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Chapter Nine
Ari scowled as she kicked at the rocks that made up the well-used fireplace. Cold ashes billowed a few feet into the air before settling on and around her boots.
“You should have followed her home that day,” Baelil complained.
“I don’t know what good coming back here does,” Ari moaned. “It’s been weeks.”
“I just thought that we should keep an eye on the place. Maybe she’ll return. You never know.”
“You’re right,” Ari sighed. “You’re always right. I shouldn’t have come home that day. I should have followed her. I just didn’t see the urgency. I also thought that maybe, if she met you, she’d warm up to us better. Never in a million years did it enter my mind that meeting me would spook her so much that she’d pack up and move.”
“I just sent for Denai. She should be here soon,” Baelil sai
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