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“Toughs!” Orion called out.
She managed a shaking smile. Her arms were wrapped around her and she shivered. Orion and I rushed over to her while Mirela remained at the cave entrance.
I grasped one of her quivering shoulders and looked her over. “You okay?”
Toughs nodded. “Y-yeah, I’m okay. Just cold.”
Orion took off his tattered jacket and hung it around her shoulders. “You woke up pretty fast this time.”
She grimaced. “Yeah. The spell is getting thinner.”
Mirela walked up to us and held the necklace out to Toughs. “Regardless of what you wish, you need this right now.”
Toughs pursed her lips, but took the necklace. “I know that now.”
“Do you happen to know how to get this Mel guy off our tail permanently?” I asked her.
She shook her head. “No. I remember knowing h
