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I pressed my lips to the top of her head and turned to see as in the car I kept hearing Quinn had several neighbors on either side of her, as well as across the street It was a pretty safe area of the county, so her move in to the house It was safe, but more in the lower-class rather than middle

The big, black SUV that was sitting at the end of Quinn’s driveway definitely stood out in this part of the county The ere so darkly tinted that I couldn’t make out how many people were inside I didn’t knoho the fuckers were, but soirl scouts there to sell us cookies

I tightenedso she was shielded by

ht of whoever was inside the beast of a utility vehicle

The driver revved the engine when he noticedtheir way The backon the driver’s side lowered and I barely had ti off the tip of a gun before the bullets started flying

“Fuck,” I grohen I felt the sharp slice of pain of a bullet grazing my left arh to fire a few shots back, but had other things to worry about right then

“Raider!” Quinn screa

There was no ti to break down I needed to get her out of the line of fire The living rooht there

Tucking her close, shielding her fro I could find in a split-second and used it to shatter the

Lifting her, I tossed her into the house before following her in Glass was everywhere, but I didn’t have ti cut I was too da a bullet She was on the floor, yet the bullets were still flying too close to her body I fell on top of her, using my body to shield hers as we crawled toward the back of the house

Just as quickly as the bullets had started, they stopped I didn’t understand why at first, but then I heard the distinct sound of sirens For the first ti up

“Are you okay?” I demanded when Quinn just laid under“Quinn? Baby, talk to me”

“I … I-I think I’m okay”

My fear for her didn’t lessen “You think, or you know?”

“I … I don’t know” There was a quiver in her voice “I think I ”