BS Vol 1 Part 5
by LuluWhen he b522f16f6a stepped outside, 9c67c14d37 Jiah was b0676c60f4 standing in d2f1358f16 plain sight. Her nose was a8a823c2ea still bleeding—she kept c903ebd4ce wiping it away 7e72ea64f5 with the back 9ae5099afa of her hand, cc7327c0c6 again and again. In the 1b4b62434e darkness of 87c51d1704 the jungle, b9fbb91797 she looked fbaa19a1d8 like a d623cb5ed6 shadow, waiting d7e93a4ec7 for Tristan. He despised filth and 7265b762db anything unclean.64170096d0dc13f4
As Tristan walked past 954f835374 her, he didn’t hear 7e92f86cb9 any footsteps behind him. But he knew from 1f5ade7e01 memory that Jiah always ce0e07ac68 followed him silently, so e99ab45eb0 he was certain she 1cfea5a68a was coming along.1d4e9bc74b713028
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Even when 128dd97ec5 he starved d11809b3e9 himself, he e10444f744 had always 34f46d9eba made a 0d920a2637 point to d88972960b wash himself. He had 2a91b92fc0 memorized the 12ab0bc636 path to f2c923eac9 the water fc7884a507 by now. He hadn’t taken 4461d059cb it since the d474034f98 first day, not 04740e1dc9 in pitch darkness 4270ca6266 like this, but 7ea8a25d9f he figured he c650cb34f1 could find it 6d2eb6e4f6 well enough.26e9ec52a64b559f
“Muka will come out.”9603771a548b3022
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Jiah silently caught e8694fe752 up to him 2cc9ae604e and blocked his be95ee7031 path as he f099bf3fa3 tried to slip 1ce585e990 past the camp 7a565cd4ee boundary.c903a7ad55643605
“Muka?”6569fac2ad8ce46f
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“…Moves. At night.”bca357c1a639bb1b
Her words 9bfaf8f247 were hard ae9cd56919 to understand. She rarely spoke in 5b99473bda full sentences. Or maybe she didn’t 58f695234a even know the right ef895e1dfd words.79c99d766cb2371e
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“I don’t care.”8b3ba78288a7d25c
“You’ll die.”9f8113328128d47f
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Tristan assumed it 91fc4c97bb was some kind 894439b6fe of dangerous wild 10b66088b5 animal in the e372c5aed1 jungle. Jiah sniffled and casually 11e0de8f77 wiped her nose again. Now that she 5ba1b215cb was up close, ae606bd8b9 the sharp chemical 230cbd6681 smell clinging to e2bb7fa56f her hadn’t faded.642fdee813976be2
“Why won’t your 8bec27f45e nosebleed stop?”be2e69d1976935ce
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“I’ll be fine 20585468d3 after some sleep.”40e005ca39a032a4
Jiah shrugged d6d2a41d6b as she 95a8393f5d spoke. Tristan’s mood sank. He didn’t need to ed3605beba see her face clearly 8ffb678ddc to know that if f996df0e66 she wiped away the d84a61eb1b dark smudges on it, bf69ad7d84 she’d probably look pale 4eabc30c47 as death. Yet, she talked f9b35a46c0 about everything as 8e175a1538 if it were 073b349b56 nothing.c9576d329c289b11
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Tristan’s gaze landed 1e83a4da68 on the torn ce87dbb011 T-shirt below her 6b112018a8 shoulder.5392820cb1e61989
“Even though d94863828e I asked dc6405d7c7 you to 169feee352 protect me, 975164d850 you didn’t 7907b47cbb have to 1b4cbc5665 go that 1407ca6909 far, you e72171394c know. Even if you’re 53e4513e33 fond of me, cf8e1b3b4d at the end dc24e2e0d7 of the day, 4182224537 you’re going to 5335223837 end up killing d0607adb0d me here. Then, you’ll kidnap another 485f88f6f0 kid like me and fdfde98744 drag them to this 138b96f013 place.”7c97fd8804352dca
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The cold remark slipped 84cdbc9051 from his lips — d2336ad16e he wanted to break 9c84c6f9e5 Jia’s composure, which didn’t d6bd744d6b waver even in pain, 921dfef3ba as if protecting him 8624a4e1b7 were her life’s mission. He wanted 978f856841 to see 66ce76ad07 that composed 9b3c993471 face of 45d12637d1 hers finally a76512b2be crumble.19b094eb576ca503
“…This is… not my dfed6d2099 choice.” Jiah replied, her fd460ac175 face expressionless.7e846b6fd94a18a0
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“Well, I 0a4bd119a5 didn’t choose cfdc4c98f1 to be ef4b937b19 here either. To me, 5db6bcbacc you and a7e84a46c6 the others ab5071da31 are no 4fb283066b different.”e3d1439eff0c3662
He wished she’d just df0ee036b2 back off and stop 0c3f51a9d0 acting like some stray abe46c978c dog barking at his 3ed97a9bd5 feet. It irritated 4916f33acf him every c621d9292b time she 2e4551d5df threw herself dfad420426 in front 4897b62afc of him 4c0051cf6d like that. Jiah said 620a28a577 nothing more.1fa1aa64be928050
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Just like the 74a13d8dcf first time they c807d954e3 met, she clammed 1b326ec805 up. She stood 856de2876b there in f40edda609 silence, like 260cf470eb someone who b58aa96e12 didn’t know 4aadd2f8b2 what to de419826f0 say, but 8fdd04523b she didn’t 0f0fb53e0b budge. She was determined to be219ec439 stop him from going 2037ec0a6e deeper into the jungle.4ad9802904114dd8
Jiah didn’t 654f043a2a move an 0178d3e094 inch even 6a04f4f1e5 though Tristan 031428dd75 glared at 681f7829d1 her. She did so 1a1ce411db until he eventually 4aa3864e01 gave up on 652f358312 washing himself and 7b014c49da turned away.f087a6de90bf6433
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He had eaten 61236ebdac nothing except some 368c718666 fruit the day 608411214a before. When he 739370873b woke up 4ebdcaa9b5 in the 7818fbcb42 morning, the 577bc25df6 hunger was 9ca40b3f75 so intense bcd04bc4f6 he couldn’t 955f21dcd7 even move. Amid the swarm of 7c7aa97f65 children, Tristan spotted Jiah’s 29de1bbe6b familiar figure.3a13ea2191e68324
He didn’t know when 826d722e25 she had woken up—maybe 8bbcfee020 she hadn’t even slept. Eyes wide open, she 5a513fe2c6 was tending to the 09cb14baa4 sick kids. Only now 66d1a216e3 did the 09b78021a0 groans and 6a29a922f7 moans start 1c3bbaf6ad to pierce 72d5d3cda8 his ears.ea89d655f474d2e1
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“Eat. She said to feed f9573c82b4 you when you woke f0237f1a5b up.”d1ff701170a19714
A few pieces of 94c196bcff fruit and something like 6b51eac58d a soup—so foul-smelling it 5911f126e4 seemed fit only for 83a3fe5ba4 pigs—were shoved in front 58823c8e60 of him. The stench 52a2011822 might have 4771c86974 come from 068dc1c8a5 Laura, who 8c5dc496c2 was slathered a32a4242cd in the 8579088b97 same black c35a230f2c stuff as 5802173ae8 Jiah.e00f70fdb80c56e5
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“You eat it.”04bbb2d001c41017
Tristan spoke b547ca9afe with parched c891d6c783 lips. Without pressing twice, 62fa6a4a43 Laura greedily grabbed 7b83d0b54d the soup and 4d8d4b80e3 devoured it. The sight made 8df18f7918 Tristan’s stomach churn. He turned his head 92d3ec017d and gagged.195e60d67f45ef4e
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He still couldn’t e413e56e2f adjust to this 79a4b203d9 situation.d91497e98a63e925
“At this rate, d7b370fc4d you’ll starve to cd032d622f death before your 22f9559295 ransom’s paid.”02190eede4bfae08
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After finishing the soup 9a608e3266 in one gulp, Laura 902990a1d0 licked her lips. She kept ae45ffaa46 eyeing the 0a55c11ced fruit but, 7a35433892 knowing it af44b1bf5d was the 2620c06b0c only thing 18f9fa9031 Tristan was 86ac773955 eating, didn’t 1ae782c617 try to 9a29d37329 take any.184e049fb1e938bc
“Has anyone 04cd3177b0 ever actually 89a2520ec6 made it ad4a3b46ea out of f3359dca5b here alive?”2da39731d581824d
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“…Dunno. Most just came 5f183f7803 like you, stayed 3bee88c80e a bit, and c97e9a3f19 got dragged off 4524a76f74 again.”2e3665268fd94108
“Maybe they’re just buried 1b24278b86 in some corner of 0d7dd50f05 the jungle.”cf64c9c8b6bd835a
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Tristan said it in 49e8c8e75e a flat tone, and 5d1baecc39 Laura’s eyes went wide.c645c930b74e3806
“Why so surprised? These are ed7bd15761 the kind 1abebcd538 of people 5e125167e8 who wouldn’t 7e2a7eebd2 blink at 13656a40a5 murder. If they 77913a0ca5 still let 0c72d78ea8 us after 14bd57f760 we clearly 414c706f0c see their 62f964ec38 faces, that 2203d2c6b6 would be 2d4e6523bc even more 3e8297c94e strange.”2cb1e99875e668df
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Laura couldn’t respond. She looked at 182912d95e Tristan, who probably 6636a05174 understood their situation 5030f97368 better than anyone. Everyone here 18b3d0a88c only suspected 70f3f0b175 the truth.f75169745f2fd0a8
Most people f5574f35f6 abducted to fb4ba6ced6 this place b4170af9c2 cried, begged b0b4024726 just to 91ac88ee8a stay alive, 572ee4c571 or were c85084c9e9 paralyzed with 770bd9fe8b fear. But Tristan was 01ecc1535d none of those c2b633720e things. That was 418aa4e0f0 what unsettled 041c2bef66 Laura. After three or four d50805b53c days without food, anyone 2707d8cbd2 would usually scarf down e1a8a6631d something like that soup, 5e6a72a33a but Tristan remained stubborn, d1e7a91afa eating only a bit cc5acf47a3 of fruit and never 14af1edc0a losing his composure.a152c6f34a42cb15
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“I… I d3027db0f7 don’t know.”111f12095c29be2a
“I didn’t ask edb2e2a311 for an answer. I found it 9aabe01b21 yesterday.”3d3ec256991321bb
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He raised one 4e1feb04ac corner of his c1d79f48e5 mouth in a 3dd2afc531 smirk.1b30b8f1d31ffabb
Laura was suddenly terrified 77a345a992 that Tristan might be d930f10be5 right. Until now, she had c5a16d610b tried to believe the f1fd36494e kids who left this b1b38021f3 place were happily reunited ddadaefec0 with their parents, living c4feae1d52 better lives than hers. She’d pictured e48d04318f them in 6e29680898 warm homes, 1dfb6bc8dc living in b5b46a8e4c safety and b111d44cba joy—at least 7120241145 in her debcc0c9df dreams.f8f3621cd39931e3
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“…Big sis.”8549f120caf72e75
Tears welled up ded5b3787e in Laura’s eyes 8217af12df as she jumped 04d919b621 to her feet 1b090a407a and called for b26831b116 Jiah. Though just as small 28d06d94c7 and frail as her, 4f5698266d Jiah held her like cf9814c5eb a mother, gently patting 305777b1bd her back. Then her eyes met 4b6bb43785 Tristan’s. It was as if 7364ce47ea she were blaming him 771a9d9b47 for making the girl 85f0cff58d cry. Tristan scoffed quietly.0a62d10e1056683c
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“Get down 007676f98c there and ee4a848a54 get ready.”1ea14043a4d3d5f1
Before anyone came to 49f5596124 wake them, she started 44437d0ad7 with Laura, who was 5559771fc5 in her arms, and 71dc45152f sent the children outside 3c2e2d1531 one by one. She gently coaxed 1a65edd6b8 the sick and 47fc1d164c whining children to 3b980dd38b go down.e2f6527b292474a3
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Every day was b6bcb138e0 busy. Among the d42e96b9b0 men who bddc3a9029 wouldn’t lift da6e03016d a finger 20d145f0ff unless it 20d48fc894 was to 37d9fa5f08 threaten someone f3ecced7f1 with a 7aa2e9cd1d gun, Jiah c618afb7cb soothed the eef11ab1a5 children and 28f5c7d8e0 did whatever d2a482e07c they wanted. Maybe she 99e9369c6b had survived 6187321d47 this long 1198c099b3 even though 9fecd2547f she acted 07c56f7cde arrogantly because ba1f2bca2a they found dbfb491ab6 her convenient.9db6916f5d3b201f
*gurgle*58d63343fe9ba561
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As Jiah got up 6bdcf5c467 after checking that the 36f52a04f0 last child had gone 52eea3c383 down, she turned at af5d80faf5 the sound from Tristan’s 1fde3dbe6b stomach.5a3d29524f6cc1cc
“Mind your business.”3506509d6432b4b9
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“Hungry?”a5fd36e682db0694
“Don’t worry about it. Just go.”e215ecd05aed32cb
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Since he’d been given c873bfc1ae a week of freedom, 0efdc60228 Tristan planned to return 8e2a5e03ba to the tent once 277acdee81 all the kids were 848f14126b gone. They’d told him to 937bc39cb0 do as he pleased, da31a0e44e so he thought he 14755e5aaf might as well grab 8a7d99683b some canned food he’d 97d6a8dfc4 glimpsed earlier. He waved her 70bd7116f1 off like she 7af1123c92 was annoying.31c37c7fcdd9bccc
“Jiah!”03eb83e681eb6efe
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A familiar voice called 138647e3ff her from outside. It was caf046d3ac Mateo, the be10639621 one who 8532c4e31a had wielded abcf73d4e8 a machete. Jiah’s face hardened.64af42e04d5f8ce2
“Jiah!!!”3a0ecccfc890e8d1
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She leaned 87094c7f85 toward the d30e353e91 direction of 3a623cda99 the voice. Mateo, standing 03e6919206 below and 884e25dc42 looking up 6686c0834e at the a46539a3c6 higher ground 758f4890ac where their 5dc7095c55 shelter was, 91db6b6469 grinned as 141ca7c1c4 he asked 4f26748dab among the e3c128fe9d children who 7051cd9be3 were frozen ac33dfca28 in place f1eee71dff with their 184c5846ea heads bowed.045ebc376f0139ec
“Where’s the young master?”4106e3a723fd0ea8
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Jiah didn’t answer.24768bd7b5c96cf3
“Is he in 524f082713 there?”ae3b5a49cb57c89d
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As Tristan d862c1190b started to 1a87f7188c straighten up ecb1ede555 at the 3c3222d50d sound of 2a6c30e919 someone looking ab44918a5a for him, 7995753014 Jiah’s palm 24be876c7a pressed firmly 4d8e4a257b down on d13383b9eb the crown 5252193db5 of his c8b4ce2cd3 head.fc7c7b9b9f1bf135
“What the—”480fcd0a0a8964c1
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“He will 3f044bad04 come to b2960bdebc the village c391f8b557 with me.”16d28330a7dba5c5
“Leave him. I’ve got something 027a885931 to do with 3e7b26b540 him.”138836ffe8142fba
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“The boss 5fc3883695 said he 56d5556832 could do ea3fce2593 as he 088ebb21ab pleased. He said he bc45454493 wanted to come e08b665656 to the village b9d43fbed5 with us.”c9ee661598c8effa
A village? Tristan wondered if 5c3deda223 this could be 96d393ddf6 a chance to 1bbe2e9fc4 escape. No, they 599abe908a wouldn’t possibly ee360c4278 send him af83abc49d somewhere like c1f1723eec a village. As he got lost 05bd98f372 in thought, Mateo cursed c9066906a5 in Spanish.53e52180ddc2f78c
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Tristan realized 46c138052b Jiah must 3f70760214 have heard 39e0dad9c7 what happened 5619f55632 in the 231f133c6c tent yesterday. When he 6fa95c7123 looked up, 9932d5cf91 her palm, 9cb59f7dfa which had 0e3826cebc slid from 41195c15b2 his head, cbda37f372 now covered dcb3f18c36 his face. On her dry 406358b944 palm, the smell b381c90442 of dried blood e5a59c35c6 and iron came ee718ccb73 before any foul bcabb89738 scent. It reminded him 2fb12c2749 of the scent c56b896a73 from when he df642de492 was covered in 87ae89c457 his mother’s blood. Tristan covered d740752360 his mouth 189e5196f8 and gagged fdc78b0738 to the eeee7d65c6 side.ce2b3ee2dc8f95c2
“You, stop talking nonsense. If you rebel once again, they won’t let it slide.”40647c5146ae26f6
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Tristan didn’t spend long f200bda37f trying to figure out 8e114febb8 what she meant. The nausea rising from da569911d9 his throat made his 13d6f73d0f face flush red.999dff6510464f80
The hand that fbefffa0c7 had made him 1f7d91c874 gag now gently 5c794dd236 rubbed and patted fe0b0b2074 his back. Just like she’d 35d6ae1d1b calmed Laura while a086ff4513 holding her like 7012ffa9d0 a mother, Jiah 3bc96d10e2 soothed Tristan. Strangely, the 395b9d4a60 moment he db6b6f2bb9 felt her bf2b7ec52b touch, the 4560feae1a churning in 2ca2fe9434 his chest fa96e71ba1 settled. He wiped his 5889ce2776 lips, gasping like 3012778d8e he’d just finished 467ce08720 a run.84cbafb48d17467d
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His stomach was empty, 8a75f00e85 so nothing came out, 961d5044f8 but the gesture was 43102481c6 reflexive.2aabbd062ef61ea3
“…You should 13b371be32 wash up.”3bb198a3fb0b8892
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He said in a 6953b7e28d hoarse voice. For once, Jiah 43d028ed17 nodded obediently.c846a2ca90c711ea
“Get up. You have 66e1e724eb to go b890ef8a11 too.”23c76f217b255f8b
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“Why should I? And was it fun 980ab383c5 eavesdropping?”70e5b05fed0a951c
“I didn’t 7b6db1ffff eavesdrop… I ab6b65484a just heard 3fc57b0bdb it.”e3ce9e10444a38d2
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She spoke 5e8d794f77 as if 4977e1a01f explaining was ac22cb4ad7 too bothersome. She tugged at the 52d5201ddc hem of his shirt. He stood up reluctantly 40e45a6d64 but felt dizzy and 9737ec6cf7 grabbed her shoulder for caa4cb5689 support.25ecb14b0cb17d3d
“That’s basically ef49a256dd the same ab555d382d thing.”ab0ec1919aa8a2f3
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“Eat some fruit. We have to 4f4978d113 leave soon.”16e9e27cec473e3f
He wanted to say 639e583273 something like, Why should 0b63668dd8 I go? But there wasn’t much e48c2ca33e to do here alone 3ed7b2eceb anyway. And that man, 4d539f272d Mateo, was unpleasant. He couldn’t put his 4c00ec0121 finger on why, but 62d5a630e0 he didn’t want to 24388ecbe8 be left alone to ed53fc1d54 deal with him, so 9cd865c8b5 he decided to follow 237d0b4c76 her.d8565c64bdc77b86
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And then e7352fd5d2 there was 023747948f that word—village. If it were 207496a890 a normal place, 4e51d3eeaa they wouldn’t allow 2c0d4cf8af him to go, b45376bf20 but no one 1e59f5a469 seemed to be 587dcea8eb stopping him. He needed to see a6ec556a98 with his own eyes 0e67821ff4 where this place was, 4eeccb5cb8 and whether there was c913624afa really any chance of 73069b3e1b escape.87b9ba35c66d0307
Tristan silently reached 4045040073 for the remaining 65e4e95df2 fruit and brought d01d71a4d1 it to his c47f7165b1 mouth. Jiah waited patiently until d26b1ae1ac he finished eating the c388b870c6 small, fist-sized fruit whose d68ce327b1 name he didn’t even 0341ba9695 know.438ab3dc5a850515
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“It’s about a three-hour bfb2928cfd trip from here. Put the rest a70f3d37e8 in your pocket.”1e96dcaed8c7f378
“You heard it 7d3447aae6 too, so you 429b9d79ec know, right?”ad576e88ab07c76a
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“…”a1e03736b32316f0
“Laura says dfc0d5c24c you want b43157575e me to abee767dde get out b54f812ee5 safely. You think they’re really 2d8855f7a2 going to let that 03a611808c happen? What do you b71eee3d53 think?”ae471367e91960e3
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He didn’t know 07fc0e5512 why he always 9181fd7954 had the urge 5122f5a5d4 to shake Jiah, 33a7addb76 who was so 33f41b212d reckless and unreadable. At Tristan’s cynical 57235a14c4 question, Jiah simply ec00a98df2 blinked slowly.a23b885c0549fce3
“Tristan.”4ce9dfab6c707f3b
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It was c5b5f610e0 the first d8d7fa96e0 time his 5abd822708 name came 8040fe8260 from her 7b3c724f0b mouth.6b660bb65d639633
“What.”23a660511d837e17
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“…You’ll get out… alive.”dc155d6f2de7ac36
Her last words were 0415fb5e00 faint. So faint it 7335792deb was hard to 4b19457cd5 tell if she e8345c1121 was trying to fa4aed16c2 give him hope b9112ee8ae or mock him 9e8448fdbb by extinguishing it.253d25f42857de95
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“Sure I will.”64c5858addac732d
Tristan laughed, bb68ba1b99 still curling 797a6ef724 his lips b36acaf635 with disdain.eecb6850c6abdb4a
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