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APRIL The world around her had gone into slow motion. She heard the men at the front of the cave now. She didn’t need shifter senses to know there were at least a dozen, and they were well armed. She looked at her small hand, almost swallowed by Gripp’s. She brought her eyes up to his, seeing the urgency in his expression but still not being able to move. They are just going to walk in here and blow us away. The world stayed in stasis for a few seconds more until April began to feel dizzy. Then Gripp turned and ran, tugging on her arm. She fell forward and caught herself clumsily, stumbling to the floor. Gripp bent down and wrapped an arm around her waist, half carrying her toward the back of the cave. She hadn’t heard what the man said about the escape route. As they ran through the
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