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Clang Clang Clang Clang Clang

It sounds like clapping

With Phiri Dun-Ra distracted, I et onto my knees I realize nohere we are Those identical roo a door

He was unlocking a cell

"You seerowls from the darkness

Phiri Dun-Ra holds her hand in front of her and creates a ball of fire that illuminates the entire hallway Then she takes an involuntary step back

Five stands in the middle of the hallway about twenty yards away He wears nothing but his cotton boxers and an open bathrobe In one hand he holds a Mogadorian blaster, which he bangs against the side of his head, creating thesound Every inch of his fleshy fraray alloy In his other hand he holds a Mog warrior by the throat With a squeeze, Five snaps his neck, the Mog turning to dust in his hand, which Five then smears across his bare chest The fla eye, wide and locked in When he speaks, it’s through an insanely wide smile

"Let’s see which one of us is better"

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

MY HANDS GRIP THE BACK OF LEXA’S SEAT AS I lean over her shoulder Through the ship’s windshield, I see treetops flying by, the roads below a blur Even in here, the rush of wind across the ship’s hull is loud, a constant shriek

"Can’t this thing go any faster?" I ask her through iveon Lexa’s console Her speed is too high She’s going to burn out the engine if she keeps this up

It doesn’t matter We need to make it back to Patience Creek We need to make it there now