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Sage continued to just crouch tensely in the corner, eyes fixed on the doors and windows and ears twitching in response to every little noise he could pick up. Which, in a town like this, was a lot.
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Celeste continued to walk in circles around her children until morning.
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Sage also stayed up the rest of the night, and nearly jumped out of his skin when the door opened the next morning. It was just Odessa, of course, but he half expected some horrible assassin
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Celeste always held Att, clutching her baby close. She wasn't afraid when Odessa came in. She'd told her she was coming back from her trip, so she knew. "Oh, sorry," Odessa said cautiously stepping into the house.
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