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The old garage door on the side of the roo screaainst rusted led to open for the first tilass cabinet, which had been leaning up against it, tu over Glass crashed Wood snapped

It was just the distraction I needed

Just enough tiun off the floor and dart toward Bear I pulled and pulled but he was stuck under the concrete A bullet grazeda burnt trail of flesh across et off a few shots ofat least two more of Eli’s men to hell in the process Bullets chipped away at the concrete all around e and made my way into the thick brush that lined the yard I hid between a patch of cypress knee roots

"Find hie, his hands on the wall over the hole Heavy footsteps jogged passedthe way of the road, others the way of the path

I wasn’t going either of those ways As soon as the foot steps passed, I ran through the brush, expertly avoiding collision as I expertly navigated the woods I’d been familiar with most of my life Even when Preppy and I hadn’t lived in the stilt ho it

I ducked under the roves and easeddown as deep as I could before pushing off the bank and swied, only up tothethe news that they couldn’t find me He shook his fists in the air and let out a frustrated roar Two of the ed a fewbackhile the other was hobbling forward behind hi as they made their way to the fire pit in the center of the yard

Eli followed behind hi calar and lit it with match The smoke shrouded his face in white He tossed thethe e to life and I was able to see what they’d been carrying

Bear

He was laid out on the ledge of the brick pit, his one hand dangling just above the red eh I knew he couldn’t seehie

I was the rabbit he wanted to scare out of the hole

Bear was the sht just work too, because their was no fucking way I wasn’t going to go back to save Bear