his body gleaming with sweat , he was quite a sight . '' i believe i won , '' he said , all but beaming as he moved toward me , frantic women screaming his name . they might have been screaming-and offering to give him children and undergarments-but he kept walking toward me . in the bigger scheme of things , i had won

the grits were ready , the bread browning in the toaster , the scent filling the space around her . delaney could only assume nick was chasing clem into the forest . what else could clem be coming back to check on ? clem and those men were connected . those men had been pillaging the gold . of course clem wanted to check on the gold

eureka prayed that william 's hand would stay in claire 's so she could pull him into the shield , too . his grip seemed to be loosening . from lack of oxygen ? for fear of what his sister was being drawn into ? '' william , hold on ! '' eureka shouted as loudly as she could , not knowing whether he could hear . she only heard the slosh of water against the surface of the shield

it did n't seem like it could be true . he had never asked , let alone insisted , that celly should fly with him . but , undoubtedly , he could remember that he and celly had fallen . and leon ? he had been there too , had n't he ? had he gone for help when he had seen them
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