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structure. She'd made it to the second level and eve
ing. Maybe leaving Jared was
a small flag fluttered, the ulti
aged by a slightly older boy, she b
round below was covered in thick safety mats, but
little kitten, her small han
a rowdy boy shot down a nearby slide, slamming
e frame s
Her foot slipped. Her lit
she
my throat, raw and terrifi
fying crawl as I watched her small form arc through the air, head
sickening impact, a dar
he man in the
from. He moved with an im
a slide, a lunge, a dive-h
bsorbing the full impact as they rolled, tucking her
ver in a
my knees weak, the sight befo
arms. She wasn't crying. She was just st
had fa
it had been carved from stone. His dark brown hair was messy from the fall, and a faint
low and magnetic. "You're okay.
And slowly, miraculous
tering over her. "Zoe! Oh my god,
s, his movements careful, his eyes scannin
y daughter. "Oh my god, thank you s
er me. His presence was
s voice calm and even. "
deep blue eyes held a comple
ere starting to crowd around us, a f
harmed Zoe and turned to properly thank
nto the crowd as sudde
. Her little hand was fisted in my
er, a voice I hadn't heard i
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