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have him in her life as a friend. Wasn’t i t much better than possibly having a short romance and then losing him forever , over bitter feelings? She finally relaxed and hugged him back, glad he had n’ t let her leave.
                  “That’s my girl. We’ re going to be okay, right?” he asked her.
                  “Yes, thanks for be ing honest with me. I think I’ ll love you forever , though,” she said with a little sigh.
                  “I’ ll love you forever too and honestly, you’ ll realize soon I’ m not that great,” he told her with a smile, which did its trick and made her laugh.
                  “Well, you could be right about that, you’ re kind of ugly,” she teased him.
                  “Oh, how you wound my heart,” he said overdramatically, which chased away the last o f the tension between them. “I’ m going to talk to Jessica. First of all , we a re n ’ t a couple and secondly she needs to realize not to mess with one of my best friends,” he said.
                  “You don’t need to do that. I don’t think we’ ll have any more problems,” she lied to him.
                  “I’ m going to talk to her , anyway. I hate seeing your body all scratched and bruised. It did look as i f you got the upper hand though because she has a whopper of a bruise on her jaw,” he said with a laugh.
                  “I bet she asked you to kiss it,” Phoenix said with a glare.
                  “You would be correct on that but she was very disappointed when I left,” he told her with a wink. She felt much better knowing that. It would be doubly crushing for him to hook up with Jessica, who was just so mean and petty.
                  Brian gave her another hug , then the two of them walked back to the main hall. The day had flown by and it was time for the assemb ly. Sadie came skipping out to join them. She gave Phoenix a questioning look but Phoenix shook her head and mouthed they’ d speak later. S adie understood and turned to face the podium.
                  A hush fell over the crowd as the elders came into the room and took their place in front of the people . They looked more stressed than normal, which instantly worried Phoenix. What could possibly be wrong? She hoped nothing to o shattering, with her day being bad enough , already .
                  “As you all know we brought in two injur ed people last night. They weren’ t in good shape. The woman passed and we’ ve already buried her but the man is still holding on. The things he’ s been able to share with us are terrifying . It lets us know this war is far from over,” Greg spoke in a hushed tone.
                  Phoenix looked at Sadie and a shudder ran down both their spines. They didn’t get a lot of information from the outside world. S he was sure it was because the elders didn’t want to scare them any further than they already were . She knew they were on top of things , though. Something serious must’ ve happened for them to speak with the kids.
                  “It seems the enemy is aware our group resides in these woods but they don’t know where . They’ re finding stragglers and torturing them for information. Unfortunately, this is why the man and woman were in such bad shape . Of course , t hey were just escaping the city and had no idea about us or where they were going but th e enemy thought they were lying . They tried to get information from them,” Greg said .
                  He waited until the shocked gasps and worried murmurs died down before he continued speaking to the crowd.
                  “We’ ve seen an increase in activity on the outer perimeters of our safety zone but at this point no one has managed to come within ten miles of our cave. They’ ve sent gro ups of soldiers