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“Shit,” Lyric muttered under her breath as she turned to face the farmer. She was off her game, she thought, so focused on the inside of the kitchen and her task that she had not heard the tractor engine stop.

She glanced automatically towards the field and saw the glint of sunlight reflecting in the windscreen off the tractor’s cab. The farmer’s rotation had turned him to face the house at just the right time to see her dash across to it. There was no way she could play off her loitering as anything other than what it was.

She did not look towards the Ute, and instead met the farmer’s eyes and scooped back her jacket slowly so that he could see the guns. He sucked in a breath through his nose, his eyes widening, and going to the kitchen door.

“Look,” he said softly. “We don’t want any trouble. Just… go back to where you came from.”

“We will be taking your Ute,” she told him firmly. “I am just after the keys.”

He glanced over his shoulder at the Ute, just as Niarthen stepped out. Lyri
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i can't wait to see how their first meeting with the mcs go!
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Definitely, it had me holding my breath, Everleigh!! I'm just glad they got away for now safely!! Poor Niarthen. I hope he recovers soon from the water-borne illness!! ;(
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