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Sarabbed his arrimly, and tore himself free "Coe that consumed the front of a colonial-style house They danced and cavorted and ran with burning Molotov cocktails

"Don’t waste them!" Hank shouted "One Molotov, one house!"

Antoine screah!" Alh and hard, and it soared straight through an upper floorof an older wood house

Immediately there were cries of terror from inside And Antoine screalee

Kids ca out of the door of the house as flames licked the curtains

Sam did not hesitate He raised his hand, palht drew a line to Antoine’s body

Antoine’s berserk cries ended instantly He clutched once at the three-inch-wide hole just above his belt Then he sat down in the street

"It’s Sas cried

As one they turned and ran, dropping gas-filled bottles behind The gasoline spread froht fire instantly

Sa to leap the patches of burning gasoline

"Sam, no!" Edilio shouted Edilio tripped over the body of Antoine, who lay now on his back, gasping like a fish, eyes staring up in horror

Sale shouted warning "Ambush!"

Sa dropped and rolled He stopped just inches away frouns were firing But Zil’s thugs had had no practice eapons They were firing wild, bullets flying in every direction

Sa from the close call

Where were Dekka and Brianna?

Another weapon was firing now Edilio’s rapid ba difference between Edilio with a gun and soun Edilio practiced Edilio trained

There was a loud shriek of pain, and the ah to see one of Zil’s gun away, a wraith in the sht for the boy’s back The beaunun flew frorab it Sam fired and missed Hank snarled at him, a face like a wild ani a furrow in the hot blacktop