⎯⎯ ୨ ୧ ⎯⎯ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ-ꜱᴄᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʙʀᴇᴇᴢᴇ ʀᴜꜰꜰʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʟɪᴄᴏ'ꜱ ꜰᴜʀ, ʜᴇʀ ᴇᴀʀꜱ ꜰʟɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴡɪᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ. ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴊᴀᴡꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴋɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴀᴡ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱɴᴀᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜꜱʜᴇꜱ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ- ꜱʜᴇ ᴡʜɪʀʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴇʀᴇʟ ᴛᴀʙʙʏ ᴛᴏᴍ, ᴛʀᴏᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ, ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴋɪᴛ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴊᴀᴡꜱ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʙᴇɴɢᴀʟ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ-ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ ʜɪɢʜʟɪɢʜᴛꜱ. "ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ," ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʙʏ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʟɪᴄᴏ ꜱᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴅ, ʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ. "ʟᴏᴏᴋ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ʜɪᴍ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ʏᴇᴀʜ?" ʜᴇ ɴᴏᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴛ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ. "ɴᴏᴡ... ɢᴜʟʟᴋɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇꜱʜᴇʀᴋɪᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴀꜰᴇ." ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʙʏ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴀ ᴅᴜʙɪᴏᴜꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋ. "ᴡᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱᴇᴀᴄʟᴀɴ, ᴄᴏɴᴄʜꜱᴡɪʀʟ. ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ꜱᴀꜰᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ." "ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜱʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴍᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛɪɢᴇʀ-ꜱʜᴀʀᴋꜰᴀɴɢ," ꜱʜᴇ ʜɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ, ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴅᴀʀᴋᴇɴɪɴɢ. ʜᴇ ɢʟᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴄʜꜱᴡɪʀʟ, ʜɪꜱ ᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴘɪɴɴᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟʏ. "ᴛɪɢᴇʀ-ꜱʜᴀʀᴋꜰᴀɴɢ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ... ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴀᴅ. ʜᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟꜱᴇ." "ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱᴀʏ ꜱᴏ. ꜱᴏ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴏʏᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴇ, ᴄʀᴀꜱʜɪɴɢᴡᴀᴠᴇ?" ᴄʀᴀꜱʜɪɴɢᴡᴀᴠᴇ ꜱɪɢʜᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʟᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. "ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴛꜱ. "
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