the head councilman , who sat at the center of the seven chairs in front of the room , was addressing the other representatives when the captain barged in , but was now silent . as the captain walked towards the center of the room , he looked up and locked eyes with the head councilman . a hiss of whispers fluttered in the room . on the left side of the room , one representative from linnouse , wearing the green robes with red trim of his city , stayed focused on the captain

he knew he 'd get over it , as he always did , and despite the pain in his arm he was glad to be in the saloon around a lot of people . the thing that was weighing the most heavily upon his mind was the destruction of his buggy . once he got over this low point his buggy was still going to be wrecked and he was still going to be out a ride . thorn excused himself to use the bathroom and slipped out the back door to have a moment to look at his buggy

but now she could n't ran from him ; she had no other place to go , no other place where she wanted to be . she was legally free of him now , and there was nothing he could do to make her return . legally she could stop him from calling her . he was harassing her ; she could get a court order prohibiting him from contacting her in any way . but she would n't , unless he forced her to it

he holds his hands up to demonstrate the size of the needle , and she shivers thinking about it . '' i hate needles . be glad you did n't need stitches . '' she fakes a shiver and west grimaces at the thought . '' your dad seems nice . '' '' yeah . you know he 's my dad and all , but he 's
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