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She would no longer shoeakness

If she was to survive these next few days, she would have to toughen up and look after herself

Screw Jaxon and his crew

She turned toward the cupboards then and opened the nearest ones They were empty, save for a few pots and pans and several boxes of cereal She grabbed the first box, but as she lifted it, realized it was empty

Figures

The cheese!

She slammed the cupboard closed, ive a shit She was starving, and if there was nothing left but cheese again, well, that sure as hell beat sucking back a cup of blood

Her hopes were once more dashed by the pitiful lue block she had seen earlier She grabbed the measly leftover and turned back toward the far cupboard, wanting to grab the box of crackers she’d spotted before

As luck would have it, the box had been stoay on a shelf just out of her reach Blind anger shot through her, and she hissed as she tried to grab it with the tips of her fingers Her side ached as the etting the box down

The roo that all five of thele, her body was flushed with heat She pictured the sritted her teeth

She couldn’t get to the box and hung her head in defeat Her sto into the silence that surrounded her, and she turned abruptly, ignoring the faces to her left, and walked toward a large chair that overlooked the nificent view

Libby fell into its softness with a thu her as the i ribs She held her head proudly as she began to gnaw on the cheese

A chair was scraped back loudly, and then she heard footsteps banging across the tiles It was followed by gru, and she paused, chewing her food softly while trying to appear uninterested

She heard the spray of water and cringed, turning her head to avoid whoever wasa bee-line for her

A hand at her shoulder startled her It was the old man, and he offered her a plate of crackers that also held a bunch of freshly washed grapes