In the end, Brad decided to forge on ahead—not to carry Tricia off, but to find her and tell her to hide.But when he reached the room, he saw me sitting quietly in front of the dressing table.The moment our eyes met, he froze.He recognized me. Years ago, back when we were studying in the city, he'd seen me. I was the girl from the next class over.I had a loud voice, laughter that crinkled the corners of my eyes, and I moved through the world with a gust of purpose behind every step.Someone had pointed me out to Brad and said, "That's the girl from the mountains. I heard that she's as wild as they come."Brad had committed my face to memory, along with my name.But he didn't understand what I was doing in Tricia's room. All he saw was that there was no laughter or wildness on my face now. Instead, there was only a kind of calm he couldn't quite read.It seemed that I was waiting for someone. But with one look, he could tell that the person I was waiting for wasn't going to
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