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“I know a place” She took Zeke and his tree to the e to the shadows andquickly and quietly Inside they sat on the floor with their backs to the wall and h the kitchen

“Where was it?” he asked, ru in his pack

“Top floor of HQ That’s where Orrin lives”

He stopped and turned to her, brows drawn “What happened?”

“We sparred and then he sent hty corner to find er over Zeke’s brow and ease his concern He smelled of earth and pine and it was such a relief to be able to talk to hiain, to see his familiar handsome face

“That’s all?”

“Call Tres first We can talk later”

That satisfied him He stuck his hand back in his pack and carade, terrestrial cell and satellite Nothing fancy to look at, a physical keypad, s screen and an antenna But for all its sraphy or human interference

“Here goes,” he said, turning it on “This needs to be worth upsetting Cadence”

The screen lit up She scooched closer, her shoulder resting on his ars right with her prickly roonal, this job would be over, and she wasn’t ready to be sty as a ive up her ti with Zeke

“You can do it, baby,” he said, holding the phone so they’d both see the screen as the phone tried to find a network to attach to

There was a stupidly tense couple of seconds where the handset scanned for coverage and they bent over its tiny green glow, faces al synchronized She’d never been so het up over such a s

Then four little bars filled on the screen Full signal

“Fuck yeah”

Zeke’s voice was oil over grit and gravel, and her belly bats ate it up like it was nectar, rolling around in ecstasy He threw his ar at her with such heat all their urgency time shifted, the need to er in his eyes