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Violet saw how much weight Carissa had lost–she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep.

Heart aching, she pulled Carissa into an embrace, pressing Carissa’s head onto her shoulder. ” Lean on me. If crying makes you feel better, then let it out.”

But Carissa suddenly shoved her away, scrambling to her feet and jumping over the stream. She ran a few steps forward, stopping at a tree.

Carved into the trunk of the tree was a clear and detailed orchid.

Carissa ran her fingers over the smooth lines of the flower, but her heart didn’t lift. While the blossom was complete, the condition of the tree and the carving itself suggested that this was the mark Travis and Kyle had found.

It was a discovery, but it was also like finding nothing at all.

After a moment of quiet contemplation, she spoke. “Vivi, why don’t you all head back down the mountain first? I’ll stay here and keep looking. Since there’s a mark here, there must be more further ahead.”

Violet gave her a light tap on the head. “What are you thinking? We’re in this together. If we leave, we leave together. If we stay, we stay together.”

“But our provisions are running out,” Carissa said.

fruit,” Violet reassured her. “I’m sure His

biggest worries was that, after so long in the mountains, they would run out of provisions. But there weren’t many wild fruits around, so survival now meant hunting rabbits and mountain chickens. And along

scruffy beards sat in a small cave, gnawing on freshly roasted wild rabbit. Their clothes were covered in dirt and grease, and their hair was disheveled. They had just washed their beards in a nearby

constant consumption of meat would cause bits of food to get caught in the hair. At night, when they took turns sleeping, ants would crawl onto their faces, nibbling at the scraps. Generally, the ants weren’t too bad, but when they came across a

Luckily, they had brought along

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back a curse. “Once we catch the next supply delivery, we’ll

break the skin, and you don’t want scars. You haven’t even

gracefully. His face was clearly dotted with more red bumps

red and swollen. ” But scratching just makes it worse. Between pain and itch, I choose itch.

finished speaking, he rubbed his whole face

had been waiting here for ten days. Before that, they had been wandering around the mountains without much progress. Going down the mountain was too

days ago when they discovered the small cave. Below it, hidden by a tangle of dry grass, was a larger cave. It was artificially dug, and it was deep and vast.

as someone had been bringing food down the mountain to the village. So, they snuck in at night to investigate and noted that the grain

which point the hidden entrance to a tunnel would be opened. It was then they realized that the grain wasn’t being transported

was actually a

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