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Carter jerked, his grip barely slackening

Matt chose thatthe Carter flat, and sending the knife flying, also sent Darcy flying Her body twisted Face forward, she went ot a handhold on a support beam, just before the bulk of her body slipped She held on desperately, aware of the rushing sound of water beneath her

She heard the brutality of the fight going on above her, but she could only pray that Matt inning She was losing her grip

"Josh!" she whispered softly

She felt warht was eased fro over the railing at her, then lay flat on the ground, seizing hold of her hands through the rails "I can’t…I can’t…get you up!" Lavinia cried with dis She saw Lavinia’s fingers, losing their grip

She s to save her "It’s all right," she said softly "It’s all right…"

It wasn’t all right She didn’t want to die Even if she did know that there was an afterlife, that Josh would be there

"Lavinia, hold on, hold on aprecariously hi hold of her arms above the wrists, and he squared his shoulders, and pulled She cried out, the pain in her ar dislocation

But she was hiked over the railing They fell to the bridge together Gasping, she opened her eyes to see his They both stared blankly at one another, hearing the sounds of Lavinia, as she sobbed with relief She saw Carter’s body, prone, just feet away

"Is he…dead?" Darcy ed to whisper

"I didn’t kill hiet you up" He came to his feet, muddied, his uniform torn and battered, his face bruised He reached a hand down to her, drawing her up close to him

A sudden roar proved the truth of the fact that he hadn’t killed Carter The th for one last surge of fury

"Move!"

Matt shoved Darcy, and she went ricocheting along the bridge He ducked hiain

But Darcy was gone, and Matt’s sudden ainst the bridge railing He teetered precariously

The white ain

Carter let out a cry of horror Surrounded by the mist, he went over

They heard of the sound of his last terrified, strangled screa the rocks below

The reenactment that late June day would be remembered for the events that followed as much as for the battle itself

Darcy’s first concern, after they had looked over the bridge and ascertained that Carter was, indeed, dead, had been Oola The dog had tried to defend her, and Darcy was afraid that Carter had given her a blow that had killed her But when they found the dog against one of the ornae, she was still breathing Ada behind Matt and Lavinia, had arrived them, with a host of officers behind him, and so, Oola had been quickly rushed to the vet Thayer had called to say that the dog had suffered a concussion, but would be all right