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"Is the truck cab reinforced?" I asked "Can I punch through the glass?"

"Yes, and I don’t know," Elyssa said "The specs Shelton showed us indicated it’s the equivalent of an armored truck cab"

"Get me closer," I said

It appeared she didn’t have to worry about that, because the big-rig driver veered at us, trying to ram us off the road Elyssa hit the red button and the car shot forward The front end of the semi-truck clipped the trunk The car’s rear end spun sideways Tires screamed The world spun upside down as the car flipped

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I squeezedmetal as the car’s roof smashed into the road That sound never caasped in pain, and looked through rill greeted round

"I activated the levitation spell," Elyssa said, fighting with the steering wheel, her hair a wild black et the car upright with that thing pushing us"

The seain A spider web of cracks for as if on ice I slaainst theonce, twice, three tirill s like a leaf on a pond

Elyssa cursed, desperately tugging on a red lever next to the parking brake, but whatever was supposed to happen, didn’t happen I unbuckled my seatbelt My body thudded to the roof As the car spun, I reached out theand gripped the bottoine roared I looked back as the truck rushed for led in the seatbelt

"Crap!" I shouted

I felt a hand pull away the harness, freeingHeard Elyssa shout, "Go!"

With a desperate jerk, I pulled myself atop the bottoain The irip and stu roadkill, I dove backwards In mid-air, I twisted My hands clawed open air

I’ed to ripped the front end just in time to abort complimentary facial reconstruction My feet found purchase on the front bu staffs on the passenger side aiy speared past I didn’t want to kill theonto the side of the cab, but they weren’t givinga conscience

Since I was on the hood of the truck, the driver seemed a lot less concerned about Elyssa’s car, and a lot ht, as if that would dislodge me I looked back and saw one side of the Teht The wheels floated about a foot off the ground an instant before the car straightened and dropped onto the road White smoke billowed on impact Cars ahead veered out of the way My supernatural vision picked up wide eyes in rear-viewcommute had just turned into a field day for traffic reporters The seht, as if possessed, in his desperate attempt to shake me loose

His maniacal attempts offered a beneficial by-product One of the Darkwater Arcanes dropped his staff as the big rig clipped a car The other clung to the side rail for dear life I peered over the hood at the driver and snarled No e and thick as ale ar the tail growing from my rear end Pain spiked inupward I felt the senseless rage charging at e closed before the demon side of me took over completely When I poked my head over the hood the next time, the driver’satop the hood Reared back le crack ran down the glass I punched it again A ork of cracks splintered the

The driver panicked, swinging the wheel back and forth My next strike punctured the glass I gripped the edge of the windshield and jerked hard, pulling it clear, and flinging it away The driver screa wheel The turn was too much for the vehicle to handle The trailer went sideways, jackknifing across the highway I saw terror in the eyes of the Darkwater people stuck to the driver’s side of the cab

"Throw the next to the truck I swung to the driver door, pulling at the stickythe Arcanes prisoner It caether I dropped the screa Arcanes atop the roof of Elyssa’s supercar where it held theer side cast a spell with his staff, and they ju in a transparent ball of what looked like jelly It bounced off the road and into the woods on the side Only the driver re, listed to the side