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She tuggedfor you at the Jeep, out in front of the camp" She turned to Willow then as she sucked in a breath through her clenched teeth "You take her I’ll stay here and handlethis" Her gazeblacked out in the dirt She reached out and nudged him with her boot "Go!" she hissed at us "I mean it Go, before the old ain, and I didn’t look back Griffin could handle her father, the agent-slash-doctor, I had no doubt about that

Then Willow and I were literally dodging bullets as we h the tent , and she got us through the chaos not only unscathed but also unnoticed, and suddenly I was even lad she was on our side

When I saw Tyler, though, I nearly gave up on that whole not-crying-in-front-of-others thing I thought I’d be the only one feeling panicked, but the strain across his forehead told me he was at least as worried about me

His brow crumpled when he saw rabbed ed round to where Tyler aiting to ainstthe words I love you froet you two out of here without anyone seeing us," Siine

I didn’t get the chance to thank Willow for saving one

"Where are we going?" I asked Simon as Tyler and I climbed into the Jeep behind him

"Buckle up, keep your head low, and try not to distract et you killed," Siear and spewed a cloud of dust in our wake "We only have an hour to get to the designated et caught, we’re dead"

And with that, I felt Tyler reach forhis in return as the wind battered us while we raced across the desert

CHAPTER TWENTY

SWEAT TRICKLED DOWN THE BACK OF MY NECK as we hurtled along the two-lane highway

Every now and then, even from the distance we’d put between us and Blackwater, we’d hear, and feel, an explosion so loud it rocked the ground beneath us,the plane of the asphalt Acid burned in the back of my throat as I worried about everyone as still there, back at the cah I’d never really declared myself one of theht