Reuniting Tornedalians

"Fair point."

"Peyton, what happened?"
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She smiled and moved over on the bed so thay he could get on too

"I- I mean nothing out of the ordanairy. I was out walking, the pack was in sight and then there was a vervain dart in me. It went black, woke up in this cellar somewhere, I dont know where and... That was life for a while un-until the baby boy."

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Harrison sat beside her.

"What do you mean there was life?"
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She put the book on his lap.

"That was it, thats all it was. They kept me in that one room, gave me barely enough to keep me and the baby alive whilst I was still carrying him. Then he came," She looked to Koby then. "Gabriel was a good suggestion, he was a Gabriel."

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Harrison picked it up and skim read it a little bit before picking up where it had been left.

He nodded. "Sounds like a good name."

"Where is he?"
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She snuggled into him listening as he read.

"He uh... Well I.. They took him off me, I never got to even hold him and then they- they told me he died."

"That's it?" Faun asked.

Koby looked to Faun. "Faun, let it go, the main thing is that your mother is alive."

Peyton flinched at that, "What do you mean is that it?"

"Did they tell you how he died? Did they bury him?"

"Faun."

"They gave his body to me.. Well, gave is a nice way of saying it." Peyton mumbled, trembling.

"How?"

Peyton shrunk backwards then, moving away from Faun slightly. "Please stop."

"Fine, you should get some rest."

"No, no you should leave." Peyton mumbled.

"Don't worry I'm going."

"I don't understand why you always want to fight me, Faun." Peyton mumbled, swallowing thickly.

"I'm not fighting you." She told her. "You told me to leave."

"I'm too tired to talk to you about this."

"And like you asked, I;m going." She told her and she headed up to her own den.

Peyton swallowed thickly, wstvhing the ground before lookin over at Koby

KOby held her close. "Come on, get some sleep." He encouraged.
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Faun got back home and she shut the door as quietly as she could, before she slid down it and sat on the floor, silent tears flowing down her cheeks.

Peyton just curled into his chest.

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"Faun?" Harrison called quietly, eaving Abi's room and frowning when he saw her. Sitting down next to her and pulling her into his arms, "Hey, what happened?"

She told him what happened.
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He held her close.

"So... Which part of it has upset you?"

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"She's always going to be mean to me, isnt she?" Peyton whispered.

"I don't know, I've lost a brother I didn't get to meet and my mother didn't even want me around."
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"I don't think she was trying to be mean."