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She did not hear his response for there was another great crash near the entrance She peered through the gloo over hi else," caet the prisoners!"

Cade had a gun, which he aimed out into theher eyes He’d leaned his longsword against their barricade, close at hand

"About half a dozen of theood odds "I’ out as Silk’s an faded out and clihtly on the other side, bullets whizzed by her She crouched to ht not be able to see her, but she understood that even wild shots could hit a mark

Her saber in one hand and the bonewood in the other, she ran toward the enemy So only six h these were not good odds, the ereat a threat that more had been sent The first man she encountered, she tripped with the bonewood, and his cry caught the attention of the others They swung their weapons around in her direction

Uh oh Silkout frolanced back and saw Cade toss his gun aside and pick up his sword She ran to the next closest guard, and her sword, like a song in her hand, took hi men shouted in confusion, but werethan Mr Howser had been They did not take down any of their own

Karigan’s blade passed through the rib cage of another guard As he slid off her sword, the lights were thrown on, and she found herself surrounded and very visible Cade had also climbed over the barricade, his ancient sword held in a position of readiness, a hard gleam in his eyes she had never seen before He was prepared to die in this fight She could sense it She knew it

"We can see you, Miss G’ladheon," Silk called out froht lever

Guns and the eyestalks of the Enforcers, were ai It would not aid her now Though her sword and staff were useless against the firepower of the empire, she did not lower them

Acceptance descended on her Like Cade, she realized this was the end She wasn’t going hoht here A bead of sweat trickled down her teun She would, she decided, die fighting

One of the Enforcers sprang over bodies and landed in front of her It opened a hatch and ejected a net The weight of it threw her down

Damnation! She frantically tried to pull it off, but every led her further Theit like a sword to parry his blows

"Hold fire," Silk ordered as his sword clattered against the Enforcer’s leg even as the an closer She poked the bonewood through the net and whacked it against the central orb with a resounding clang The mechanical paused, swiveled its eyestalk toward her, and appeared to be opening another hatch<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>