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Alex, as resting against the wall, blinked "How aet up there?"

Simber nodded "Thank you, Rrrufus Stowe, climb aboarrrd"

Alex didn’t hesitate He hopped on the cheetah’s slick stone back, settled between the wings, and wrapped his arreater than any force that Alex had felt before, the cheetah flapped his wings and ascended over the carnage Seconds later they landed on thea hearty dent in the shiny les

Alex stared at the property below, littered with bodies and s bits of fiery weapons His nose crinkled at the siant wall on his left all the way to the jungle in front of hi pairs in hand-to-hand combat He scanned the property for Samheed and Lani, but he couldn’t find the spoke in a se on her shoulder, the center of it stained with blood "They’ve nearly run out of ao to you,so many of their pellets useless"

Sied at her hair, deep in thought "We have many injured Two of ours have died frorowled his dissatisfaction "And the enemy?"

"Scores of them It’s difficult to tell who is frozen froh General Blair isAnd that is why I’ve called you here We’ve word that they are sending in a second wave"

"What, tonight? In the darrrk? Fools! We’ll crrrush them"

Claire nodded "We ith this method Gunnar reports that uns are either clogging up, useless, or backfiring due to opposite soliloquies, so they are injuring theht of … and it leaves me more than a little concerned"

"What is it?"

"Justine"

The cheetah’s stone forehead rippled "I don’t underrrstand"

Claire glanced at Alex and then back to Sirew concerned, and then Alex thought for a iant cat’s ruffly And then he added, "She’ll expose herrrself if she uses any of herrrdesperate enough to risk it"