Esther couldn't believe Finnegan was actually smiling. She was upset. "What do you mean? We've been friends since we were kids. I'm obviously worried about you. How can you just smile when things are so dangerous?"

Finnegan looked sad for a moment and looked away, muttering, "So, it's because we're just friends."

Then, he raised his head and seemed to shake off the sadness. "Well, there's not much we can do right now. But I might be able to make things better if I go out now. And hey, make sure to lock the door behind me."

With that, Finnegan left the house.

Pearl and the others noticed the arguing had stopped quickly.

Then, there was a knock at the door.

Esther rushed to open it and saw Finnegan standing there with a grin.

She nearly failed to hold her tears back. "You scared me."

hair. "Don't worry. I'm

seeing Finnegan handle the situation so calmly made them think he might be a lot better at fighting than they thought-maybe even as good as Pearl. Esther, on

we should expect more people to show up. We need to

through with the villagers, but he

Finnegan and suggested they

then, Esther realized someone was missing. "We're one person short.

third woman, the shy one who hadn't been seen much lately, especially that

Amelia

uneasy. "She

to stop

six. I

her, but she insisted

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