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The sun was already most of the way across the narrowed sky Sanjit knew he should break away, run for it He could run the whole way there He’d deliver his et back sooner and…

Sanjit saw soh the brush off at the li through brush

Coyotes

Lana had offered hied it on hi it back

"Take it or I’ll shoot you with it myself"

They had kissed after that Just a hurried kiss in the shadow of the church as Lana moved between injured kids And he had plastered on his jaunty smile and tossed off a jaunty wave and taken off

What if he never saw her again?

Mason finished his business The coyotes were no longer in view The sun touched the far edge of the re sky

Caine had waited Patiently, since circumstances had forced patience on him Lana helped the victims of Penny’s assault

Quinn was running around getting the ht in and cooked up over a fire in the plaza Caine recognized that as a s sound of a bonfire would help keep kids fro off

Well, some kids, at least

Now Quinn was ready for Caine

"Get me out of this," Caine demanded

Quinn said, "It’s not so easy You should know: you’re the scuo He had no choice For one thing, it was true For another, he was helpless And finally, he had wet himself Hadn’t even noticed when it had happened, but sohtmare attacks, he had done it and now it smelled

All of which left him in a vulnerable position

"We’ll have to chip it away a little at a tiehammer and someone’s likely to miss and hit your head or wrists"

He detailed a couple of the fisherin the job They had a seha, since both were in use as weapons The kids who gave the ’Bertos anymore; it was strictly barter

"Tell ht the hammer down on the chisel held by Lucas

CLANG!

It hurt The sharp force of the blow translated into a dull pain that Caine felt in the bones of his hands Not quite as bad as being hit directly by the haritted his teeth "Keep at it"