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.”

“and I wasn’t telling you you had to leave. I was just leaving myself,

but before I could make it ten steps, she

of me was curious to hear what she had to say next.

glanced at her over my shoulder but didn’t turn

you an apology,” she

although

you that night was unnecessary. Everything. The comments about your instincts. The implications I made

when I turned all the 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, narrowing my eyes. “I seem to remember

just being catty. I did see Bjorn

my chin

am sorry,”

for a long moment. She kept staring at the

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