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He stood on the brakes for a two count, then punched the gas again The SUV skidded, swerved, then slammed into the Lancia’s bu just before the moment of impact They pulled ahead of the SUV: twenty feetthirtyfour car lengths

“Whoa!”

Abruptly, the trees disappeared from either side of them

Remi popped her head up “Oh, no!”

The Lancia’s wheels thumped over a berm and they were airborne Open space looain and bounced, the tires spraying gravel

“Shoulder!” Remi called

“I see it,” Sam replied and spun the wheel left The Lancia went into a tail skid He eased right, cohtened out Out Remi’sa boulder-strewn embankment dropped several hundred feet into a ravine

Engine roaring, Kholkov’s SUV sailed over the berm and slammed onto the road

“He’s not going to make it,” Remi said

“Let’s hope”

The SUV went into its own skid, but Kholkov overcoer-side rear tire crunched into the rocks along the shoulder and slipped over the edge Carried by its own momentum, the rear third of the SUV’s chassis scraped over the dirt, edging inch by inch over the precipice until it stopped, partially suspended in space

Sam took his foot off the accelerator and let the Lancia coast to a stop Fifty feet behind thee Aside fro of stressed metal, all was quiet

Remi sat up, looked around

“Careful,” Sam whispered

“Are we going to help them?” she asked