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“HEEEEEYYYYYYYY!”

I took a step in that direction Two steps Three My heart was soaring, my body filled with all new levels of adrenaline Even so, so hard

MORGAN! WAI—

It hiton My mistake, my crucial error

Then I was falling…

… and everything around me was thick and white

Nineteen

BOONE

Even over the wind, I heard the screah

I left them in the dust as I raced back outside

The wind struckat my return This time I didn’t have my jacket I didn’t even have more than a sleeveless Tee

But if I was right abo

ut what happened…

If I was right about what happened, she didn’t havedown so heavily, and so thickly, any marks or indications she’d made up there would be covered in minutes

I ran up the leeward side of the building, the only part still exposed to the world Getting out of the wind felt almost warm I wanted to stop there Huddle up…