he rushed out the gate and ran out to greet them . the man pulled the wagon to a stop and christine along with arlo got down . wade reached her and they hugged each other tightly . '' i 'll never go back unless you go with me , '' she said softly to him . wade let go of christine and picked up arlo

for an instant nobody moved and the street was deathly quiet . then the man behind the trough fired a couple of times at ridge , but he could not see him clearly and the bullets embedded themselves harmlessly in the dirt . parkman realized that he would soon be in a very difficult spot here . in a moment his two opponents would have maneuvered themselves until they were on either side of him where they could trap him in a crossfire

'' caia , i ca n't go into this worrying about your safety . '' '' you need someone , a magikal someone , in there with you . and i need to do this . '' lucien shook her none too gently . '' it is not your fault they took her . '' '' yes . it . is . '' '' caia - '' '' i 'm not arguing this out with you , lucien

'' they will accept you as a leader , as a human , and as a queen . they will recognize you . '' '' because of caleb . '' '' you may not want it for that reason , but you gained their respect for it , their admiration . i think they would have eventually agreed even if you had n't helped to take down
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