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Quinn answered “Edilio’s been shot I don’t think he has long”

“I can’t believe Dekka let hiet hurt,” Brianna said “Where is she?”

Quinn’s involuntary glance was all Brianna needed She flehere Dekka lay, crumpled like a doll someone had tossed aside

Brianna breathed hard Stared There was a rushing waterfall in her ears A roar Then a blur as the world around her screamed past and she hit Caine with all the speed and fury at her co

Brianna was on him before he could draw breath, and now a rock was in her hand

“Breeze! No!” Sam yelled

Brianna froze Caine was on his back He did nothing He did not raise his hands Barely seemed to notice her as she squatted, poised to hit him with the rock, poised to hit him a hundred times before he could flinch

“No, Breeze,” Sam said “We need him”

“I don’t need him,” Brianna hissed

“Breeze Dekka’s gone Edilio will be dead in a fewfor Sa his teeth with such force that Brianna thought his ht splinter “And Sam…”

“What can this piece of filth do?” Brianna demanded

“We need Lana,” Saed to say

Caine picked hi The Mexican kid is dying Dekka, well, you saw her And Saood,” Caine said “Lana’s in there” He jerked his head toward the collapsed mine shaft

“What I don’t get,” Caine continued, “is hoe’re getting in there to find her The wholeout than it did to collapse it I pull stuff out, more falls in”

“Duck,” Sa to drill a tunnel”