k that had been following them earlier was no

to ask, her brows furrowing as she looked around,

e they?" Lila added, g

dn't h

"They had a bit of trouble on the way. You girls didn't notice because you were focused on

dded slowly. Lila fol

ere easy t

il

uiet breath as

o point trying to expl

e supposed

... a system I can see...

t it made her ches

nded i

su

ger

he could pull out items f

not

y were still

s aside. "It's getting late. I need to prepare dinner. And don't wo

nodded o

.

rd the kitchen, with her daughters tr

em to go and rest as she

olding her small plastic knife tightly in her hand. Despit

kitchen was still usable. Ivy had cleared out a few things ea

operly soon, she thought, a

ing. Thank you,"

s, Aria stood by the sink, washing the

proper wate

.one for cooking, the other for ba

sn't

was tem

ng was t

-

paring their simple meal-homemade ham

ing while watching their favori

mome

lt no

cef

ld wasn't ending in

couldn

omple

e knew what

-

eating, Ivy stood up

and six-year-old daughters, who were alre

weet smile form

ldren complaine

la found jo

ase their mot

to make h

urt more tha

rned and walked out of the shelter

-

i

t the razor wire

teen days left unt

allowe

roat f

ady," she murmured

ore her eyes, displaying a detailed layout

at the designated points. I w

dded s

erst

eyes briefly

red in her system

thou

t app

e after another, neatly positioning themsel

tly, her heart poundin

-

eyes, the wire

or machines but by

ing un

nstalled itself along the old, rust

rmation was

been weak an

ing into som

ng unfo

imb over it would be s

-

s pa

d there the

chi

erv

ands-though truthfully, the sy

ed along h

ite the fact that she had don

't physical

as m

tio

in quietly and settl

riefly toward the

ould be asle

nging passed th

d to go b

besid

he co

t

-

i

tion almost

lightly, her atten

d fully surrounde

blink o

hing c

pleted its tr

-

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on Com

grade In

fr

eath c

hispered, shock flas

wasn'

ven c

-

wire began

starting from one end and quickly t

widened i

s this?" s

w inten

s began

ol

fting into something far st

arper and

r now was no longer

ed into somethin

steel..

-

inally faded, s

ously, Ivy st

nded harder w

d out and

o

li

iel

against it, pressing just

dn't

en sli

ingle v

th

fingers tightening sli

reds of m

ble to break