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Finally, it ended She felt his arm loosen, and she shoved herself away from him He stumbled backward His eyes rolled back in his head as if he’d passed out, and she scrambled to catch hiht was hard to handle, but she ed, but it worked, and that hat reallyto see if he was okay There was nothing she could do for him now except keep the et the hell out of here

She fetched her shotgun, reloaded it, and stood guard over the group

"You really think that’s gonna help, little girl?" asked Madoc, eyeing her weapon

"It sure as hell doesn’t hurt"

"Swords work better"

"Maybe, but only if you kno to use one I’ll stick hat I know"

"As et out of here," said Madoc

"I couldn’t agree more Any ideas?"

"Can you drive?"

In the distance, she saw a faint pair of glowing green eyes "I can now"

"Do you think you can drag Logan? Get him into the car?"

"If that’s what I need to do Sure"

"Do it I’ll load Paul and the kid as soon as he’s done here and we’ll all get the hell out of Dodge"

It seemed to take an eternity, but one by one, Paul drove each of Sahtmares into the earth Not even the acidic power of fear was strong enough to bother the stones beneath hi for air He slu arms supported him He was too tired to open his eyes and see as there

"Can you stand?" asked Madoc His voice was close He was the one keeping Paul froround

"Not yet Give ainst his nerves He didn’t want to show even the slightest hint of weakness to Andra or give her any other reason to shun hi and prove to her he orthy of her

"Is Sa to be okay?" Andra asked Her voice flowed over hith his efforts had drained He wanted to reach for her and feel her skin beneath his fingertips, but his ar and they stayed locked around Sammy’s body

Paul nodded in response to her question, but even that s His body felt bruised fro enough to stand Rehtmares had taken its toll on his body, and he didn’t kno long it would take hi now," rasped Paul "But he’ll wake up soon, and when he does, he needs his parents to be there" Only the soothing touch of ato finish the healing process Paul had begun

"No tiath howl split the predawn silence It was close, and Paul was in no shape to fight

"Help me up and I’ll recover in the car" Paul forced his eyes open, hoping it would settle his churning sto to win him any points

"Let me have Saht froid, her blue eyes mistrustful "I don’t want you to drop hiht he couldn’t even carry a small child Fantastic He al and weak enough that he didn’t want to take a chance Even if he did look like a wiht of the child in her arh a distant line of trees

"Ti lot to the SUV he’d left running

Paul’s legs had just started to cooperate when Madoc shoved hi room for Andra to join them

She didn’t In fact, she wasn’t even behind him She was already in her own vehicle--a beat-up Ford that looked like it had been on the losing end of a fight or two already--headed down the street away fro!" shouted Paul

"We’re right behind her Chill" Madoc slaear, and the tires screamed as he sped down the street after her Or at least she should have been there, but wasn’t

Paul scanned the streets and saw nothing "Where did she go?"

"How should I know? There are a ton of side streets around here She probably took one of them"

"Find her, daot a couple of sgath on our tail, so ht now At least if the Synestryn are following us, they’re not following her"

Paul looked over his shoulder, and sure enough, there were two de pace with the SUV as easily as if it were sitting still No way could they lead those things to Andra and Sao after her Logan found her once He can find her again"

Paul hoped it wasn’t just wishful thinking