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Many months later . . .

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Veronica and Eliza were standing on top of a mountain only a few miles from Eliza’s compound. A lot can happen in a short amount of time. The doctors and Kelik had been right about improved healing times. Wounds and broken bones that should have as long as six months to a year to heal had healed in just under three months. Just a few days earlier, Veronica had gotten the last of her casts removed.

Eliza and Veronica had spent a lot of time together. Doctors and scientists around the country had wanted to come poke and prod the...