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"Let’s stay, but keep our eyes and ears open Anyti, we talk about it, no matter what Deal?"

They both nodded

Buster ca up at y eyes One bark was all it took for me to know that he was on board with our plan too

CHAPTER NINE

TWELVE SETS OF HANDS ADDED to our threechore Within thirtyinside the chickee hut nearest the landing place of our boats

"You keep the grenades for now," said Kowi "We will co to keep them in"

"Where can we put our boats?" asked Bodo "We don’t want to lose dem"

"We’ll secure them where they are for now Once you’re ready, we’ll show you a good place to keep theo - it’s not the same way you came in"

"Thanks, Kowi," I said "We really appreciate you doing this for us and not shooting us full of arrows"

He sreet you first"

"Why? Because he sucks at fighting?"

"Let’s just say, he’s a little slower to anger than some of the others"

"Or you can chust say he’s slower and dat’s all," said Bodo

I tried not to laugh at his stark honesty, but I probably shouldn’t have bothered since Kowi chuckled

"I like you … Bodo is it? You’re froht?"

"Yes How didt you know?"

"Just a lucky guess," he said, winking at irls from his tribe cah to hiot the picture i, she was being so obviously territorial "Everything is done," she said

Kowi glanced at her and said, "This is irlfriend, Coli"

"Hi," I said, warily I didn’t have a lot of patience for jealous girlfriends, especially when there was no need for it

"Hi," she said, putting her hand on Kowi’s ar away so she wouldn’t see it "Okay, then So, when do you want to start training?" I asked, going over to stand at the entrance to the hut with Bodo and Peter, ere going through our things Peter had already started organizing the food on a small set of shelves that were built in to the far side of the hut

"Tomorrow And if you want, you can coht"

"She needs to take a shower, first," said Coli

I took a deep breath so I wouldn’t be tempted to walk over there and slap her across the face Her tone couldn’t have beenbehind me

"I’d love a shower, actually Unfortunately, the world ca coive gin fault"

Koas trying like heck to keep a straight face "You can use ours Eventually you can find a place to hook up your own if you want"

I looked at hiuys have showers? Here?"

"In a ," he answered mysteriously "I’m sure Coli will be happy to show you where they are, since she so generously proposed that you take one"

She opened her mouth to protest but one look from her tattooed boyfriend shut her up in a flash