Trembling slightly, I realized how foolish I must look. Obviously he only wanted his food. I looked up embarrassed and then was surprised.

The man met my eyes and bowed his head. His left arm was crossed in front of his chest. It was a sincere apology and nothing I ever expected from someone here.

I smiled and handed him hispower bar.He took it gingerly from my fingers and returned the smile. No one reached to touch Kennedy after that and I felt grateful they honored my unspoken request.

The fifth man was so tall I could not reach his neck. Strong hands took the device from me and the first man undid the tall man. Once he was released the tall man put his palm out, waiting patiently for the food, which I quickly gave him.

The sixth man slumped to the ground once the first man released him. He refused to rise. It was instinctive to crouch next to him and coax him to eat.

The man looked haunted. His breathtaking blue eyes pierced mine and I felt like I could have been looking at Evan. The only difference was his badly cut hair.

Oh God, his hair…

had left on his head. Evan’s hair was so sensitive, I couldn’t imagine what cutting it would be Like. Pity overwhelmed me as I pressed the ‘power of a thousand suns’ to this poor, abused man’s lips. He ate it slowly,

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them, but the food did what it

map and gave it to them. The man I had released first patted my shoulder and smiled. One of the

and the men all started to shuffle silently. The tall man knelt before me and motioned for my foot. I hesitantly

men in the room had completely covered my tracks with their own. They silently motioned to the exit. They shuffled behind me and I turned to

saw the men staring at me. A short wave

room I gripped my daughter to my chest and ran. I went as far away from that place as I could get before I finally dared to pass in front

late in the afternoon and I barely remembered how to get home. Stopping in a deserted section of cave

caught? What if they told

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