“But when I look around the tent, I see that Luisa is gone. Sonia is asleep, so I ease from beneath my blankets and make my way from the tent, trying to figure out the time. It is the sky that tells me it is morning, for though it is a deep midnight overhead, the color gradually lightens, becoming the palest of blues near the sunrise in the distance. Even still, I know it must be very early. Edmund is awake, still at his post at the edge of camp. I approach him without trying to be quiet. I ...shouldn’t like to have the shotgun pointed my way. I speak his name when I am still some distance away. “Edmund?” He turns his head without alarm. “It’s early yet. What are you doing up?” I stop in front of him, lowering myself to a neighboring boulder so that we are eye to eye. “I don’t know. I woke up and saw that Luisa wasn’t in the tent. Have you seen her?” He shakes his head, genuine puzzlement in his eyes.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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