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I frowned up at him. “I couldn’t just let someone sit there on the ground crying like that. She needed help.”
Eric folded his arms and shook his head. “She needed your attention, and you were almost killed for falling for it.”
My eyebrows crashed down so far, they met between my eyes. I spun around to face Eric and stabbed a finger into his chest. “Now you listen here, Mr. I’m-A-Lone-Wolf-And-I-Like-It-That-Way. Not everybody is so old that they’ve forgotten basic human dignity.” I couldn’t help but notice a small jerk and his eyes slightly widened. The reaction slightly calmed the fire inside me. “Anyway, that still doesn’t explain why she wanted me.”
He studied me with a strange, soft gaze for a moment before he pursed his lips. “The rabbit is the clue, and her final word
