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Whirling around, I scanned the woods, but nothing see could’ve just fallen from the branches, but it had soundedor so me Except, if it’d been an animal, it wouldn’t have stopped as soon as I’d spun around, would it? Which made me thinkhuman

An eerie sensation crawled up the back of my neck Suddenly, I kneasn’t alone

"Hello?" I called uneasily

No one answered If one of my brothers were around, they would’ve answered me Why wouldn’t someone answer meunless they didn’t want me to know they were out here with me?

"Oh God," I didn’t h the woods

I turned to flee, but a voice called, "City, wait It’s just ood second, frowning and unable to believe I was hearing the voice I was hearing Then I spun toward it "Knox?"

He half stepped out fro the other half hidden as he waved "Hey I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you"

Blood flooded my brain with an overabundance of happy endorphins as I dropped my basket and hurried to him "Oh oing to make it today"

As I neared hi the tree between us so I couldn’t see all of him I slowed to a stop "Knox?"

He tapped the side of the tree with his palm and then pressed his forehead to it "Yeah, I, uh, I can’t ot your note"

"Right So no idea as going on, but feeling as if I’d done soain "Why won’t you even look at me?" I finally asked