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Lyla rushed at hirabbed for the rifle She yanked it off his shoulder before he realized as happening, but the larger guard countered quickly He elbowed her aro after it, but he clasped a strong hand around her wrist

A vague recollection of her self-defense training caroin He doubled over in pain, letting her go in the process She dove for the gun, but she’d only fired a pistol on the gun range a couple of times with an old boyfriend, never a rifle of any kind Even if she got it, she wasn’t sure she’d be able to use it

She stopped scra pulled back She rolled over and saw the furious guard pointing his sidearm at her The barrel of the see

“Enough of that!” the guard yelled He slowly circled around and picked up the assault rifle, his aiht here”

She got to her feet and sighed in resignation over her fate

“Then why don’t you? I knohat Bedti to destroy the whole place and murder us all, aren’t you?”

His eyes flickered in surprise

“Then go ahead!” Lyla shouted “Shoot me!”

He s your dead body all the way back? Too much work”

“I’er” Lyla stared at him in defiance and steeled herself for the shot

The guard shrugged and walked toward her, the pistol right in her face “If that’s the way you want to do this”

He never got to pull the trigger A crossbow bolt zinged past Lyla’s head and pierced the guard’s eye He went down so fast it was like he’d been switched off

At first, Lyla thought she’d been saved from certain death, but then she realized how crazy that idea was Nobody knew they were there except for the people who’d ordered the Bedtime protocol

They weren’t just wiping out the prisoners They were going to kill everyone on the island, the guards included

To her right, she saw ed fro an automatic weapon He smiled at her and said, “Hi there My name’s Juan And I’m here to—”