Chapter 70

Daniel grabs me by the hand, pulling me to the south side of

the room where a terrace balcony runs. Kent is close behind us,

providing cover. There’s a door there at the corner of the room and I’m filled with relief when I see it – but suddenly, a man jumps in

front of it –

A man all in black, wearing a ski mask-

I stop short and start to pull Daniel back, but my act is disrupted when I hear a BANG at my ear and scream again, clutching the side of my face.

The man in front of us falls and Daniel bolts forward, dragging me with him, I turn slightly to look behind at Kent and see a gun in his

hand-

What the how the hell did he –

“Go, Fay!” he yells at me, clearly frustrated at my delay.

my attention back to Daniel, who reaches the door and pushes it

hear more noise, see his. finger pulse again as

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– I hardly have any time to process anything as Kent yells “clear!” and Daniel pulls me through the door. We run ahead of Kent then as

watching our backs.

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are bodies that we’re stepping over – there’s blood on the ground – one of the men on the ground moans, reaching for his gun and

rocketing through me, so much that I can’t think, can only

sweeping the area, firing efficiently at the threats he sees.

shouts up and we start down the stairs. “Fucking hurry, Daniel!”

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me,” Kent says, his eyes darting between us. “I don’t know who did it, but this is a setup, targeted at us. They want one of us – maybe all of us-” his eyes shift to me, “Maybe just Fay. So we have got to get

nod and I feel my panic subside just a very little

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I trust him to

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feet,” he says and I hurry to pull them off,

looks around

out before us. “Across the greens, into the darkness. Head for the trees, and then keep going. When I say go, you two run.”

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