhere and b15fe4569d applied them a58fa27da5 one by 74eafda5fd one to 77ebdc9c75 the children, dccdd835d5 who said 6bc04ac882 their hands 0fa0659f25 hurt.654d9c2fa9f7fa67

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“Put this on.”adf0b56f19c1c32b

Looking as if she 585d95e10f really didn’t want to, c781210583 Laura brought the crushed 5d93fdf699 herb to Tristan as da568a7b3e well. Having taken 182d13dfa8 in enough e285251cf8 sugar to 3f3e60dde4 be somewhat 2f892b00ce freed from e64737cb1d his hunger, 36861e474a and feeling dc536bf384 a bit e7c19d084c better, he c789ddb7dd leaned against f694d73bd7 the wall c76f58ae82 and didn’t 22cb2a58c4 take it.b46e392e0bbc3b55

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“Apply it to 736de0cfe6 the bites. It keeps bugs 80d5298e29 away too.” Laura 2a4c8b537e grumbled that she c06b38ef72 had to explain 1b4e5708c5 every little thing.0bf5d63abe8e6095

“You keep scratching, so eed319fbc4 the blood smell’s attracting b3155f9a28 more of them, isn’t dbeb3f33c0 it?”f8a23ed316c0d3c6

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Tristan hadn’t been db40bcdca1 able to sleep 8bc0fff7c1 all night from 7efd02412b scratching. The suffocating humidity pressing 65d8b0814c down on his body ce34d66840 played a part, but 1ab21054aa the bugs had left 2464444ade his pale skin covered 575d3c75fe in wounds. Jiah had tried 30d3f0fc69 several times to ec7c6daeb4 apply the herb, d6a8f84cfd but the strange 3ac907fe68 smell from both 9339414f24 her and the 7806d77be8 plant made Tristan a2c26e62a4 refuse.a2c55b976a758654

“She don’t know how f714cec149 to give up, doesn’t f989102e38 she?”bce48bc9ba3371ed

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“My sister 2a46173e39 doesn’t know c677367a67 anything about 337d923423 that.” Laura 981d584724 quickly replied, 707d0a8415 even without e525b11a2e a clear 4f8b40c9ef subject she cd3ada031d knew exactly 5867fd50e5 who he 7a1c8ad732 meant.5a142aa1ad5a8ac9

“It reeks 6706d69ba1 of sweat d37fb91035 and bad 8f7421f835 breath in 5220c1ea90 here—it’s enough 35842c52e4 to make 85e677c8e1 me gag. So you guys can ae07659c9a slather this stuff on 413a9ec871 yourselves.”3c41b375c6a28add

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At his refusal f9b42cd07e to endure any ee9014bb7c more smells, Laura 25b804608f shot him a 00243ec81f sharp glare.038f316531aad467

“Fine then. Sis! He doesn’t 2ed062e185 want it. This guys is completely a32d5765ba hopeless.”12fda91d1db8ad3b

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Jiah simply looked at 58b13888c6 him without pressing further. She was 26e1eb1b84 the type a5e07fcef8 who, even 4ecea2aac4 after all 49cf11bb9d this, would 516616d6a4 still offer 6698b42e96 it again 510af8d4d9 somehow like 116c782a93 when she 18d0980ed6 eventually brought c2bbea77d8 him edible 3d8e208936 fruit despite e51136497c his many 329b30d254 refusals.c00eabaf264c48c4

“Give it.” b8ec6edf59 Then suddenly, a69708f8df as if 0007cc7848 a thought 567ac6898d had struck 625d85b058 him, Tristan 1a599d6641 spoke to 39ffb9a71b Laura, who 3d537f8469 had turned 338bef6b9a away.4f9ab0bedc599324

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“You want it?”895c4f847faab41f

“You said to 81431f32f0 apply it. Give it 2d13aa8f63 to me.”437a635613e0a664

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With a reluctant face, 309afca8ac Laura held out the ee57ab6f8f crushed herb. As expected, 6d1ac14e6f the nauseating 7785b3548f smell reached 6d8ace8001 his nose, 176a488d96 causing Tristan’s a7d72e135c expression to fd1f105f3b harden.9c25c56a37fcb91f

“Judging from 8b5b3903fa that face, 0fa469e10d I know 81264426cd you’re not f25552dff4 gonna use 3f3f99ae9e it. Hand it over.”68ab53d74b276aaa

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“It’s mine, so mind fb4fcea60d your business.”00e0b2cd4267ef0d

Tristan placed the herb 7790f4c74a on the leaf that 456cf8cec5 had held the fruit 7cbd7ead63 and turned his head. And then, 0fb3b9e670 his eyes 11a4d34454 met Jiah’s. At that moment, blood 1ef7baa2ec trickled from her nose. She casually wiped the cbe1851760 nosebleed with the back 1824dcff62 of her hand, as afb440ffb5 if it were nothing 05e7db3a08 of concern.ab44527880c21dbf

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Only then 47f2d7bf5f did the a2980f03e6 room’s situation 7e41143691 slowly come 6b6a66874a into focus.55c0a33c2b0e23e2

Some children sat dazed 7cfe58d6d5 with blank expressions, while a11c67d3df others clung to Jiah 16207eab6a in tears. Like her, e8b9c690ff some had 6460425950 nosebleeds, and d91f7804bf some complained b1041f9491 of headaches.43a397a243b3fcbc

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“Come out!”6241032e8b0abda4

Two men, 0211ecc5c9 each with f718088f9b a cigarette b0ad000c40 in their 40464ec089 mouths and 5dbb042810 irritation in 617b9b5f58 their voices, 1331a5d299 came to 11e2def40c the place 84aeed224e where the 488f98820e children were e86bded3df staying and a269867327 gestured at c726f34bb7 Tristan. Before he could even c7901c8f4c stand, Jiah rose to 31810adc79 her feet.7167fa485c97ec92

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“What’s your problem 4f67ff2fef now?”7b67b6977fc4f533

One of 416fdd42a9 the men, 4e94dd68fb annoyed, pressed 031f72d780 his lit 06d1da1c3d cigarette against 2af6dfe69d Jiah’s shoulder. The smell of burning a4bb8d7f88 fabric and flesh pierced 4dc4f6e4d8 Tristan’s nose in an f1e2c93ef7 instant. He pushed ed149c370b her shoulder 71e5497aa4 down to 9cf9998f80 make her 2a1957b957 sit.6d6c9f10a85b45b1

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“Know your place.”3360d71a13c7ca54

Jiah didn’t scream. She merely 132f3164aa brushed off 5dd0be426e her shoulder cc0a6d20cf and looked e7b540c1ec up at f803010dec Tristan. Whether she understood what a9035156ab they meant by “know 112ba5c829 your place” or not, 18fea68de6 her gaze didn’t follow 021bcf064c them anymore.f683d4bf9ca79216

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Mad dog.92b9661f1b992aaa

Or maybe 5888758e48 she was a8029d00e0 something even 571fda4bbc more blindly f10e5984dc vicious.da9b2e746ac28730

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The gun barrel 6390d26dc2 pressed meaninglessly against 91a23bd757 Tristan’s back. He obediently 0b950c9abf followed them 1d00cb073b wherever they 5ab487b631 were taking 32995a79a3 him, soon 4a8d977dad arriving at 11dfbe9bc4 the place 510a594de4 he had ad0fb4e089 seen when 006f802bcc he first 8987e7ebf3 got there. Stepping into 2f3a8b754d a clean 2233b111f7 tent that 382b3646ff couldn’t be 3feaeb2fdf compared to d71ede3cbc the filthy 9882475011 children’s quarters, d1c5c2cdbb he saw ac92ed4427 a man f7dfd1a38f holding a 8e5f976824 satellite phone.8f34fa315746a080

“Your father said he c501091058 wants confirmation that you’re 740e21bd23 still alive.”2846df272b91d0b5

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Tristan just stared at 8f9a109c2f the phone without reaching e1448c0f8f for it. The gun barrel c47a37b59b jabbed his back 3e9f72a592 again, threateningly.28199d40ad7598fc

“Come on, d83d89d6ea young master. Why don’t you cry f30f6c4434 your pretty little eyes 5dee0d36b4 out or something?”e9398b9a4420dd12

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“He is pretty, no 0b01ca18e2 doubt about that.”1e62b195d615931a

“Come to think 16bf747509 of it, his 08df6b9c85 mom was quite 23922321c2 the beauty too, 31b7cc643d right? Kinda a b1bc095e7b waste, killing d2509e53fc her off 087386f031 right away.”d0996307aad304cc

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Unlike Jiah, he 35bf58b2c4 hadn’t foolishly charged fb375f0ad8 at them. From one corner, Jesús, fca6b0388b who he didn’t even 6a50c25ff0 realized was there, chuckled 4ae5e8fc8e and chimed in.132432bc6752c369

“Was she that caf178a465 pretty, huh, boss?”502e63d875df017f

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“She didn’t look like e6cbc42210 the type to have f725a7c421 a kid his age. Should’ve just brought her be08a7eeab along. But we 999c23b4d2 figured the 12feafe87e brat might f6d898835a get funny 0f6f40998a ideas, so c452d37e4c we just d35b966ca5 killed her.”7f4d592027ba8046

A mother would do 997a48eca2 anything to protect her 99ac99d6ab child. Even though they could’ve 2c4b96586f brought along Tristan’s mother 8d1587a7e9 after abducting their original a56244aab3 target—Tristan—they killed her to c654228813 avoid the hassle and e44d20bce0 keep the plan from b41b71644d derailing. Besides, it f8dc9f6291 was easier b384dcd014 to threaten ac037e0d7d and manipulate 04190f262a a clueless 8daf1b6bca kid.d543d2279ef73979

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“Right. What was that kid last time… said his dad was a diplomat or something. Didn’t he get dragged in to this place with his mom…”e48536f17ce760c7

Jesús grinned slyly, b9f0247521 deliberately bringing up 00cb202c7d the fact that f95abcc708 this wasn’t their 7a0c1d7e69 first kidnapping. Tristan didn’t 63da179e20 need to d89cca4c56 hear the 20111d02c9 rest to ccb86ff131 know how a4986b49a7 that one 6864a8f068 ended. From the 11f091df68 way things aa53e2f71b had turned b84495654d out this 97e74dc7fb time, he 59b030225c could guess 9c63a50f01 that they b8cd3e4378 killed his 98d43c197c mother, too.9b6a572e19623014

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“Pick it up. Say today’s a1eb5fc5a2 date clearly 5c2927f986 to your cf308e5dec father.”bb8460086bba080f

The man e546b91eee who seemed 0bf5889a5a to be ab4bd4b059 the leader 68efde023b handed him b6fdf196a2 the phone. Tristan reached out cd3f1f6f16 and took it.492993894277fe74

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—“Tristan?”579ac77c6e68800a

“Yes.”d2928f7b9772c07c

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The volume was turned a7901a11db all the way up. As soon as Tristan ef1a2a06bf answered, the inside of 77ab4001ed the tent went silent 5b0a6aa9f7 enough to hear even 86d5307c0c the faintest breath. They wanted to fe58f84d5b make sure he 7b71f251e7 wasn’t saying anything d73f0c9480 suspicious—or that his c027ebcfad father wasn’t trying 66e637eada to fish for 287bb8c99c information through him.6870f6a62af1f060

—“Tell me the name 5a5465c255 of the horse you 0e4068f13f loved.”109568a18489ceef

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“I don’t 1cd73b5996 like animals.”8566a57e80c9c6a5

—“Haha, right. You never did.”a808ef9ca7f8a888

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Creed, his father, f9344b1d3c let out a 649d12b25f short laugh. He must’ve known by f133367097 now that his wife d9fbb2bf9a was dead, yet his 5181818001 voice was calm and 0b47e8984b composed.6caa436c6d5d81d7

“How much did they c660529e0d ask for my ransom?”3a6e9744e8490963

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At Tristan’s question, the 0d14de8690 men in the tent 7f6b0e5df7 looked surprised. Usually, kids either be8475fa7c cried and begged b2ebc2970d for their lives bc5457e6e7 or went numb 34f18306f9 with fear. None had ever asked 1cd8f64071 how much their own 416739770b ransom was.44caf4e7b96644be

—“Fifty million dollars.”f1586fe91010a4ad

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Tristan tilted 4220b99b34 his lips 3c72fe0cba into a 83516c9055 slight smile fb1ad98130 and looked 88bbcd8913 at the 57e41acd1f man who 42cc5ed45b had handed 65b7dfe4c8 him the 2dfd6aa972 phone, presumably bcb5b9e6c8 the leader, bf4222aa84 speaking with 8233a77dfe a harmless 34320fa810 expression.e76fa9e597e166ba

“Raise it. To two 0e800989c4 hundred million.”074a2d5f977e4516

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—“…”3423ffd0aac8003f

Creed said nothing. He seemed to f96f67ab88 be silently gauging 0f617650a1 what his son 1ebf0961bb was thinking. Tristan, still a9cb4a0cc0 smiling, turned b5bb8daaf5 to the 73b8456c29 man again.04727ff6f66d64ca

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“If you kidnapped ad97f9850e the son of 4e239eaef7 a U.S. real estate tycoon, you b8a8ca4415 should ask for at 204382f429 least that much.”a8dac9b87841443d

—“So, you’re angry. Is it because of 206370b962 Christina?”a54d5b5ca3369962

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A gentle 130bbef018 question came 4cf8d24c4a in response. This time, 6451722c8f Tristan didn’t 83be3180d6 answer. Was he really this 8e5f24b747 furious because of his 001ffb13d0 mother, just like his 8bf33ebb26 father had said?e4628eaa36827eab

—“The money will be 3864c28181 ready within a week. Even for a125e62c84 me, that d2db58b3d4 kind of 0a34ce830c amount takes 0562e3d32c time.”6932cba85f896b2b

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“Yes.1e686a396b823f6b

—“Tristan.”0a2d20efc33510ea

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“Yes, Father.”7b28b92841bbcb7c

—“Take care of yourself. I’ll be counting df29b0ff57 the days until f0bfcd7607 you return. And tell your 6e19569b53 captors this: I 82c834727c expect to speak 8f912d3682 with you once a80e366605 a day. And if they lay…”75e8e1f29332f494

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Creed paused, 1012dfaf83 then resumed 5c78539594 in a 7499374fcf soft tone.5c50510496a24e53

—“…even a f1ddf667f7 finger on 1b2f86be71 you, I 25a5c518f5 won’t be efa2a62782 paying a 2ce55a4ca9 dime.”9620fa7dbe5aa756

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It was a warm, 7bf74bb5e9 almost amused threat. After Tristan 7abae617a1 hung up, 92b5d6137d the leader 2d0c934b24 put down feff65f5e2 his cigarette 0249f20b16 for a bf95d89cc0 moment and 2775493b12 burst into e691c6344e loud laughter.6c741ad2c495c9f8

“I like you, 3500408865 kid. I’ve never seen guts bea9b2e61b like that before. Yeah, a real man 3bd2ed23f3 should have that kind f1f3a01d28 of backbone! Hey, I’m Hugo.”a342e58725331257

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Tristan didn’t take the d88836ac38 hand that Hugo offered. Hugo didn’t 604a3e62ff seem to 5c3c5b3c1c mind and c2bccdfc5a instead grabbed 2fff1a4337 Tristan’s hand 0e565579a5 himself, yanking a92c0a3761 it toward 651f89f4c5 him until 98bb600697 their faces 601543d7a5 were nearly 0f542138dc touching.eb08a684663f0e5d

“You’d better stand 28a3ef98be by your words. If your d21012b9b7 father doesn’t 9f43b1dd0e stand by b544ba549e his, he’ll dc1595d645 be getting 5ae0cd6301 his son’s 8caa58af1a head as 5bc8b0c059 a gift.”eaff9de6a22798d0

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“As if 6c5f8a3633 I’d ever ad295369ed go back 819df77b1b on it.”31fc46f36bd69a7f

Hugo stared deeply 2757563f6b into Tristan’s unwavering b6c635d334 eyes, as if 95e26682f4 searching for even aab34b130d the smallest trace 49f62fa296 of deceit.60b30d73fd880274

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“As thanks for generously e4d7eb4af2 raising your own ransom, d9eb62fa1a I won’t interfere with 61cefc2a0e you for a week—do edb1233c30 whatever you like. You know c68a149cb8 well enough a0bd728fcd that if af838f78b9 you try 7cfd004891 to escape, 9bd1b8254a you’ll just 89fbfcfeb0 die wandering a04e340302 the jungle.”06df335175e26f4c

Hugo released Tristan’s hand as soon as the words left his mouth. His calculating eyes were like a serpent’s. Tristan turned to leave the tent, but on his way out, he picked up the smoldering cigarette from the ashtray.832b4e84d507e9eb

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*ssshhk.*8ec19b8259f5cfbf

He then pressed f204cfbc08 the burning cigarette ad049b57a4 against the shoulder 3d5d13a9c0 of the man 85e4e7de4c who had burned 8d621a4745 Jiah’s. The smell of searing a5586a4223 flesh was almost sweet, 061eaf5949 like music to his b5c1aa4954 ears. His persistently sour mood 849eb2c6ee seemed to lighten just 44907910da a little.c8e41619b93b9af4

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“You little fucker!”d6fc65c487a57ee5

The man e750d224c8 shoved Tristan e3f0921b9c roughly and 2764d0473c pointed a d0dfd826ba gun at 58a3858df2 him, but 9ea18586b4 Hugo slammed fc3c6440a2 his hand d3e51ea8fa down on a1e76d77f7 the desk.517427bb00eba172

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“Didn’t I 2fd68df8c2 just say b66489d623 he could 949485e19b do whatever e62ea5ee1d he wanted?”4638ddce6f756e60

“Hugo! You’re letting 1770b00604 some punk 83ded610f4 brat walk 27c330e01b all over d5fee061ca us for b5224c6c71 a bit 642b2b72ae of money, 602e87c339 and—!”b1b869714e4dd2fa

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“Selling you wouldn’t 066ff9ebff get us two 295da2eb43 hundred million. He’s got one c9a5ed89bf week. Let the young 578f728545 master do as ade6903836 he pleases until 15c2850488 then.”9e45754aef2631b6

After all, there 78915b51a9 was never any 79fa18c5b5 intention of letting ab455007e5 him leave alive.b4c07dc5fe6ced6e

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Realizing that again, c9f93f0100 Tristan picked up 0475dc5ae4 the cigarette butt 39dd59435a the man had d306866b31 knocked away. If this was 77242e2522 how they were b4bf77859d going to play 912e55004a it, there was 0e623d773e no reason to 1925905568 hold back.dd3c61527c15be97

*ssshhk.*c47b026d36e17925

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He ground 7a97252689 the dying af9594beba ember into dab014dca6 the man’s d50c3ab082 forehead.7d1cb1dc74c8de52

“AAAGH!”cc4443fdbebf0698

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Even a 7e77aca2d9 grown man fc39f6a1a1 screamed this 98e63df7d2 loudly from 846ab3bf68 the pain—Jiah 1b1164e6af hadn’t even 7f9c2a5c21 let out 51698523b1 a whimper. Tristan looked almost disappointed 44539f3de7 that the cigarette had 16f4d02b07 gone out, and casually 5e9e99f671 strolled out of the 4b8c71dfe0 tent.9c7cb89e622c96d1

His father 055c53304c had said b6c19f0dee one week.ffc4fb26d28209cd

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That wasn’t 8acd2e6a54 the time c666fb9105 it would 3162c365de take to ef73b9515b gather the 88ee6a7398 money—it was 87efddd91c the time bf6f6b41ec it would f1930fdb13 take to eeae74ebbe rescue him. They had 84c3dde0f6 always prepared fb248a5484 for something 2885d8c289 like this, 6cc9fc6b4f embedding secret 8fb26f86c3 signals in 2c829f2fae their conversations 292432f450 that only 79b02d150a the two c3c2b470d5 of them 652ff6d6b3 would understand. But in the 3b7e9d0369 middle of the e9697449cc Amazon jungle, the 556a2068f7 area was far 2a60f28c68 too vast to a9903cedde pinpoint his exact 6c802db1eb location.0013e6558e30466b

The net b4e3b8d6d9 would close 5d91cf83e5 in slowly, 84b60297ee bit by 7eb82690c7 bit.0a918a468df73d09

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Only Tristan and fbcb232a13 his mother knew b1277746ee that the gentler 045b0893cc his father’s voice 88dbe7fea7 became, the angrier 406479d699 he actually was.8711c23749f7049f

He just wanted to cb329ee43f get out of this ce67330ba5 godforsaken place as soon 71b392888a as possible.fae22d92646d788a

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