Cress

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Cress cried out and fell backward. Thorne pulled her down into the sand. “Cress! Are you all right?”She was shaking, watching as the animal fell and rolled the rest of the way, gathering clumps of sand on its hide. She wanted to scream, but any noise was paralyzed inside her, and she could think of nothing but that the animal had wanted to say something to her and now the world was tilting and fading and she was going to be sick and there was blood in the sand and she didn’t know what had happened and—“Cress! Cress!”Thorne’s hands were on her, searching, and she realized dully that he thought she had been shot. She grabbed his wrists, holding them tight and trying to convey the truth through her grip when words wouldn’t come to her.“I’m—I’m all—”She paused. They both heard it. Panting, along with the slip and scramble of footsteps.Cress cowered, pressing into Thorne’s embrace as terror washed over her. A man appeared at the top of the dune, carrying a shotgun.He saw the animal first, ...dying or dead, but then spotted Cress and Thorne from the corner of his eye.MoreLess
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