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regular. It had a gentleness that made his face feel warm, his mouth dry. He tried to picturewhat she looked like, softly asleep and vulnerable. The rustle of leaves nearby startled him. An animal, pale white in the moonlight, passed by his outstretched legs, dragging its long scaly tail behind it. When he bent his knees and pulled his feet close to his body, the animal rolled over, motionless. Damn possum, one of the ugliest animals on earth. He’d sit motionless and listen to Julia breathe. Focus, he told himself. Focus .
    Should he tell his team about the missing gun? No, why should he? The Authorities hadn’t told him; only the lowly guard at Re-Cy had. Information was power, and withholding it was the same as withholding power. If they could do it, so could he.
    Finally, the possum slunk away, dragging its prehensile tail through the leaves.
    He heard Winston and Nigel waking Adam and Guy. He watched as their dark shadows walked past him, then back, settling against trees nearby. He wished they weren’t so close. He wanted to be alone with Julia.
    Finally, he dozed off into a light sleep. Light enough that he was still aware of the sounds around him, muffled noises that floated into his mind, his dreams. Winston coughing. Damn! That cough could be heard at a distance. He opened his eyes, giving up on the idea of sleeping for the moment. He heard Julia shifting her position, the sound of her legs moving on the ground.
    The night dragged on and on, cloudy, with the stars blurred and indistinct. The moon slowly slid across the sky, slipped behind branches of the trees, then reappeared in open spaces.
    Adam touched his shoulder. He must’ve slept more than he thought as it was already time to switch guards. Steven stood, his feet numb from sitting so long. Julia was awake quickly, pulling on her beret, picking up her backpack.
    â€œStay on guard,” he said to Adam. Turning to Julia, he commanded, “We’re going to relieve ourselves. In the woods. Come with me.”
    She hesitated, then followed him. She stood with her back to him until he was finished.
    â€œNow you,” he said.
    â€œTurn your back,” she said.
    â€œTurn your back, what?”
    â€œTurn your back, sir.”
    â€œThat’s better,” he said as he slowly turned. “Remember that in the future.”
    *  *  *
    They took their positions, back-to-back, one looking upstream, the other looking downstream. A bat swirled over their heads, then flew in circles over the stream. Another bat appeared, followed by another. Soon there was a black cloud of them, screeching, and hunting for food.
    Steven shifted his weight and felt Julia’s slim back against his, warm and firm. She leaned forward, moving away from him. But again, he shifted his weight against her back. “We’re a team. We need to lean on each other for support.”
    â€œYes, sir.”
    A few minutes passed. Steven slid his hand back, laying it on her leg. She didn’t move. He began to rub his hand up and down her leg. Moving slowly, she reached into her backpack, groping past the items, until she found what she needed. Pulling the item out of her pack, she aimed it above and away from them and squeezed the nozzle several times, shooting large volumes of the mixture in the air.
    The ammonia.
    The smell was acrid. The bats flew away.
    She pointed the bottle at Steven.
    â€œYou wouldn’t dare,” Steven said.
    â€œYes, I would. Sir .”
    He took his hand off of her leg.
    He would be patient, for now. But not forever.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
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EMMELINE
Day 4
    I thought as I walked. How many days and nights of this could we endure? Three nights of walking so far, but it felt like ten times that. We were so hungry. David said we could go ten days with absolutely no food, but that didn’t mean much to my growling belly. I ate the bugs we caught: grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars, because I had no other