![]() ![]() If it begins to come down, cover your heads and rush toward the wall ahead. Meanwhile, the rest of you will come to the ends of your chains and yank. “On my count, those of us up the wall will jump down and pull. Even the mouthy one shot to her feet, spurred into action by the desire to get out from where Kiri’s section of the wall bent toward her forehead. Nerves flashed across the faces of the girls still on the ground. The structure bowed against their weight. “Can you climb and pull with me? Like this?”Īmarande hooked her fingers between wire slats until she had climbed up as far as her leg chain would stretch. “You two,” she whispered, pointing to Osana and Kiri. But they were still only getting tension from the bottom half of the wall. Now when they pulled, the wires twisted together to form the quilted structure began to snap. They reset while the mouthy girl stewed in the far corner. “We have another, thank you, Kiri,” Amarande whispered to the others. She couldn’t get to the rock on that end-her sister blocked the path-but she tried. The younger one shook her head and began testing her leg chain’s length. Her sister’s whisper was out before she’d reached her full height. ![]() ![]() This promise was enough for the younger girl, who stood. “You have my word that I won’t leave you.” She eyed the girl next to that one. Wherever it was, it was a place where teamwork had let her down. She was as blond as Renard-of Pyrenee, or maybe from across the Divide. The princess leveled her gaze at the girl. ![]()
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