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“Do you really think I should let Finn and Emmet run through the woods on their own?” I asked as soon we were out of the clearing.
“Of course not,” Marta said. “The two of them are excellent fighters, but it only gives them confidence they shouldn’t have. A beast has leapt straight out of a legend and come to terrorize our camp. Neither of them should go back out there tonight.”
“Then why are we fetching them food?” I stopped in the middle of the path.
Marta looped back around, took my arm, and dragged me toward the kitchen tent. “Because if I told them they couldn’t do it, I would have to spend the next hour standing in the clearing, fighting with two pigheaded fools, neither of whom is capable of seeing reason when they’re riled up. Better to feed them and keep them calm while we
