Chapter 407
Avery’s POV
Fiona was standing about ten feet away with a small basket hooked over one arm, looking at me like a deer in headlights.
I straightened up slowly, my harvested plants already tucked into my basket. I held her gaze while I tugged the gloves off.
“Are you the one who snipped off those plants?” I asked.
“What plants?”
I inclined my head toward the basket. Fiona sighed and moved the cloth aside. I saw only a small sandwich wrapped in plastic film, an apple, and a can of one of those zero-calorie seltzer drinks that were popular in the human lands.
“Having a picnic?”
She nodded and moved the cloth back over top. “Yes. I’m not on Evergreen soil, you know. I’m allowed to
be here.”
I said, “and I wasn’t telling you you had to leave.
to walk away, but before I could
As if a small part of me was curious to hear what
my shoulder but
owe you an
to that, although it took me
said to you that night was unnecessary. Everything. The comments about
way around to look at her, one hand planted firmly on my hip while the other held the basket at my side. “Yeah,” I said,
ground. “I was just being catty. I did see Bjorn that day, and
jutted my chin
am sorry,” she
looked at her for a long moment. She kept staring at the ground, shifting back and
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