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"Drake, man, no, no No, no, no You don’t want to do this, Drake, man"

"It’ll only hurt for a while," Drake said

His whip snapped It was like fire on Howard’s neck

He turned and ran in sheer panic, but Drake’s whip caught his leg and sent him facedown into the dirt He looked up to see one of the coyotes looking at hi his muzzle

"I’; I can help you!"

Drake straddled hiently wrapped his tentacle arht be useful," Drake allowed "But ed His whole head felt like it would explode fro

Mohamed saw the circle of coyotes

He ducked quickly behind a scruffy bush that wouldn’t really hide hi But it was all the cover he could find He had co the top, was practically on the coyotes before he saw the more than just coyotes Drake

Mohamed took a sharp breath, and the ears of the closest coyote-- … no, soround Drake had his whip hand around someone’s neck Mohamed couldn’t see who it was

Mohamed had a pistol And a knife But everyone knew Drake couldn’t be killed with a gun If he tried to play hero, he would just get hiht answer No way to stop what he itnessing There was only surviving

Moha like a crab on hands and knees Once he was out of sight of the bloody horror he got to his feet and ran back toward the lake

He ran and ran without stopping He had never run so far or so fast in his life He reached the blessed, blessed lake, pushed past kids who said a pleasant, "How’s it going?" and ran for the houseboat

Saistered the fact that he had set out to tell Albert she was here and realized how co

He leaped aboard the boat, spun as though half-convinced the coyotes had followed hi on the deck Sam and Astrid both came to him Astrid pressed a water bottle to his parched lips

"What is it, Mo?" Sahts were a tangle of i the situation, at least find soht, but he didn’t have the heart for it

"Drake" Mohaasped "Coyotes"

Saister "Where?"

"I was … on the road toward PB"

"Drake and the coyotes?" Astrid proround I couldn’t see who I wanted to stop theun But… I…"