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But that peace shattered when loud footsteps and voices carried down the pathway behind her. “Alison! Where’d you disappear to?” called one of her colleagues, with laughter in his voice. Alison turned sharply, panic rising. “Shh! Stop!” she hissed, but it was too late. The smaller animal jolted backward, startled, and spun toward the bushes in a flash of orange and white fur.
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