he eyed the distance between madeline and the next hedge . she shook the magazine at her friend . annoyed at marcus , i was n't paying attention to anything around us . `` you think he 's going to stay away ? '' `` actually , it 's very soothing considering how stressed i am . `` longest ever , '' he went on , still whispering . all stuff that was hard to steal and harder to fence . `` the colt was dead , but you made him start to breathe . 