Takers
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Read between January 8 - January 19, 2019
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He watched the bonfire’s smoke rise into the sky and wondering if his dad was being cremated as he sat there.
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you can wait a few weeks longer at place that has twenty flavors of
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There’s only two weeks left until you’re done the school year.
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he could see that none of that matter. He
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He didn’t try to wrap his arms around her, no matter how good her body felt pressed up against her.
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that was how her sister had told it happened for them.
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turning back to check him every few steps.
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to activate his legs muscles and propel himself
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The light shone from the sky perfectly illuminated the creature’s horrible imperfections.
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He pushed it back onto his wrist as if he expected the pieces clicked back together like a Lego block.
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The chief guided Grant’s limp fingers one of the swirling red symbol on the tree’s smooth surface.
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When they finished tracing of the symbol once more and the chief released his hand,
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The bone is his cheek felt like it had shattered.
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one of the warrior who had hung from the tree.
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Grant peaked out from his hiding place.
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He watched as she slowly retreated into her earthen home, then step forward once more and cried out to the man.
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Halfway through imaging what it felt like to be scalped,
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whom he she must have been referring too.
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He never shot a real bow before.
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locked a notch on the feather side into the taunt bow string.
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Annie peaking her head out of the door
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Just long enough for Grant to gleam where his arrow had ended up.
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torn through Annie’s bag of snack.
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Grant scooped up the dog in his arms and considered his options. Could it save it?
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pretending to glance her side mirrors or look at a billboard.
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It began at the hinges of his jaws and tightened as he grinded his bottom teeth against the top.
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but dad said the offer was still stood.
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His stomach spun on a violent spin cycle at the thought returning to the motel at all and possibly seeing the creatures again.
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tiny holes leeched blood
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The bleeding man tilted his head back on the concrete to see what the creature was starting at.
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He’d seen many people in his life but none for whom his heart called for like this.
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“Where’d you learn, English?”
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Hotomi grinded his teeth as his father argue that peace has its part to play in war.
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The sheriff didn’t acknowledge the answer. He already began his search for a gas can.
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A small trail was cut into the hillside made access easier but it was still a steep climb.
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The sky slowed as once again as Ahote passed into view from the trail.