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15. MacKenzie

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Liberty pov

After my visit to the trading post I took a detour back to the inn. I needed time to think. I needed to apologise and to some extent explain my behaviour to Madeline.

When I entered I saw her sitting at a table by herself. Worry was etched on her face. She was twisting a lock of long black hair round her index finger. I’ve noticed that she does that when she’s worried.

“Hey Maddy, you okay?” I ask her as I sit down next to her. She stops twisting her hair.

“Hi. yeah sort of. I’m worried about tomorrow. That we’ll be an easy target together. We could have been the strongest group had we teamed up with Candy.” The distress is evident in her voice and her usually cheery face looks stressed.

“I know. It’s just the way she provoked Tomas earlier today. She’s no good. We need to be able to trust whoever is in our team. She’s manipulative and I don’t want to watch my back twice. We know team Candy will be hunting for us. We’ll just have to avoid them as long as possible.” I si
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