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The Ninety-Mile Silence
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The sound faded. The helicopter passed without seeing them, and the thumping died into silence. Dell's face fell. But Mara was already throwing the last green branches on the fire, and a thick plume of smoke rose. "Come back," she whispered. "Look this way." The thumping grew louder again.
The helicopter came back low and slow, following the new smoke right to them. Its light swept the trees and stopped on their faces. A rope ladder dropped through the rotor wind. Dell went up first, then Mara, hauling herself toward the open door and the hands reaching down to pull her in.
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