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Aric slid behind the wheel, his derant Death wishes"

Gabriel retracted his silky wings, but they were still huge in such a confined space "We respectfully request a trues" As Matthew had called an Arcana truce

Another quake More fissures snaked around our truck

Four voices cried to Aric, "Go!"

With a ine "If we escape, I will be tossing you from this vehicle, and when I do, I’ll h the parking lot, his quick reflexes adjusting our course as quakes continued He expertly veered toward the exit, then out onto the highway The engine roared as the truck raced forward

He narrowed his eyes at the rearviewJoules, "One of Fortune’s missiles takes out five of us Five She will unleash everything in her arsenal to hit this truck"

"Looks as if you drive like you do everything else So don’t bloody let it take us out!"

Finn cast his for to the falcon in a hushed voice

Joules swiped a hand over his face "How the feck did they find us? The Sun’s Baggers?"

"I didn’t scent any," Gabriel said "They have a very distinctive scent"

Joules asked Aric, "Can the Sun disguise it?"

Aric glanced at me "Empress?"

"Maybe If he washed their skin The slime is what stinks"

"Oi, what hway, Aric absently answered, "She spent several days in the Sun’s company"

"Darated, "You do wish to die, Tower"

A new crevasse opened up not two feet away from the truck "Uh, Aric" I stared down "Fissure directly to our right" It ripped along as fast as we drove

He answered, "And one on otneeapon The helicopter’s shape was angular and sharp, with huge guns on’s roaring