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A ravel hand reached in and missed Drake’s head by inches

Drake fired blindly at the hole

Then he turned and ran

THIRTY-SEVEN

01 HOUR, 6 MINUTES

THE JEEP BLEW through the gate Edilio drove straight to where a shaken, bruised, and seriously angry Dekka was picking herself up off the concrete

“What happened?” Sa from the front seat

The adrenaline was finally kicking in But even now he felt strangely disconnected Even now, rushing toward trouble Like it wasn’t really his trouble Like it was so this

“I tried to fly,” Dekka said in a lol She shook her head and bent over to squeeze her knee “Ow”

“We heard sounfire,” Edilio said “Like thunder Or like an explosion”

“Sorry, I wasn’t noticing thunder,” Dekka said

Orc ca over from one direction and Howard from the other

“Orc, man, that was a seriously cool move,” Howard enthused He ran to his friend and slapped the monster on the shoulder repeatedly

“I owe you, Orc,” Dekka said

“What just happened?” Sam repeated