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After a long morning of hauling and packing produce, Aiden was enthused to see that the delivery truck was nearly full. One more crate, he had estimated, then it would be time for the next stage of work. As soon as the missing piece was in his hands, he quickly added it to the other stock and pat his glove-covered hands together. “This oughtta be the last of the stuff needing loading. I’ll get the straps and then we’ll be on o— wait.” His body froze, but his head whipped to one side, brows furrowed deeply and eyes scanning their surroundings. “You hear that?”