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“Yes.”
“You’re here with me now.”
“You bet-ski.”
Sam gave Evie a weak smile. “I’m a little disturbed by how much I liked kissing you in that getup.”
Evie laughed through tears. “Then I’ll wear it all the time!”
Sam’s smile died. He was afraid again. “Where are the Shadow Men?”
“They drove off,” Theta said, coming to give Sam a hug.
“
Theta,” Sam said in wonder. He held both of her hands.
“Missed you, too, you little criminal,” she said.
“Hi, Sam.” Isaiah waved.
“Hey, kid. You got taller,” Sam warbled, and Isaiah beamed. “Are the others here, too?” Sam asked.
“We’ll talk on the way to the car,” Evie said.
“Those Shadow Men’ll be back,” Sam said grimly. “We have to leave now.”
“No kidding,” Theta zinged. “And I was hoping to stay for tea. I hear the finger sandwiches here are something else.”
“Yeah. Real fingers,” Sam said. “Lamb Chop, what’s your plan for getting out of here?”
“We don’t have a plan,” Isaiah said.
“We’re… improvising!” Evie added.
“Oh, shit,” Sam said and buried his face in his hands.
“Sam Lloyd, don’t make me regret coming to rescue you!”
“I’m just saying: A plan. A plan is helpful.”
“We didn’t have time to make a plan,” Evie said. She was starting to feel irritated. “Every bounty hunter and federal agent is out looking for us right now. We drove straight here from New York.”
“Will is dead. And Sister Walker got arrested for treason,” Isaiah supplied.
“Jake Marlowe declared the Diviners Public Enemy Number One at Sarah Snow’s memorial. There’s a bounty on our heads.”
“And there’s a girl in Nebraska, another Diviner. That’s where we’re headed. To Bountiful,” Isaiah added. “And I don’t know where Memphis is.”
“We got separated in Times Square,” Theta said.
Sam’s eyes widened.
“So as you can see, we’ve been rather busy,” Evie said coolly. It was amazing how quickly her feelings for Sam could slip from wild love to extreme annoyance and back again. She hadn’t quite made it back again. “We have Uncle Will’s car hidden in the woods. Do you think you can walk?”
“Yeah,” Sam said, wincing as he scooted to the edge of the bed. Evie helped him into his shoes. He grinned. “Hey. My hat.”
Evie took it from her head and placed it on his. And just like that, it was wild love again.
