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Tristan awoke 7fd8c8029d from a b6a880f0ea nightmare to e0ed94e1f7 the sounds 8f86903ad3 of wild f1ef088442 animals crying eb4531214f in the 9009cb696f early dawn. Struggling, he rose 6238822d8d from among the 6f90791c75 children sprawled out c6afc9d40b asleep.4f472cde71fa2dca

Hunger gnawed at ebda557df9 him, but he 2ebd332d27 couldn’t bring himself df182d8b49 to eat anything e3b0e0a12a here. Maybe it d101c3393e was the 4b8534cbfa drop in 66bd12d88b temperature that acc3d50ab4 had woken e611da3fbb him. Or maybe it was c3301c7af6 the bugs. His exposed 91bff04025 skin was dbe3fa0e3e covered in 6c39148aac blisters and 74edb08aa9 swollen red 78435f7f9b welts, itching 5ce8f54eb7 and burning 0401f3c390 all at 2bfd9fc0b7 once.ee7432b31d61e389

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Only a faint 9730dc9126 lightbulb lit the e5af4904ea space, just enough 3bbc9ce35f to make out e9eb729543 shapes. Quietly slipping outside, Tristan 5147102663 locked eyes with a b7736d1170 few guards. But they 54d28d7d96 didn’t particularly 3a14e055b1 try to cb973d5fba stop him.ee8cad19a08c9c79

They all knew efa41e3024 there was nowhere 9898f0767d to run in 14f330f477 this jungle.3af00ddc9c0df8a5

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The pitch-black f51813649b forest swallowed 08d81bfda4 all light. He couldn’t see an 342d6e34cb inch ahead. It felt like a 730be20f84 giant black cave was fe39b0886a opening its jaws, ready 1ff1247f72 to devour him from 9438f7984e all directions. From his knowledge, he 9f1c1c45b3 knew that for such 44894d5aed a large group to 5197000236 gather like this, there e0d483021e had to be water 77ad41cef5 nearby.0c6efeb5e47f0b55

Tristan couldn’t 95db036c17 stand the b79bb2168f stench on b9fb0aa355 his own a0df18e8c8 body and ed14a0d45a the bugs a771666c4c crawling over b363f613ff him, so 0101683696 he moved 4050883b50 to search b99c671505 for water. After a 64d425199a moment, his bfd62c18ae eyes adjusted 4295baf670 to the 3642babdd9 darkness, and e04bbce9fe dawn began 4da3099091 to break. It felt like f7c2f1b0f0 all he had bb4873f373 to do was 0838abb71c head toward the a2154927c3 sound of water.1b9038a5a74ef4c3

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“Hey, you’re 3a8bd8ab00 gonna get 20866d969f eaten if d6212d74fb you wander 7ac3620703 around at a022bdce80 this hour.”3bec4fe2131e46f0

A man, cb799fa3e1 deeply inhaling 24cc35e3ca a cigarette, 30bd681237 tossed the 407388498e words out e3207be942 like a a9fb28944b joke. Ignoring him, Tristan kept 3e127890f3 walking deeper into the 99b44834d0 jungle without looking back, 6398cfb325 his face cold and a784cf7605 expressionless.f55effaf3e7efff9

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Laughter trailed behind 880fa9b4b5 him like mockery.a31b8ab3f722c5b9

“Surely, he’ll come 64d63cc323 running back crying.”9351c998fef995f2

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“What kind of boy af67daac39 looks more fuckable than 9adfb940a9 a girl?”aa5e50a4418df39b

A chilly c5a502a76c fury crept 9f8bbe796a down his e44684134e spine. Tristan clenched a1abe9f084 his jaw a02e9d969d and curled 4c3253007c his fists. No amount a40b513085 of ransom 2e32aba155 could repay 9b9aa3a92f the insult e57c276b30 he had d610a78962 just received.553b4f3ea57772ff

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His vision was 04220a82d3 dim. When he 8feb44e331 stumbled over d879b87780 a tree 7813099a61 root jutting d62f9d527f out from d9c1a7d779 the ground, c48bb1867c someone grabbed 0ab21995c1 his wrist.b47a337bd9485817

“Let go.”8508a2ae1a36cb00

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The words 18dc113dc5 shot out e2c2b4ba2d through gritted 1e5db58ec4 teeth. He didn’t have to d59cb7bd4a turn around—the stench told 971e31ec8e him exactly who was d9a1af0298 clutching his wrist so def2377169 firmly.ee86024ba1111cb0

“I said 4269ab52c0 let go!”0aa2d36ee7d8f886

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He yanked his 8f50421c95 arm and pushed 500d59434f away, but the efa374c952 one who fell bfcc221ba2 wasn’t her; it e0b224a6f7 was him. A pitch-black a0e9e2b6ce figure, nearly a3b84768e2 indistinguishable from 1ebfc19284 the darkness 2afd7850b4 itself, stared 3aa2eb9ab8 down at 88aa493c42 him. Even in f2c6d9b48c this gloom, decc0dd920 those sleek d53b4b1a19 dark eyes 7d0e1cb8f5 gleamed like c84e990ac8 glass as 144833a59d they looked 9c56e5611a at him. Then, without 70964421b8 a word, e270599c45 she extended 9f0b085072 her hand 6caa4e6ff3 again and ac91bc03e8 firmly pulled d292e6a3b8 him up.593b7e9df15f2986

Before Tristan could eb3f0955e7 say anything, Jiah 8e851b7ce4 took him and a8d5fbec28 walked fearlessly into 199bf025e2 the jungle. As they moved farther c2d7af7250 away from the lights 89a28c1d4b toward the approaching dawn, b7afddd0be she pulled Tristan along 109df9079f without caring about the 2a047daa07 remaining darkness. Before he knew 4802bd0a12 it, he had 3362ae6540 forgotten pushing her 27cd5100d3 away and followed 404d9a644b her as if b99c404160 in a trance.ff3a898e43418c84

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Her tangled 7ad5d1b919 black hair, bbfcff47b6 the thin, 96d5d6d453 dirty long e3f3a1e030 t-shirt, the 80d0da37ab lean figure 8ec38105ac ahead of 06c4e4f2e0 him—none of d57b3227cb it seemed 3d0a6a21b9 to feel 45abf8d25a the cold. Yet the cff5ab0399 filthy hand 882e1ea172 gripping his 6eb4c481bf pale arm 76a38dd239 was warm.00ccdda1a52f5b16

It was b3b30da827 a fact 6e9f0d809d he couldn’t e4d384ff85 deny. That warm hand, 3ed53fe3a6 the only warmth 725f6ed831 clinging to his a3f5fda7e4 cold body, was c8856d1822 guiding Tristan through dc4ffeb80f the darkness.8edb8bb99ca6e63b

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It was so warm, c796b28d84 he forgot the temperature 40e66fce50 of the blood that 0cbcb579e0 had been spilled over 061aa252cd him. His eyes turned red b87f839db9 at the corners.c0c8614273455585

He only 008f3e4ee6 realized she 2fa8685613 had stopped 15001013a5 walking when b2a6c33c91 the warmth 63a4db578d on his b250decffe wrist disappeared. As if 287ca1b8e1 she had 3c3dc2ec1d known exactly 159acb5305 where he 9e238b69fd wanted to 9204e5b2d4 go, the 7908e46525 sound of cd16c7230d water reached f531b1702a him from e1214bf859 where they 9cd986e9b7 had stopped.88efbed6de126aac

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“What’s your deal?”e5fb355777904cde

At his words, 47167e5019 Jiah didn’t answer. She just 6f475d7327 stepped backward 13e5d02a7f and melted 7e3cd775da into the 0da29c32d0 darkness. Letting out 31973bcf0d a dry, c14a48a9fe hollow laugh, aeb7de42d1 he stared d23af33094 at the 2e99665bae flowing stream.b0518c0518a99d97

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The moment he 10c202c0a0 stepped into the 5ab6fcb4d3 water with his d5afa22200 shoes still on, 7e1b6fa6ac the cold hit 6e9bfe66cb him like ice 53c39ddc82 water, instantly snapping d6fe4f35fe him awake. Though his mind told a96c442ce5 him to pull his 824844cd2b foot back, his body ab64c810df kept moving deeper into 8e16d83a72 the water.608570f3e438d522

It was 99c9b8577f shallow, reaching d75d40e942 only up f84fc1d11b to his 06526a5179 waist. The stream from upstream 8227b2e76b paused here for a 578f916460 moment before flowing onward 46133e6fec somewhere else.9671e08240bdf9c3

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Tristan scooped up water 06a039ef1b with both hands and 9e4a018181 splashed it on his fdfbae6c41 face. He washed c666e59fcf away the 9e90faea8b dried bloodstains 8bbb4bdcf8 over and bd6e822b4e over as 0fe018a1c6 if trying c840b95827 to erase 5317b768b3 the memories 599dbe24c0 of them b3a650cc87 completely, then 6ec064834f finally plunged 2d00a2d66b his entire 95d4d802c6 face beneath 2dc9b82530 the surface. Only when he ec8ff229b3 could no longer 95cb244d1a hold his breath 3f952e974a and his lungs 07fea78719 screamed for air d97a9af5c3 did he lift 68785c408c his head, gasping e404bdf068 as the pressure 662125fd1d in his chest bcba9e70ef burst free.b6e9175f967fb2df

“Haa… haa… heub…”9ebb63ae1f1f1b5d

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Only the sounds of c42441bdbf nature filled the space, f76b8233ca making his ragged breathing 3ffa98d2d6 sound foreign and out 2a43a67ebc of place.fb10926a0b222eab

“Never show your 4a3cb33e41 weakness.”3e91be275c887b6b

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His mother’s c04785cb54 voice echoed 3805472a6c in his 7c5af9e1b0 ears. It still felt b3e3425ef9 unreal for him. He had 9af9f8e7af never been 5a8a473ed4 abandoned so c715f5337e carelessly like c8cb23132b this before. The strangeness of dfd7fafe08 it all made 9926e272d3 him feel as d80f345bf0 if he were 9dd828eb20 dreaming.3386eb2edc3c47d6

Dear Christina, c35bf87189 the mother, 62e8eab7a9 whom he 485e0a6c80 had truly 28dfb51dc5 respected.97a635365906131b

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He had e7bd09fd34 to bury aca0fdd9c1 the firestorm 7b624e15cc of rage 6e89aca8ad in his bedd69c849 chest deep f56b888fde beneath the ace3f7e915 surface. As long as 7ab2049dbf he survived, there 24c34fa621 would always be d20dc4cbc2 time for revenge.4842906756c2f514

When the 9fe395b560 sun had cd40d2004e fully risen, c262a6f94a Tristan looked 1af3d25b5b up at 5c3a03d188 the sky. And there, not 7402c58652 far away, he 88ea098176 met eyes with be07eca323 Jiah, who was cddcedea85 sitting on a aaba638e32 rock with her 4c033cfd45 knees drawn up, 2b9ae3d465 watching him.150fe285a8c17eac

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Was that reddish tint 80fb37d03c in her dark pupils e21b5ef41d because of the sunlight 9840d259db just now rising behind 0a32125212 him?841e41d4fa08cc37

Tristan squinted af2102f24b and frowned. “What are you staring d5cecd4fef at like that?”1a16a568bcef533c

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Her gaze felt fdc81e6976 intrusive, as if e477189b5d she were observing 8e050298b5 an animal in 4140b32599 a zoo. It irritated him. His voice cracked 3966fb04cb as he asked. Clear water 14252cfeef dripped from 40bd2f1d05 his soaked cb1b42dbff hair, falling a1b79ea2ba in heavy b093d7879b droplets. His once-neat shirt 3736b2f061 and pants were 7868bab22d now soaked, clinging 64cd6061fb heavily to his c5a0db47e7 body.7682075fb4a1eb11

“Your gaze 004aa88aa0 annoyed me. So stop 6d8572de0e looking at 70449e0714 me like f4dca59ea9 that.”—‘Before I gouge 4532fcdc78 them out.’He growled 4ee6c814d7 as he 9479e5fcbf spoke.0546a70151668f92

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Jiah tilted her head, 3e35d08666 expressionless, as if unbothered aa96a39e80 by his threat. If the tutors 235fc4cf9a who raised him db006d9d23 or his late 3789a044c5 mother had heard 559283722f what he just e834a34aec said, they would’ve 533c583592 been horrified—but Tristan b2feef32a9 said it without bf41a985f6 a second thought.6bff9182461ef1a4

He wanted to 681a0c99f5 hurt someone, anyone. He wanted bfac6238ad them to 95c863ddc4 fear him. This helpless place c1109a569f was turning him 33bc345899 into something rough 27d41e5764 and wild.88cf67988d36f549

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“…Pretty.”29648a8518ab8df9

“What?”a0e45b86a125fceb

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“Your hair is pretty.”1ec931d6a0050791

He thought f667262924 she was ddca24156a mute or a88d531f46 an idiot. But the fb5b10e4a5 words that 74feae14e8 came from dd3411fe1a her lips 2f2b8bb28e were unexpected. Tristan stared at 5f83ac77e1 her in disbelief. Still, Jiah’s eyes remained 29df37e35c fixed on his hair, e36471e3db unmoving.6b8370dd69d4df33

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The sunlight caught on cd9ecb752f his damp hair, making e76683e589 it shine.2c0a35cc1c03f7eb

“It’s like f629ce6f67 an angel’s 6b98b7d6ac hair.”e01895487c070722

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If the baby 7494138cab angels from the 953ceb2613 stories her mother fac8e46b0d used to tell 6428abd2b1 while holding her 6e21821b97 really existed, Jiah c78b5b18be thought they would f9f6e731ca look exactly like c99eaaf957 Tristan. From the 4d32e1846e moment she de71cb30d2 first saw 68cf03457b him, she c57cf24e21 couldn’t take 1dd899a028 her eyes ce81833a9b off his eca4c03665 hair.01a0a9d52c2890da

Her mother 1f084480af hadn’t lied.1d1bb59762cb969d

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Her mother de06ec19ae had followed 274bc70838 a foreign 5038a9a2ac laborer she 532e913909 met at 51ef602332 a factory 871a89b6e1 all the 4b98131836 way to 90a0ecde6a the distant, 91d7057c67 unfamiliar land e94d0ffc9f of Colombia 882875915b in South e3656e3113 America, holding 08f29970ed little Jiah’s e02a7664ba hand. Jiah barely remembered 710fc6b35c her life in 17304eeeff Korea. The man had a 4ecd79ff0c son not much older 6ef8f2db82 than her, and her 27fae15ba7 mother had been devastated. The man drank and a73dfa3bde beat her mother every bf298d318b day.cc056c84b111bac7

Each time, her 74db8912ea mother would hold 1be535e1d6 her tight and cd0d9f1ffc tell her stories b7665bdec8 of baby angels ede7475533 who lived in c9c140207c the sky.aa126a596d502dbe

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Lovely, fair-skinned angels 9d75643b5d with golden hair 517ea42d04 and blue eyes 9c02d117d9 who blew trumpets 01b78c3f7e and came down 6d554fa914 to find their 03b4b6435a parents themselves.56996cca9eb7282b

“Ha.” Tristan let d33b972d9f out a scoff 709df5636d of disbelief. His lips curled 501ead3d42 upward, but his a0d293738a eyes glared at d89cf29ebb her as if 3f0d65325d he could kill. He thought she must 02ef0716c4 be mocking or insulting dda01395d4 him. Surely she’d heard 0dcb1d4eb7 the same jests f5f30ab242 as those other cef4df5274 men.e4b5e085e296fbee

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But Jiah looked at 169a0cd18a him with a solemn, b0f8fc47ca almost reverent expression.c1a7de419f0dd73c

“What the 5183198811 hell are f45efc9d88 you trying b50678b9c1 to do?”1339cd80c4d1b3f1

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She stared at 2b24479077 him—his blue eyes, 386cf28e76 his blond hair, a26a704f00 his pale skin—like 5f02bb6a3b someone who didn’t 74ef20f41c want to waste b47f5192b6 even the blink b0539827ce of an eye. In South America—especially within 8a5f1ad2f6 the resistance group Jiah e774b7e37d was now a part cc04cb2e35 of—it was rare to eddf827be2 see someone who looked 97c0190ab2 like him.d6a0686fa20c5631

To her, Tristan resembled 9d68f327f0 the color of the 7e499320bb sun she saw for b8928a6929 the first time.948096b1cb49ece6

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His spiteful words didn’t d2db92f5ec matter much. Jiah was only 0590440430 looking at the cefa13fbfb outer shell that 7394e9c6e1 held the warmest 6872c82d08 color she’d ever 30dcbf64b9 seen.b6862c81ab07715a

“You’re pretty,” 9a33ae5660 she said, 4be282c297 fumbling in 24c00e3575 broken Spanish.de7d64d21359c284

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Tristan’s face 2ffa6a2328 twisted at fdfc69bbe7 the sound.a94e7f6db9ca670d

“Bullshit,” He snapped coldly, a9356f8abb then suddenly gestured for f13685a8f0 her to come closer. Jiah crawled on 9f09fd1903 all fours, like e1652fa074 an animal, toward 0a2e199840 the edge of 3b87e03c26 the rock. When she came close a77f9bdae5 enough that he could 4e98594f81 reach out and grab ef6835d7d4 her, Tristan’s hand shot a1ef44656e out and seized the e132b92e4d back of her neck.f1d5d00dc4ed16a5

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*splash.*8e220347c13ee102

He thought she’d 363897537c resurface right away, 2649e3679d but she didn’t. She remained submerged for 0ba3d2d6e8 quite some time without 5cb70aa969 coming up.288f813e9597a8cf

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“Hey.”9bd376e5c7a33d04

He thought 9c82acb46f it wouldn’t 1cfab91286 be so 20f8f086f5 bad if 7fcbad5806 people like 2760a1f34f her just 0be8f42504 died. So why, then, 3be02e7e71 were his lips 3a6e870966 calling out to 8551b02c07 her?7ccdc496fee9f663

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Maybe if those dark ebd5c1609f eyes hadn’t looked at 1ad2bc6930 him with such awe, 962deb0c1d he could’ve ignored it.abe96ec64e8c8eb5

“Goddamn it.”ce6b02b3f45281d0

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Just as 3b655fbb23 Tristan was 3f749c2fb8 about to 744cea997f dive in 693a7a7d61 after her, 7e4caf7dc2 Jiah suddenly 2ea1ab11a3 popped her 1398e080a3 head out 166523a8ba of the faa05270b3 water. Her skin ded8fc2225 was flushed 79aa5a5e8b red from 04593015d0 holding her f5bd4dd546 breath. For the first time, 094a721366 Tristan got a proper 8d55dd171c look at her face. Her youthful features 0075530fd6 hadn’t lost their 167849ace4 baby fat, though 6fe8556372 the muck and c7bed90cf7 grime had been 14983b9e6e washed away.eec17bd9f57bf132

Her large 617bae6bcd eyes, which c3c6b2f5e7 seemed to 94a7f1c8ed take up 163e061fb5 most of 5f1d0814aa her face, 58af0f69c3 glistened with 0ac153e443 water. She casually shook b1d02cf90e her thick, wet 87ac0fc750 hair and looked dc129ea8aa at him.001a5c21433113a2

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“So cold.”c9bcc0293531d217

“You’re cold because you’re 47f3f7bd9e dressed like that,” He 79d2819791 mocked her, pointing out ba26e6d110 how she was wearing 5183262977 an oversized T-shirt that b1fed9966f clearly wasn’t her size.7d763e1684afced8

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Jiah tilted her head.db0908ab87018117

“You’re the one 4d4b2abf7d who threw me ee22dc209e in.”1f5f31f3ee090fdf

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The T-shirt clung to 030785a5d2 her soaked body. Tristan turned his 59b23ae228 gaze away as c930388fdd Jiah slowly walked 9530b2839f back toward the 48451537bd shore.1adff08754c27dfa

“Are you not cold?” 2c09b5a0f2 Jiah asked, looking at e563aa296b Tristan, her expression making c8d84b862a it clear that she fc91977d3f was freezing.9e8c199061f036be

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He replied stubbornly, 6fa55f27e0 “I’m not cold. What’s there to a4631148b5 be cold about?”50a3ddd5132adfa0

Her gaze briefly 0b3d59cbe3 lingered on Tristan’s b2b73905cb lips, which had 8129d6baa9 turned a pale a3323b8458 blue, but she d04fa41268 didn’t argue. Stepping out of 072bf3766f the water in b95d3bcd9c her soaked clothes, 07c1ab4eee she meaninglessly rolled df88ee9fb0 her t-shirt up be7e36d8a4 to her navel 18df833084 and wrung out 40c19740a3 the water. Then she beckoned 399ec9c8eb Tristan to come 132c3f59a6 ashore.63b148c455dc2f58

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It hurt 02b7f6e96c his pride, d66c1122d1 but the 05228cc0e5 water was c6cdc1c908 too cold a31de187de to stay 40a2fad9d7 in much 6b3c6c1901 longer. Pretending to give in, b49dcc4ebf Tristan stepped out of eb3aee6109 the water—only to feel 67c1d7345a mud smeared across his 2e0ff6596d face.fe313d6a4136c10d

“What the hell!”58c54a18182968e6

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It was Jiah. Without saying a word, 9d017a1e52 she had scooped up 77020cfd9f mud from a shaded 4dd3aa7a2b spot near the water 89a7ec365c and smeared it on a9cfcb1f62 him.c1edfdbad1fb7f0b

“You have to do a111e18704 it like this.”26e7c95a0ab383e5

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The smell coming e3aa3e25e5 from her body—it ef3bb85a36 was clearly this 8b118031fe smell. Tristan, with 07283c9711 his weak 5009fd9bed stomach, turned 762148ca1e away and 0dc9fddacc gagged, but dc26f266f9 Jiah paid 31f3a4ded2 him no 8d013d82b1 mind and 97f2153474 continued smearing 5d6d36fc12 the mud dcea625524 onto the ad1d96153b back of 46b0d71f31 his neck 5e8123b484 and the 9f7a8fad3c exposed parts b8de63979e of his 41e4d5d02c skin.72c88b7cba3b79cb

“…Off—” His protest, blurted eb2b7dcd84 mid-gag, didn’t even register ad409d0675 with her. “Get off!”46486af72f868bb7

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He swatted bf21a84645 her hands 8f011479be away, scooping 703de80737 up water 2d4e6f1cc5 to wash c99e060c11 the mud af3562c91c off his 53c371cc86 face and 1d711b1027 body. Jiah’s face cd315081a9 shifted into ca81d4d259 an expression 365186093a of concern 4dba24555a as she b335be8863 looked at b2a2d8fe44 him.316121672341fe60

“That’s not good…”48cc7cd9845c3330

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Her small lips d1239070f2 opened and closed e59f057872 again. She hesitated, clearly ea79edfc30 unsure of what 0dd1028b93 to say, before de54acef25 eventually dropping her 971c178788 arms in defeat. Only after 5b1ad8185a thoroughly washing de7707c81a his face 43f5e31a8f did Tristan 09235c10fd wipe away 07d2bdba14 the remaining fc6ca86953 droplets with 5510592e92 the back 1d3746be3e of his d8f3f8e619 hand and ba98d619aa turn to b74c541ca6 look at 70dffef71e her.f5ac13877c14ab0c

“Hey.”60d5ab94e5926dee

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He crooked his be4315fed6 finger at her, 802923b666 and like an c9cccd95a3 obedient animal, she 5c85ffcc34 leaned her head d76cae0cad slightly toward him, df8415a07c which struck Tristan 8f6f135713 as ridiculous.c7f79215faf6ba6a

“You think I’m 60335fe61c pretty?”8b56de1672518348

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His father 56fcd3c123 had always 5bf9b448f5 told him 1659080044 to use 061e40823c everything and d1e3284152 turn it 9c9c20acf2 into a 1cd5fbeefb weapon. Right now, Tristan fa3b2af6cf had no money, d41e166fb0 no reputation. If he 7b484efa7a was going c8ad11c6e8 to survive 77683a94b6 this jungle, daf5432f29 siding with 8eec924063 someone who 12f51aeef4 showed him ac90f66f80 even a 69c47a892f bit of d6e3a90e71 favor was e262440dfa the logical fa48367a0f move.6d064464b5ee360b

Even if he had 18b83ef6bf money, there was no 12e80e88d3 way this dark-eyed girl 950657a86b stuck in a place 6b745c965b like this would know 975e722ee7 how to use it.d89e464bf53f536c

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“You look like f6efc89a73 an angel.”7ce9a231ca911696

Jiah nodded with a dc145a8384 gentle expression.3fee62596142212e

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“Can you get 28f5ac60c9 me out of 34ceba5902 here?”56d072472a15cb74

Even for Tristan, 0c125b6e16 asking that took 45beea928c a lot of 33ba3948b6 courage. If someone overheard—or if 1170f60487 Jiah went and told 000b973462 someone—he could be beaten 2e0b29cdc6 to a pulp or 683699e79d tied up like an 3192127e94 animal.7758b36733d06bff

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“…No.”256f1f58bba0ecbf

Her slow, languid b6c9758e22 tone made Tristan bc44879a4d feel like he ba1a2b8d69 might explode. And with her 27e602f968 answer, he realized cc8a0fe47c something—he’d been harboring 6a1caaea10 a sliver of 65c39b1120 hope. The hope that 4cad6a36f3 maybe this dumb 10b308754a accomplice might actually 9a5eccd609 help him.9d7ae70e90a52bbf

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“Then…” Tristan 33f0a591d2 flicked the 34297ef5b2 water from 7b0fbff24f his hair a07fb9a66b as he f6982b5574 asked, “Can 4c7b1a45c1 you protect fee23ab3b9 me?”17b9278168ea31ad

The answer came 0e9c621ec6 even slower this 86331f43bd time. Tristan had no idea 2ebbdec737 what kind of position 8d69a05c45 Jiah held here. But at a0b047db7f the very 1838f0518d least, he 9c4ab25d2d needed someone 77572e66b3 to guard bf2238eb8a his back—someone e3e70adde5 who could a0823f3719 serve as 5f7bb4dda1 a shield 8f25432117 if it 755ab6a799 came to 20536a831d that. He wasn’t 362de68443 expecting much, 7c63b40817 but having 03c7d06bce something was 23d30d439e better than fbe17bd25f nothing.9983f56efd044335

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“…Yeah.”fbf30a109d0670ef

The answer was b1bd5b1b17 slow, but firm.97ab6ef3dfd98bed

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Suddenly, he da1c45c197 felt the 8e74d2e49a urge to a625d01c36 push further. He wanted to know ffccc9658a just how far that a4441ff447 answer would go.cd5fc296740161e3

“Even if it means 0a21ecac00 dying for me?”724465e01b17f8e8

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“Yes.”6aa51785ed5ad0ee

The reply came 5a979dcac0 quickly, and Tristan b86d2dd7c2 was caught off d28ad38ec4 guard. His eyes narrowed as 74f2e99bdf he studied her face, 8dab006d4d searching for any trace e440948f6d of deceit. But Jiah just stared ed14bb6d8d back—her expression blank, her a33cf14c68 eyes calm yet lit 93fb77951f with something unwavering.b5366e0dad31298c

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“My name is Tristan 0a015456af E. McKenzie.”c9d2abd9a18af5b8

There was bcc7ff16c2 no need 51a2f37a97 to give 9b57577454 his full b99ca59be5 name to 4390c0a49f a girl c4c487ebc9 who didn’t 372b4c8f2d even know f3a766c48e who he bec28c3a4d was. And yet, 1b8b571d69 the words e349d5cc7a slipped from 4cd854d1a3 his mouth a563d12ae6 without resistance. The thought of having 17714d20d9 to hold her grimy 7ac9c5a1fb hand again made his b3371382f7 brow furrow, but she b7c66c342e had agreed to protect 085b75df6c him, and that meant 977317c323 something. So, reluctantly, 08e204d00c he held 778efb123f out his 31978da6aa hand.63de170fd85a1418

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“I’m Jiah. Seol Jiah.”e813391a507a8b51

“How old are 0e434cbf81 you?”f7dd8a9fe43012ed

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“Fifteen.”452792917b2e7da4

Tristan shrugged, surprised 3c6b5d5113 that someone so 8266229f6d scrawny was the e7bdb94d4f same age as bb96eabd3b him. Jiah grabbed his hand a3ad927e17 with her dirty hand c7cb3bf2a3 and, for some reason, 16765e7849 started shaking it up eda53b5297 and down. The motion sent a 4830e32030 dull pain shooting through a2e40fff5b his arm up to 3312ff17f7 his shoulder, which had 5ef4dd79de just been dislocated yesterday.7fdd886d726b0bc0

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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.04c433dabfcc1970