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Destin looks down and kicks at a rock. Tears spring to his eyes. "I'm still going to leave..." He whispers. "But..I'll talk to Fabine before I do..." He looks at her painfully. "Please don't tell him about Aya. If he knew it was because of a girl, he'd never let me go!"

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Vera nodded her head once with a serious look in her eye. "I won't tell him," she promised, feeling a hint of satisfaction that he was no longer resisting. "If everything works out, you can at least have some nice closure before you leave," she sighed, her eyes and tone revealing a bit of the hurt that struck her at the thought of him abandoning the Broms.

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Destin nods softly. "Thank you Vera." He sighs in relief, following her towards the Brom camp. He nods. "Closure is always nice. I'm just worried Fabine won't let me leave..." He then notices her tone change. "Hey, are you okay??"

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Vera shrugged and nodded. "I'm fine, but... I mean..." she struggled to find the right words. "Is it really that bad here?" she finally said softly. She recalled the time she ran into a Rabin at the river that she'd nearly fought with, but ended up instead arguing about the differences in their two groups. "What's so wrong with the Broms that you'd rather leave all of your friends for strangers?"

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Destin sighs heavily. "They're not strangers Vera...I used to be a Rabin for awhile. Way back when I first joined...but the Broms didn't have a healer, so I felt bad and joined them instead..." He looks at her sadly. "Sacha's my best friend in the forest, we've been through so much, that's why she was so willing to let me join the Rabins."

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Vera nods slowly. "I didn't know that," she said simply. Over the course of their walk, Vera had come to understand Destin's intentions and felt sympathy for the boy, although she knew nothing could be settled until Fabine returned. "We're almost to the camp," she began, hesitating before adding, "so can I trust you to stay there until Fabine and I return?"

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Destin nods a bit as he spots the camp up ahead. "Of course...no one knows what happened, so hopefully they'll just let me be..." He sighs heavily. "Please hurry back, this is already going to be painful, the longer we wait to take care of this..." He then looks down at the ground sadly.

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Vera nodded wordlessly and watched Destin enter the camp before turning and sprinting back towards the river where she had left Fabine and Kianna. Now to make sure I complete my first and most important task... Don't let Fabine get killed, she thought with a sigh.

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Ptelea gasps, putting her hands over her mouth. "Rosey!" She sobs, whimpering fearfully. "No!" She cries out, shaking. She moves further from the side of the cell, trembling. "I want my brother!" she cries, tears rolling down her cheeks. She looks at Brianna in fear. "Rosey would never tell you where I was! You're...you're lying!" She says firmly, balling her tiny hands into fists. "I want my brother!"

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"Well, don't you worry." Brianna retreats from the cell, back to one of the desks she and Hunter had set up and continues to check that the camera equipment is ready. "You'll see him very soon. Trust me though, he's hardly going to be delighted to see you." Scaring the girl had been harder than she thought. It certainly wouldn't get easier when it came to experimentation, no matter how less dangerous the experiments might be.

Brianna scoffs momentarily, "Not when he sees what we're going to do to you," she mutters beneath her breath. She looks over the equipment when Ptelea points to it. "Given the scattered state of your family I do wonder if you've ever had the pleasure of a web chat. Let's say this is a more high quality version of that."

Brianna's phone buzzes in her pocket. She pulls it out to find a new text from The Boss. She turns to Hunter. "We're supposed to start the live feed soon." she takes a breath and forces the words to leave her mouth. "You should rough her up a bit. Not too much, we'll do most of it when the boy's watching but you want him to know the stakes."

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Hunter looks up as Brianna spoke to him. "Hmm, all right. I'll do what I can," He nods and looks over at the small girl. He slides a knife out of a sheathe on his belt, gripping it tightly. A cut or two on her face would definitely scare Ambrose. He approaches her steadily. "How about we say hi, to this Rosey of yours." He says, voice much colder than Brianna's.

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Ptelea looks at Hunter, whimpering. "You're mean!" She shouts and shifts, crawling under the. Bed to try to get away from him, trembling. Knives scared her. She hugs her knees, whimpering.

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Hunter's eyes narrows as she shifts and darts under the bed. "Oh, this will just make things worse for you. Here little birdy," He places a hand on the bedframe and begins to slide it over to reveal the small shifter girl. "Come here or you'll never see Rosey,"