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"Zara kind of scored the sickest military attack copter ever" She’d traded up after the crash? "She and Sol fly in it It’s tricked out with rowing more powerful, like Lark’s I wondered if Zara had discovered the full extent of her luck manipulation "Is Richter still with theht with ’em That fecker learned how to ride waves of lava" Just as I’d read in , Zara’s always there to provide cover"

Aric looked furious "You allowed her to acquire an attack copter? After you’d been raiding the tone, Joules said, "I’ve struck and fried every sittin’ helicopter, at every base, every airport, and every hangar we’ve passed Even parts of helicopters, so she couldn’t do repairs But she’s been hidin’ this one"

"That craft employs infrared vision," Gabriel said quietly His speech and accent were as old-timey as his suit, even as he spoke about infrared "Such technology thwarts even the Magician’s illusions And there are few heat signatures left in the world--no engines, scarce animals and humans--for us to blend with No trees provide cover" He unfurled a silky black wing Multiple bullet holes riddled it "How do you suggest we concentrate on theht Impart it I will heed you"

As s truly were a weakness He’d had a bullet hole in one the last ti ago

"Step one," Aric said, "do not lead them to the alliance that could actually stop them"

"We broke clean from ’em," Joules said

"What about Bagmen?" I asked "They scout for Sol"

"Gabe would’ve scented any Baggers" Joules waved off my concern "Hell, I would have"

Gabriel cocked his head "Wait"

"What do you hear, friend?" Joules h he usually sounded like a streetwise bruiser, soer, not as coarse

Madehad been like before the apocalypse Before Calanthe’s grueso us," Gabriel told him "Somehow, Zara has our location"

"Leave el shook his head "If I had a dollar for every tiive you my customary reply: Never"

I frowned at my feet A tre asphalt? The need to fight and kill blisteredas hot as the flao But without a plan and prep, we couldn’t take on a military copter and earthquakes

Aric snapped, "Into the truck, sievā!"

I hurried toward it Across the lot, fissures forked out like Joules’s lightning My jaw dropped as Finn’s abandoned sedan plummeted into one An explosion rocked the area

I reeled, clutching the door handle Aric appeared behind me to shove me into the truck As he raced to his seat, the back door opened on my side

Joules and Gabriel piled in! The falcon screeched when Joules elbowed Finn to move over