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eady, deliberate footsteps echoed down the hallway. Those fo

lse ju

he doorway, hands tucked into his pockets, that unreadable expression on

er hands against the brown apron and w

e replied curtly

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re not burning the gre

do that" Ivy smiled. She looked around and stre

tretched it

ilted his head, a rare sp

ade to place it in his hands

an eyebrow "Alright, provided Mika won't chop my head off

inding light from earlier - only brighter this time. A r

pain shot through her hand. A thor

n she blinked, Zeke was right there - t

gher than usual, his gaze darted to her bleed

he first time, heat rushing up her cheeks - f

back hurriedly. "You should be

ill glowing roses and

happened earlier today, my guess is that the plants love

ive about you" Zeke sp

that?" She shot at

t out a shaky breath. "Prick" She mutter

*

said later that night, lounging

he cigarette between his fingers and taki

the same couch Ivy had sat on earlier. "Abo

y said nothin

need to know about

his hand open and Lucas sighed before rel

owly and his eyebrows slo

e whispered

to do now?" Lucas asked

n" He replied, voice firm. La

ny?" Zeke rais

f something else, you know s

and took a drag from the cig

ht of a thinking machin

" Zeke wave

ha

id le

w his hands up into the air, chuckli

*

hands curled round her bandaged finger, th

their corner at the gree

she think there was something more to the

sigh "Direct

Mika walking out of the greenhouse. They had just locked up for the d

*

mor

Lucas, a glass of wine swi

t mean it" Luc

wn eyes yesterday"

ed away. "Your uncle can't k

y ideas?" Zeke asked and Lucas sho

think" Lucas replied

not paying much attention to her

on" Lucas stated and Zeke nodded

tepped in, her energy fill

e cut through the tension "And a goo

t of his mouth. Lucas froze,his han

owled, looking at him with an ex

aturally out of her tongue and for a split second, somethi

hat" She

bruptly, tearing his gaze from Lucas

ut the greenhou

but someone's been reass

ing?" She demande

The words drop

riek almost tore

ndry" She

er the soldiers

u think people would say if th

He replied, not

d, then?" Her fine sharpened, a mis

Zeke said through

the air. Two heads turned

hey said

ter. "Oh, come on! Yo

ected once again. The ai

ndry house"

on't m

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second, his lips twitched, almost

"But if your shirts start disappe