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When Wells saw Clarke step around froe tree, he exhaled with relief They were close enough to the clearing that he could pass Sasha to Clarke, and let her pretend that she’d been escorting the prisoner to the bathroo for hi to keep Sasha tied up in the cabin
Wells raised his hand in greeting, then noticed that so Clarke alwaysfor a book in the library at hoht her eye It was a shock to watch her trudge through the woods as if dragging soht behind her
"Clarke," Wells called He exchanged a look with Sasha, who nodded a silent agreeot closer, he saw that her eyes were red Clarke, who’d sat through her parents’ trial in stony silence, had been crying? "Are you okay?"
"I’ his eyes Even without the tears, he’d know she was lying
"Co over his shoulder to make sure Sasha was still safely out of earshot "After everything we’ve been through"--after all the pain we’ve caused each other, Wells wanted to say, but didn’t--"don’t you think I knohen so Wells frowned "Did so happen with Bellamy?"
He expected her to brush him off, but to his surprise, Clarke looked up at him, her eyes shiny with tears "I’m sorry," she said "I’ I should have forgiven you…" Her voice broke and she turned away
"It’s okay," Wells said hesitantly, wrapping one ary had more to do with Bellamy than it did with hio beat him up for you?"
"No," Clarke sniffed, but at least she was s
Before he could say anything else, Clarke’s eyes widened as she caught sight of soht she was looking at Sasha, but as he turned to follow Clarke’s gaze, his disco fro froainst the trunk
It’s a person, Wells thought, before realizing that was ile No one’s face could possibly be that blue
Behind him, Clarke made a sound he’d never heard before, half shriek, halffor his brain to offer another explanation, but nothing cae, like he used to do with his cornea slips
But the rotating shape reh her face was bloated alnition, he knew her by her shiny dark hair Her delicate wrists and sth
"Priya," Clarke gasped behind hiered next to Wells and clutched his arm For the first time since they’d landed on Earth, Clarke was too horror-struck to do more than stare
The rope that rapped around Priya’s neck was digging into her skin--skin that had been golden brown hours ago, and was now a h he knew she was beyond help
He took a shaky step forward, then realized that Sasha was already scaling the tree "Passthe branch "Now," she ordered when Wells didn’tsteps forhile he fumbled for the knife in his pocket, then tossed it up to Sasha, who caught it one-handed