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Without looking up, he grabbed a grenade fro, hoping to take out the snipers before they regained their positions He took another and also lobbed it onto the roof—in case he hadout just as Kalasson the building’s first floor

He grabbed the soldier’s auto He had to et to cover beside theIf the grenade exploded before then, it would spray shards of glass and debris, shredding him

David puh the water, and he couldn’t help but take in the reefs surrounding Isla de Alborán Under different circu it all in But he had to hurry He pushed on He tried to forone If he ca, the snipers on the roof could easily pick him off

Finally, he decided to eear He was unarmed, save for his knife

He walked to the face of the rock cliff and waited He wanted to look over, to see how close he had gotten to the helicopters, but he didn’t dare risk it

He waited

The boo into action He pulled his, running full-on for the helicopters They were at least sixty yards away

From the outpost, he heard two more explosions

Kate adjusted her grip on the gun She felt so aard holding it The tiny life raft bobbed wildly in the sea

“For what it’s worth, I’uys”

“I understand completely,” Dr Janus said

“I concur,” Dr Chang agreed “This was truly the only course”

Shaw muttered under his breath Curse words were the only phrases Kate could discern, and she thought she was probably glad she didn’t hear what he’d said

In the distance, an explosion rocked the tiny island, and Kate watched pieces of the one-hundred-thirty foot yacht rain down onto the Mediterranean

To her surprise, she felt a sense of loss as she watched the ship burst into flae, she had treasured her time belowdecks with David She wondered what the future held

David had ale on top of the building

David stopped in his tracks, turned to the building, and waited

Kamau shouldered a sniper rifle, pointed it at David and the helicopters, and swept left to right several times

He relaxed his grip on the rifle and signaled to David: all clear

David hadn’t expected that He assu the helicopters Sloane wouldn’t have left the helicopters unguarded He wasn’t there—David was sure of that now

The base co the boat Or…

David reached the first helicopter, quickly looked inside, then darted between the others All eht: there was no one here

Why? Had they booby-trapped the helicopters? David needed to find out which one had the most fuel He approached the door of the closest helicopter and looked in There was no trip wire He gripped the handle and began to turn it

Ka for spare fuel tanks He found therabbed two of the for him

“Any sign of Sloane?”

Kamau shook his head