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right now“Were you happy there?”
Her face crumpled at my questions; her eyes locked onto Kyle's face and filled with tears
“I'm sorry,” I apologized at once, looking to Kyle, too, for an explanation
I could barely hear her answering whisper
Her words brought a thick lump to my throat Kyle put his hand on the back of her head and, in a gesture so tender
it made my eyes smart, held her face against his chest
Jeb cleared his throat, and Sunny started and cringedIt was easy to imagine the frayed state her
nerves must be inSouls were not designed to handle violence and terror
I remembered long ago chanel purses and handbags when Jared had interrogated me; he'd asked if I was like other soulsI
was not, nor was the other soul they'd dealt with, my SeekerSunny, however, seemed to
embody the essence of my gentle, timid species; we were powerful only in great numbers
“Sorry, Sunny,” Jeb said“Didn't mean to scare you, thereMaybe we ought to get out of here,
though His eyes swept around the cave, where a few people lingered by the exits, gawking at
usHe stared hard at Reid and Lucina, and they ducked down the corridor toward the kitchen
“Probably ought to git along to Doc,” Jeb continued with a sigh, giving the frightened little
woman a wistful glanceI guessed he was cartier pasha watch sad to be missing out on new storiesHe kept his arm firmly around Sunny's tiny waist and pulled her with him
toward the southern tunnel
I followed right behind, towing the others who still adhered to me
Jeb paused, and we all stopped with himHe jabbed the butt of his gun into Jamie's hip
“Ain't you got school, kid?”
“Aw, Uncle Jeb,please? Please? I don't want to miss –”
“Get your behind to class
Jamie turned his hurt eyes on me, but Jeb was absolutely rightThis was nothing I wanted
Jamie to seeI shook my head at him
“Could you get Trudy on your way?” I asked
Jamie's shoulders slumped, and he pulled his hand out of mineJared's slid down from replica chanel jewelry my wrist
to take its place
“I misseverything, ” Jamie moaned as he turned back the other way
“Thanks, Jeb,” I whispered when Jamie was out of hearing
The long tunnel seemed blacker than before because I could feel the fear radiating from the
woman ahead of me
“It's okay,” Kyle murmured to her“There's nothing that's going to hurt you, and I'm here
I wondered who this strange man was, the one who had come back in Kyle's placeHad they
checked his eyes? I couldn't believe he'd carried all this gentleness around inside his big angry
body
It must have been having Jodi back, being so close to what he wantedEven knowing that this
was his Jodi's cartier tank louis body, I was surprised that he could expend so much kindness for the soul inside it
I would have thought such compassion was beyond him
“How's the Healer?” Jared asked me
“She woke up, just before I came to find you,” I said
I heard more than one sigh of relief in the darkness
“She's disoriented, though, and very frightened,” I warned them all“She can't remember her
nameDoc's working with herShe's going to be even more scared when she sees all of youTry
to be quiet and move slowly, okay?”
“Yes, yes,” the voices whispered in the darkness
“And, Jeb, do you think you could lose the gun? She's a little afraid of humans still
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