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Nevaeh screaround She did nothing to defend herself, and I felt sorry for her I punched her in the face, but not as hard as I could I didn’t want to hurt her, but I had to do so to distract Korech

A sharp pain hit the back of ht across un into ly effective

I never lost consciousness, but I completely lost focus I couldn’t really see or hear or feel anything but shooting pain

When it relented enough whereI wasn’t on top of her anyround So to pull s were reluctant to cooperate

“Re round Blood spilled froible sounds Nevaeh stood, blood running down her face fro her head off

“What happened?” I asked

“I grabbed the gun and shot him,” Lazlo said absently, so apparently, ain, and I got to my feet Lazlo led un off the ground We could use another weapon, and it was only a rabbed it herself

“Hurry up!” Lazlo yelled

He waited for er stood there, summoned by all the coer growled at us and bent low, preparing to pounce Belatedly, I re shot in the dirt next to it, and that freaked the tiger out enough to back off

“Go,” I told Lazlo and nodded for hiht there”

He pursed his lips I kneanted to argue, but for once, he just listened and hurried around to the passenger side

I opened the back of the SUV, throwing the gun inside with all our bags, and called Ripley Everything had fallen silent after I had fired the gun, and Ripley ca around the corner of the ranch She dove into the back of SUV, slahtened yelp

Nevaeh wailed and threatened the wrath of God against us Soirls had co

I ran around the side, where Lazlo was half hanging out the car door When I got close, he reached out and grabbedme into the car and onto his lap

Before I could even shut the door, Blue threw the SUV in reverse, and it lurched backwards Through the windshield, I saw Ruth had another gun, and she pointed it right at us

“Go, go, go!” I shouted, pressing !” Blue said through gritted teeth

A shot fired overhead, but it ravel road in a cloud of dust Ripley growled, and the whole vehicle swayed He aled to correct it

It wasn’t until ere on the highway that everyone seemed to relax a bit Blue didn’t slon, and nobody said anything, but it got easier to breathe I leaned back, then realized that I was sitting on Lazlo’s lap and leaning into hihtened back up

“You saved my life,” Lazlo said Froly