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Lucas shrugged on the bulletproof vest Talia handed up froe unit hidden behind a false wall in the cabin The Sparrow hadn’t been wrong The sound of shots could be heard in the distance The shooters would make their way here eventually The cabin was on the way to the dock and the airstrip If his shitty luck held, one of the Macintosh creould be by to deliver the bad news about Rolf to the Sparrow and tell hi his knives

Still, even knowing that, he kept his attention focused on the bedroo for it to open and Ruby to come out

“You gonna keep staring a hole in that door, or are you going to pick a daun rack filled to capacity

“I’ll take the Uzi” If he was going to have to fight his way to his jet on the airstrip in thethat fired six hundred bullets a minute

The Sparrow handed hiun as the bedroom door opened Ruby walked out with her mom and brother The moment she spotted him, she went still and two pink spots bloomed on her cheeks His sixth sense went into overdrive Whatever was co to like it

“Are you ready, Harid asked

The Sparrow nodded “Yep You’ve said your good-byes?”

She wiped away a tear and nodded

“Okay then” He opened the pantry and pulled a hidden latch to reveal a set of stairs “Down through the tunnel Follow ”

Ingrid gave Jasper and Ruby each a long hug, whispering so he couldn’t hear and then followed the Sparron the secret staircase, pulling the trap door shut with a final thunk

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sed her finger to the comm unit in her ear “Copy that” She turned to hio now”

As soon as the first gunshots sounded outside the cabin, he’d known getting to the tarerous so he’dthem to a rendezvous point away froo”