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The Ninety-Mile Silence

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They built a fire in a clearing and dragged the bright seat cushions out to spell a giant H on the ground. All afternoon they fed the flames, sending up a thin gray column. Then, near sunset, they heard it: the far-off thump of a helicopter.

Mara fired a flare straight up. The helicopter banked hard, swung back, and dropped low over their clearing, its searchlight pinning them in white. A voice boomed from a speaker: "We see you. Stay where you are." Dell grabbed Mara and the two of them just held on, finally safe.

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