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76. Heartache

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Jonas’ POV, 2 weeks ago:

It was close to midnight when repeated knocks at my door shattered the silence.

I lifted the arm I had draped over my tired eyes.

“Come in!”

The door opened with a soft creak. A guard stepped in and bowed.

“Sorry to disturb your sleep, Chief, but… uh, she tried to run away again.”

I sighed and sat up on the edge of the bed, shaking my head. Not that I'd been sleeping anyway.

“How far?"

“She made it within two hundred metres of the boundary this time, before we caught her on patrol.”

I got to my feet and walked towards the window, placing both hands on the wooden sill. The moon hung low in the sky, full and cold and distant, watching everything and saying nothing.

I kept my back to him as I asked,

“How many men?”

There was a pause, as if he didn’t understand the reason behind this question.

“Th-three,” he said finally. “She knocked down two, and was trying to strangle the third when we spotted her.”

My lips twitched.

“Good.”

Her stamina was improving. Her
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