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The radio on his belt crackled again, loud in the quiet. Thane reached down and lifted it, listening with a practiced ease.
It was the same kind of radio. Same size. Same static burst. Just like the ones worn by the wolves who had attacked us when we first entered the High Wilds.
The thought made my chest tighten. My instincts didn’t like the link. I forced myself to breathe through it. We were far from that place now. At least a week of hard travel. Technology spread fast. If one group had radios, others would too. There was no reason to spiral.
“Your people are only a few minutes behind us,” Thane said. He slowed slightly so I could keep pace. His tone stayed even. “One is unconscious, but the others look stable. We have empty quarters where you can rest for now. Still, she sho
