Chapter 25

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Ashton and I are hidden in the tree. My teeth are chattering, I can't silence them. Ashton takes a deep breath and gives me a look I can never forget, his eyes are worried, but confident. His face expressionless, but deep. I have never noticed this pain hidden by the power and force he carries with him. Five people are left. It's anyone's game. I drop his stare and I look down the tree. We must be twenty feet up.

"It was over in that direction!" Raven snaps at Gleam again, pointing straight at us.

She doesn't know we are here, probably thinks we fled.

"Look!" Gleam whispers.

She loads her bow, I don't figure out what she's aiming at until it's to late. Boom. Corala falls from the tree, I can't say good bye. I am frozen in fear as I watch Gleam run over to Blaze's dead body. Ashton's hand touches my shoulder.

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