The next morning, I get up, grab my things and head to the middle land clearing. I find Charmeine already there. She looks up as I approach.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuG1j5No4G
“Well, good morning, Luce,” she says with a smile.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LJAQfAr7f
“Good morning to you, too,” I reply. “And don’t call me Luce,” I add.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFqzR94Pnm
“Oh, come on.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CW4Zhn92k
I shake my head with a smile. I set my stuff down and sit beside her.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDjRZoF2ie
“So, did you get a look at the list?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yThIsicSo
She nods. “Yes, I did. And….”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwEsbyl7KN
“And what?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pKkJkcLaf
She hangs her head in despair and puts her hands on her face. “We’re scheduled to fight each other. And we’re the last ones to fight.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZdtJrCr3L
I groan. “Why?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq3cNR0bFj
She looks up. “So, what are we going to do?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUkXoaEuwL
I tap my chin in thought and gasp. “I know exactly what we can do. We can start out fighting each other and make it look like I’m defeating you. Then, we can start fighting together when they let out the animals.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCfaHwgIBo
“Well, what then?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoA5Meu8Yz
“The guards will probably interfere and then we can fight against them together.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0txwylnCK
“But why would they interfere?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AmNECQQHx
“Because we’re supposed to be fighting each other to prove ourselves not fighting together to join kingdoms,” I explain.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MTNzSu9ML
She sighs and glances away. “I don’t understand why they want us to fight to prove ourselves anyways.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLbxVJFSpd
“Well, we are royalty. That might be part of the reason. We’re next to take the thrones.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIVCE9On8H
“I still don’t understand why we have to do this,” she says.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc0YlHoYUa
I reach over and turn her head to face me. I lean in and lift her chin. I connect our lips in a kiss and I feel her hand go on the back of my neck.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AsBaDuNbZ
I stop kissing her and she looks at me, face flustered.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiCJ8NnuPO
“So, how are your stubs?” I ask.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzrOaqnMsK
She sighs. “They’ve gotten a little bigger. And they aren’t fluttering as much. If I’m correct, I only have about one and a half to two feet left before they’ll hide and I’ll have to tell them to come out.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvdgHXh28m
“Isn’t your sixteenth birthday coming up?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmQ4Bwsz7V
She nods. “Yes. That’s the date of the arena showdown to prove myself. It’s in about two months.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscIhhQmltO
I sigh. “So we have two months to get this figured out. It seems like a long time, but in truth it’s really not that long. So if we want to figure this out, we need to do so. And quickly.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhk5vKl4tG
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