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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