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He didn’t even slow

Holy shit

Terror grabbed tight, her heart racing so fast the blood almost burst out of her ears, Lara tried to catch her breath Tried to restart her brain

Nothing

He was a foot from the door

No

No way in hell this ugly guy was hauling her off

Fueled by the hideous iuy She wrapped her ar into his arnored the disease potential and chorowl

He grunted

And let go of her arm

Lara had just enough forethought to know if she let go, he would win Instead, she hitched herself onto his back, beating his ear with one hand and yanking his greasy hair with the other

“You’re gonna want to release her now”

Lara heard the warning over the goon’s cussing and her own pants She quit struggling, her body sagging on the goon’s back as her gaze flew to the doorway

Castillo

Her hero

Tears filled her eyes, her breath coasps as she tried to take it in

She was safe

No matter what happened now, she was safe

Castillo would take care of her

“Lara” That’s all he said Her name, in that unemotional I’m-a-military-machine voice

She’d never heard anything so wonderful

Knohat he wanted as if he were holding up cue cards, she let go, then juoon’s back And promptly landed on her ass at the rapid descent She winced, both at the jarring ily lame move

“I’o”

“Yeah?” Castillo’s rin to escape Then he shook his head “And if I don’t want to go?”

Lara didn’t want to hear the guy’s response At least, not while she was flat on her ass on the floor She shifted, trying to stay out of the goon’s line of sight as she got to her feet

Apparently he had eyes in the back of his head, because he didn’t even look around as he swung his hand

Sheher back to the floor the blow only grazed her face