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"Just stay where you are and keep watch Shout if you see so"
I did as he requested It see on the harbor There weren’tine chortled and he returned, nodding in et the boat to start without keys"
He held out a hand, and I took it as he helped me onto the boat He led me into the small cockpit in the center of the deck, and we both took a seat Adjusting the controls, Ben began to navigate the boat backward As soon as he had maneuvered out of the bay, he ra toward the center of the wide river
He kept the lights switched off as he looked up and down the river There were a nuht We had to be careful to avoid the the river for the next few hours, dodging any boats that passed our way, until the lights along the riverbank began to grow di to have to head for land"
Surrounding us on either side were tall ood distance away froated the boat toward land and I gripped the sides of the boat as it hit the bank As we both stepped out, I winced as h the sludge until we reached a concrete road There were no other boats nearby along the bank that we could see
"We should start heading north by foot It will be faster anyway The boat was just to get us out of the city" He inhaled deeply "Definitely not as much human blood around here"
"Good," I muttered
I decided that I wanted to run for a while, so we raced along the roads of the sleepy suburbs that passed nearest to the river The chirp of crickets filledof a truck as it trundled by… and then, once we had entered the early hours of thethe air above us
Ben and I sped up, trying to keep out of the spotlights that the choppers were shining down, but they kept hovering nearby I shot a panicked glance at Ben Gripping ed on ht As he kept leading roundit over a low-hanging tree branch, then pulled me into the river until I was chest deep
"Take a deep breath," he whispered
I didn’t have time to draw in much breath before he pulledas I could before I was forced to resurface for oxygen I ducked down quickly again afterward We remained in the water for what felt like the next ten minutes, until the helicopters seemed to have passed