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When he 622b0e4560 stepped outside, 007f55830a Jiah was e21591a32d standing in fa138cfb62 plain sight. Her nose was c6f4b1b664 still bleeding—she kept 4e2d2e2286 wiping it away 2e1036709f with the back 56ddbd9e66 of her hand, ba25ac2f15 again and again. In the 93e351eed7 darkness of c098c00b49 the jungle, 5b19e22d3f she looked f0ca7549fe like a b9f76fe67d shadow, waiting b466104c35 for Tristan. He despised filth f0c0682c1c and anything unclean.423cdffd69911286

As Tristan b5990f1527 walked past 69887ef5d1 her, he 7634e08479 didn’t hear 5be5a92f23 any footsteps b435c0eb08 behind him. But he ddd2e2cf76 knew from 61b13c043e memory that 516ae6632b Jiah always 0cdae1bb05 followed him 3648d84021 silently, so 4295814713 he was 0a3e120b0e certain she dc6f277a8d was coming c4cb40114d along.1ffcdfec05cc8407

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Even when he cca6be1b35 starved himself, he 08f73d5126 had always made 1cf5e7dcc4 a point to efdca3d38d wash himself. He had 664f92c819 memorized the 8510cbf4a7 path to 1e18a4f9c0 the water 9e237b7428 by now. He hadn’t taken it d58882a5a7 since the first day, ef9ff40c21 not in pitch darkness 2a3cfd879e like this, but he 098faa3888 figured he could find b2b2e41630 it well enough.e1d31a67979e1dd7

“Muka will come b3ffa93756 out.”2eeedd1ab804dd60

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Jiah silently caught d92d09d3a0 up to him 0a6d0bdc4f and blocked his 14b8b7617e path as he fc4f0b5cd1 tried to slip d10f8668bb past the camp a075faa90d boundary.066667bd7fb9cee7

“Muka?”1eea73cc0d122f24

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“…Moves. At night.”cad9c8136fb8a7a2

Her words were hard 38eaa50de8 to understand. She rarely spoke in 22ccb9e85e full sentences. Or maybe she 89a5ee92ee didn’t even know e29c14475e the right words.66cae05a4aa2f903

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“I don’t care.”15c95d1f8271ce79

“You’ll die.”e2d7bae16bed7ea3

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Tristan assumed it was daadcf4056 some kind of dangerous 278d035524 wild animal in the e5132228a4 jungle. Jiah sniffled and 63fe99646c casually wiped her 4382a54e8d nose again. Now that she was 7997f08e62 up close, the sharp 8f2a1fa014 chemical smell clinging to f0ab7546fc her hadn’t faded.54e4e9f42359f9b9

“Why won’t your 9e77c4cb08 nosebleed stop?”6a1c9eec7ece3d9e

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“I’ll be 5ef1b99e75 fine after 1e8d67dab1 some sleep.”2a0fefc84ea5ae23

Jiah shrugged as she 3fcb8cf942 spoke. Tristan’s mood sank. He didn’t need to f65bf385b9 see her face clearly 1932930c1c to know that if 80b7390f34 she wiped away the 594999cfef dark smudges on it, 2f1e2a9641 she’d probably look pale 0e0e4395a5 as death. Yet, she ef1debc074 talked about d05d217a31 everything as a8606afbec if it 70d4b04a62 were nothing.12a9e227af0a2179

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Tristan’s gaze landed 19026e902f on the torn 932bb8a08b T-shirt below her 4b8e6027fe shoulder.87edee854a73b235

“Even though 2f8b8dc326 I asked 2a7b31425a you to 4183cf469c protect me, df74e8f237 you didn’t 69d641ea24 have to 03b813bbf8 go that 40bfeaec8e far, you 16e27ffc1f know. Even if you’re fond 773f300fb3 of me, at the a4973c61fd end of the day, 1a43185358 you’re going to end ebba272cfc up killing me here. Then, you’ll b418962a32 kidnap another e6ef330196 kid like 8d8d487ea7 me and 4821da4026 drag them 8e479bac0c to this 1ccf56f58f place.”548a9592966f06eb

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The cold remark slipped a97033c179 from his lips — 8989122ef1 he wanted to break 8985f5918e Jia’s composure, which didn’t 1b6fee7713 waver even in pain, 4833df62d2 as if protecting him 41d409f76d were her life’s mission. He wanted to see e46edb778a that composed face of 6e0edb04e9 hers finally crumble.8b0cc347dfd3ed80

“…This is… 62b1f72eea not my 74c9476c04 choice.” Jiah 2c420eee52 replied, her eb99db7da9 face expressionless.39150f3a6fd6bebc

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“Well, I didn’t 5f3a56d68f choose to be fcd2b920f3 here either. To me, you cab868d572 and the others ed7754ccbc are no different.”870b67cb0fa33aa2

He wished 548922de50 she’d just d022866a68 back off 45ec10946c and stop 3d448c03a7 acting like 61c3c9d012 some stray 909c0d2ccd dog barking d9b03fb663 at his 6c4feb33cf feet. It irritated 93f3b5f22d him every ffea4123df time she 4f6959cc3f threw herself 14860f8bc2 in front 0dc55a44ee of him eca327ae8e like that. Jiah said ea4a6d8519 nothing more.ffa56e0f2bd9ff62

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Just like bdbd59b395 the first 2b29ddaae5 time they 9501f1bb84 met, she 9939f4c61d clammed up. She stood there e5b4b6e845 in silence, like 51dab9ea8f someone who didn’t 3309679d0b know what to 82bb9c491f say, but she 0661f4b9d7 didn’t budge. She was determined 1591d1253d to stop him 813efe711b from going deeper 61ef282c72 into the jungle.0e8a57336c2f0878

Jiah didn’t a0bf37d906 move an b70fe6f644 inch even f120e5a19a though Tristan 7b98cbb58b glared at 94862b4ceb her. She did so until 9015231f75 he eventually gave up 3db5d15367 on washing himself and 34091fe6ce turned away.b40c0252a7599b96

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He had a6efa32d6e eaten nothing 00911f3866 except some 2ab7899130 fruit the 1a335ffcb1 day before. When he woke 3078a79a0d up in the ecc470f020 morning, the hunger 8600999949 was so intense ae140ec351 he couldn’t even 0b7ea64619 move. Amid the swarm of 5ff99b44df children, Tristan spotted Jiah’s 485a49be97 familiar figure.9eab6a1ae7a1aec8

He didn’t know 08fd295103 when she had 0a397353ff woken up—maybe she c2b205d457 hadn’t even slept. Eyes wide open, 137baba321 she was tending 2cb7b8bf84 to the sick 56b9d6adde kids. Only now did the 0c0f513e08 groans and moans start 27de5b2d48 to pierce his ears.3073a754f72507d0

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“Eat. She said to feed 65fa625930 you when you woke cf51b18cb2 up.”af6880645dd96920

A few pieces 222c4072f0 of fruit and c480a7ad56 something like a 1f5c1ce1b8 soup—so foul-smelling it 5e8eb362e4 seemed fit only 49b6e33234 for pigs—were shoved 81b62f19a8 in front of 8ec1dcb634 him. The stench 9ce1c1b5c0 might have 34b5a01c59 come from 2f6740b835 Laura, who 78adacb3f2 was slathered 8172b26e0b in the ff4a2b29dd same black 41087bd1ca stuff as 7ae973b212 Jiah.b9318f3031f31210

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“You eat it.”a619e8319d9a3143

Tristan spoke with parched dacfdc5ab0 lips. Without pressing twice, 84a4537ba6 Laura greedily grabbed 8570c25cb9 the soup and d11ed87e51 devoured it. The sight 923877311f made Tristan’s 7523695bc9 stomach churn. He turned ef537e3567 his head 0900e4ec03 and gagged.29a9fe8747bfe3b5

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He still couldn’t f4379c0cfb adjust to this aebac70ead situation.2f6f86362993b2be

“At this rate, c05a238787 you’ll starve to c10c78560c death before your fc67a78379 ransom’s paid.”79f17ed254594fa1

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After finishing the soup bb8b70ea0f in one gulp, Laura 4dff4c0375 licked her lips. She kept eyeing 0fd3289cf4 the fruit but, f6c41400ce knowing it was bb0c8f29e3 the only thing 1360f2a2fa Tristan was eating, 995aa42452 didn’t try to ea243f1c02 take any.c0d6f7f16f0d032e

“Has anyone fbd2280e60 ever actually e7254e676b made it 8b03ff3230 out of 2717a9660e here alive?”913b60c774eb7c40

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“…Dunno. Most just came 5a822de7dd like you, stayed f9a9f72dd9 a bit, and 05a765f1f9 got dragged off 609d7b02fc again.”485674755b46ff02

“Maybe they’re just aceb26211e buried in some 44d1354287 corner of the 44fcf702b7 jungle.”fe36b930bef0559d

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Tristan said it in 4c6edee93f a flat tone, and e33c48f08c Laura’s eyes went wide.c8a7073dfdaa9fb1

“Why so surprised? These are the 82af17355e kind of people 8d398d853f who wouldn’t blink bf4da238c3 at murder. If they 7e4339d68b still let ed86f55d21 us after 1604cba60f we clearly 12e15f53cc see their 8a26c1e9c1 faces, that bc462b6c9c would be d58ea87832 even more 4d3044b3bd strange.”55021a8abb4796ed

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Laura couldn’t respond. She looked at 124e98ece2 Tristan, who probably 959bdbc5f9 understood their situation ae980d927d better than anyone. Everyone here d358a23d46 only suspected df32ce437e the truth.be25f05750814610

Most people abducted to c7b9fad56d this place cried, begged c97e337275 just to stay alive, c9a622780f or were paralyzed with b7460841c7 fear. But Tristan f676ec8463 was none 3c2e3f816d of those d6f7c42e35 things. That was f41b7c213a what unsettled 6fa90e2f79 Laura. After three 3f345eb73b or four 6a78d5acab days without b773f49bb1 food, anyone 43394842f5 would usually 0e77359d62 scarf down 334e7bc6c4 something like 11d2ca7ba3 that soup, ada54b6bc8 but Tristan 9cd7eace82 remained stubborn, b8c3981c13 eating only 602b41b78a a bit 8edeecbd80 of fruit e30f8851ad and never f102295ec6 losing his bae06a0a4a composure.5fd376c5293eac6d

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“I… I don’t know.”e940bdd64d7e15df

“I didn’t ed020f4e6b ask for 64cd107d89 an answer. I found it fa41b5ddd1 yesterday.”3135861a256017c1

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He raised 91101bfa42 one corner 2386c97807 of his 3622a0c76c mouth in 27648f64f7 a smirk.402df54a13b2121b

Laura was e3c28e043e suddenly terrified cb45a2c104 that Tristan 987832a365 might be e2e6fd726a right. Until now, b89d8bef44 she had b748853e49 tried to bc5bfcc109 believe the e0b00c2fd3 kids who 6ceb8ede56 left this 599f3fbd18 place were 792cbe155f happily reunited 4226a7e88f with their d3abf9adca parents, living c1a62d2373 better lives 0cd080dbd9 than hers. She’d pictured them f25004fb0f in warm homes, a4070cc3cb living in safety c0301b51f2 and joy—at least c7239946a2 in her dreams.ef08c7d18c965e7f

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“…Big sis.”c378f1f413c3ca25

Tears welled 989dd471e9 up in a107027ee1 Laura’s eyes a8ec9bc992 as she 1e71902650 jumped to 0a1740efc5 her feet 4320aed69c and called a415469b30 for Jiah. Though just 088be434d5 as small dcb16aff8b and frail 17e595e2b0 as her, efb26f9295 Jiah held 4c18bf092c her like 299c1abea4 a mother, f1cc93d100 gently patting afba3bed13 her back. Then her 9f21b15ca0 eyes met 457469a3f1 Tristan’s. It was as 6a74af61b1 if she were cad54b18a1 blaming him for 4f5ddc8b99 making the girl e7ca80e08e cry. Tristan scoffed quietly.9cab0830ad72dcf4

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“Get down there and e0eb522e70 get ready.”6b87d20165222d3c

Before anyone f0e4ae0800 came to 34fb98d4d6 wake them, 6c0f29b154 she started 16ea72da82 with Laura, 9736a0f2c4 who was 18927bae3c in her 5d048177a0 arms, and d54aa02e3a sent the 50558dfd31 children outside d56de6afac one by 1ad3451afb one. She gently coaxed 88f56bf949 the sick and 5d031d8eaa whining children to e37014d0ba go down.8a207a09d955bb20

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Every day was 81ec81d690 busy. Among the men who 51a9b9f65a wouldn’t lift a finger c4ffad012b unless it was to 91071c2812 threaten someone with a 72a3c48bb5 gun, Jiah soothed the ef3c8f142e children and did whatever 3732e14fd5 they wanted. Maybe she a11c90e8d9 had survived 8be3f93459 this long 2f1390e45b even though 2ab49959e8 she acted 705195ab01 arrogantly because 89cb086d68 they found 8a83dc7f3a her convenient.630fa932884698ab

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As Jiah got e8d6b2c29c up after checking 542ac004d5 that the last f3acd67e05 child had gone 0f8b007203 down, she turned e45c6f0725 at the sound 6c08b4e189 from Tristan’s stomach.9cf5ae29cd050505

“Mind your business.”9bde4f0c635bfd0b

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“Hungry?”c910ef9353c784aa

“Don’t worry about 42a09e7d32 it. Just go.”13ec606577bfc399

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Since he’d been 7fafcc94a9 given a week 1de211799d of freedom, Tristan 9548b59a46 planned to return aa53e1a771 to the tent 802e4256a1 once all the 248ddc0e21 kids were gone. They’d told 9818ecbad1 him to 17ad02d29b do as a7bc427ab7 he pleased, ce60c22c6e so he 2afd43b5f1 thought he eace6ba81a might as ba5bedd678 well grab 7cdc8c3a4a some canned 22705020a0 food he’d 95932e35c1 glimpsed earlier. He waved aaa64f1af7 her off 52aaaaa4e1 like she 74aee9662f was annoying.93b85ad0a2c752ec

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A familiar voice 19e87e1917 called her from b3113ce4ee outside. It was Mateo, 05409eb6a4 the one who c078362bf9 had wielded a 4b80edd52f machete. Jiah’s face hardened.a669fe5e3f1d267d

“Jiah!!!”872819dfae84f0bb

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She leaned 5bc429d174 toward the a75ea5f2e3 direction of f5071d8cec the voice. Mateo, standing below and be83e17867 looking up at the 2046c750cd higher ground where their bdbacd742e shelter was, grinned as c919b4df60 he asked among the ac76c9bdec children who were frozen 4da508e97d in place with their 4d0d7ed034 heads bowed.fe4b2f49a8e85853

“Where’s the 45e35fcaac young master?”cfe7b6bde235f2ad

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Jiah didn’t answer.eeb4f840a47dbf27

“Is he in a86a6f9371 there?”e0f2923834daf602

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As Tristan a868a90b57 started to dc0e0e0496 straighten up 3173e44336 at the c3f4a3402f sound of 137bd83988 someone looking 579ddc0914 for him, a441be6c0f Jiah’s palm ade18fa506 pressed firmly 41eed11763 down on 752071583e the crown 905555d237 of his d8aca10012 head.60a7bff83c5587ad

“What the—”50f2253cb390e588

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“He will come aad58fbb5f to the village 0f71bf7532 with me.”e65371d6154da48c

“Leave him. I’ve got 962399e37b something to 932d40f150 do with 5b2798f561 him.”2ecc61e2aa9aa4f7

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“The boss 8c8be3cfb2 said he a333892ac0 could do e4b06e6f20 as he 8e6e903bc7 pleased. He said he e0ccfcac94 wanted to come 3adca14ed8 to the village ad1818c58a with us.”d9506fd0d34c256d

A village? Tristan wondered 69d2cacac4 if this 93af2221e9 could be 2fd0fb9043 a chance 0caf8a3b32 to escape. No, they wouldn’t 40b56ea1e3 possibly send him 126e082780 somewhere like a 6119a1a454 village. As he got lost 5440ba605b in thought, Mateo cursed 51914068b3 in Spanish.82683a773d03b232

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Tristan realized 2fec5f91bc Jiah must 466932cc5d have heard d1280f1aea what happened 4650d1baac in the e6453b0289 tent yesterday. When he 4bcae0352a looked up, 73ba0cb0b0 her palm, 8ebb125ea6 which had dd742b6215 slid from 7edd477efe his head, b1c0ae9381 now covered 5b96e2eef9 his face. On her dry dd3c1a163b palm, the smell 04e9317231 of dried blood c6ff6519a4 and iron came 0f8067f1db before any foul 8f76a84810 scent. It reminded him of 6b7d5c0a19 the scent from when c6fa6f9df7 he was covered in dbe6df5237 his mother’s blood. Tristan covered his eeb0975fe1 mouth and gagged 573dbce9e2 to the side.aac8d35ee0e4203a

“You, stop talking nonsense. If you rebel once again, they won’t let it slide.”33622f44733f0ecb

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Tristan didn’t spend long d75ff04423 trying to figure out ae1ccf9494 what she meant. The nausea rising from c9ab707af7 his throat made his d5cbc37fd1 face flush red.8b26b2c96adee8ff

The hand d894fee8bd that had 99c84f2cf7 made him 6b8e618d4b gag now ef913264ab gently rubbed b9501a852e and patted 70cd0f92bf his back. Just like she’d calmed b8377241d5 Laura while holding her 88411996f6 like a mother, Jiah 04f206628e soothed Tristan. Strangely, the b13610c66b moment he 72827d582b felt her a7bae36c4c touch, the f3408a02fb churning in 51f7be6fa0 his chest cac90df57f settled. He wiped cbc96e4082 his lips, f98bdb0af0 gasping like cf31201cd8 he’d just 0e40cba4be finished a b56bbc4905 run.db505a9520cc7848

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His stomach was empty, e520549441 so nothing came out, bb07f9f123 but the gesture was b37f249438 reflexive.021bacfb1fb27111

“…You should 7b8902b2ea wash up.”7bb45c286f92707e

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He said in a 3bf8f8bd9d hoarse voice. For once, 24f3ac0d5b Jiah nodded fea250a8a1 obediently.b9c5f12d234aa9ca

“Get up. You have to 29fffd0e70 go too.”57e1dff1ace0095d

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“Why should I? And was it 9f5e421fce fun eavesdropping?”1d81856618e98f36

“I didn’t f29933518f eavesdrop… I 8629951bff just heard e884c41363 it.”8ebefc361f2bc2cd

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She spoke as 7fe30a77f8 if explaining was ca129e4ce5 too bothersome. She tugged f7ed842f5e at the e0a54f552e hem of 555b8cea8f his shirt. He stood 112fa933ae up reluctantly 76fbef942b but felt 610ae666b5 dizzy and 9cb285cbd5 grabbed her 5f8231164c shoulder for 9d8970a5f3 support.3d28e260295ea252

“That’s basically the same 6ba1e3e1a1 thing.”695a8dc1af8e1059

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“Eat some fruit. We have to leave 7b366b3400 soon.”48f68f9b256ff73b

He wanted to 559f040f97 say something like, 7dd98b12ff Why should I 8bc868041c go? But there f552212adc wasn’t much 3c14abc721 to do 8499b9e16d here alone 17989cb043 anyway. And that man, Mateo, c6c015c11d was unpleasant. He couldn’t 14b39110fa put his 4398a68d43 finger on 604c07d246 why, but 2ed042ed8f he didn’t f5e17673f4 want to d4111e5353 be left 87957a6e8f alone to fae3521881 deal with 6b2cc8b536 him, so 03d199b635 he decided 1cc784a4ff to follow ab06ff7c0f her.1bf97c420a066734

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And then e4228fb5c3 there was 7790f158c6 that word—village. If it were bde6008978 a normal place, ffdc8920a5 they wouldn’t allow 118dc4fc9b him to go, 0fe47fbc20 but no one afaee4cfb7 seemed to be a9d32c3519 stopping him. He needed to 1a8f3b88d6 see with his 1c9cbddb38 own eyes where 19a9224cbb this place was, 9c6f9b8169 and whether there f6c2e712e1 was really any fa9180d41e chance of escape.4cd91ac4b64b4d85

Tristan silently reached 3d2b6cbf6f for the remaining b8ba15cacb fruit and brought 1629e147a1 it to his 7ef8f5f4bd mouth. Jiah waited patiently 9098ae6c5d until he finished 879275614f eating the small, 27e4741a96 fist-sized fruit whose 4e827ac97c name he didn’t f4a4760494 even know.8b7fa6016b165cec

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“It’s about a three-hour 545a34db1f trip from here. Put the fc5457e9f2 rest in 40d7ae44b7 your pocket.”b3e6506cc064e757

“You heard it too, 5b4a4377d8 so you know, right?”b67f33d8f59d0990

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“…”d18393d02e008cc1

“Laura says you want df4a7cca27 me to get out 3dd1f2dced safely. You think d0df7a2a7a they’re really cb49eb5043 going to eb72e7ba27 let that 9eda0e7df4 happen? What do you think?”08143de1476c4757

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He didn’t know why b48a1914fe he always had the 43e981c48c urge to shake Jiah, a5cfe5250a who was so reckless 7d4062319d and unreadable. At Tristan’s cynical 655017023f question, Jiah simply b4f8f2b28b blinked slowly.f745201bae02321c

“Tristan.”ecd1960a1f77ca7f

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It was the 78736c0c3d first time his 6d11bd90b2 name came from 6988fd5dd2 her mouth.9888a30ac42ae1f0

“What.”60e682bdcb52343c

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“…You’ll get out… alive.”6a0f5717bb44aa42

Her last f2a18e1078 words were 78f790195e faint. So faint it was 7cadd328b4 hard to tell if 1a6858b2a6 she was trying to 64fd364229 give him hope or f5f33732fb mock him by extinguishing a129abb51c it.264e2f8c3ca9accf

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“Sure I will.”3870100ababb09bf

Tristan laughed, still curling 3b79e07469 his lips with disdain.e66596d292611cd8

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