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"Allah guide my actions," he uttered in sudden fear

Ish the broken windshield

"Be still and "

Ismail's henched after their leader

The Cord hurtled across the hard-packed snow like a runaway freight , gaining speed at a terrifying rate There was no slowing the heavy car

Pitt steered with a light touch and feathered the brakes, cautious not to lock them and send the Cord into an uncontrollable spin A sideways slide down the steep incline would only result in the car's overturning and ending up at the base of the mountain in a scattered trail of metal and broken bodies

"Is this a good time to raise the question of seat belts?" asked Giordino with his feet raised and wedged against the dashboard

Pitt shook his head "Not optional equipment in this model"Pitt sensed a tiny bit of luck as the bullet-shredded rubber tore off the rear wheel Free of the deflated tire, the double edges of the riave him a smallup fanlike sheets of ice particles

The speedouls co up Expert skiers found the rounded snow bumps a favorite obstacle course So did Pitt when he schussed down a slope at that speed But not now, not playing downhill racer with a weighty 2,120

kilograms of automobile

With a deft touch, he gently nudged the car off to the side of the road where the path ran s to thread a needle with an Olympic bobsled Subconsciously Pitt tensed hi ieveryone to bloody pulp

But there was no crushing iuls on one side and the trees on the other flashing by like blurred stage sets

As soon as Pitt was on a wide, unobstructed run, he snapped his head around to check the status of his pursuers

The driver of the lead Mercedes was savvy He'd followed in the Cord's tire tracks around the uls The second driver either didn't see theerous He realized histhe Mercedes wildly froh humps

The Arab actually slipped past three or four before he took one head-on