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When he didn’t say anything, she started to retreat again and nearly fell on her ass when her heels sank into the soft ground She didn’t even care "I’ idea," she said stiffly "I’ happening between us Less than nothing--"

"It’s you," he said

"What’s ret It’s you"

Waitwhat?

But on that stunning state back to the fire She blinked and hesitated, but only for a h sheto notice, not ever again!--it didn’tleft behind as potential bear bait, thank you very onTakeMeAway

The girls didn’t stay overnight They took a vote and Pru was the only one anted to Kylie and Elle had way more sense

"I need my pillow," Kylie said when the three of them had huddled beneath a tree to confer

"I need to not be on a mountain," Elle said, but what she really meant was that she needed to be at least a hundred hed "I really do Just give oodbye to Finn first"

Kylie watched Pru go and pull Finn aside "She’s going to need more than a minute"

"Yeah," Elle said but her ret? What did that even ," Kylie said, and she walked back to the fire

Still reeling while pretending not to be, Elle stayed beneath the tree, looking up through the branches to the night sky, which was clear, crisp, and ad

She felt Archer coth of hih she didn’t take her eyes off the sky "What did you mean?" she asked

He didn’t pretend to not understand "That night," he said quietly "I didn’t get you out before you got hurt That’s s at this unexpected statean had left horifter mom to her business The sisters had wanted a better life for themselves, a life free of trouble Or at least that hat Elle had wanted, but Morgan, eighteen to Elle’s sixteen, had difficulty leaving trouble behind