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She could see the gears turning in his head If he reached down to get the gun with his bad leg, she’d be able to stab hiet back up But he needed that weapon to complete his task

He sneered at her “You don’t realize it, but you’ve already lost”

Instead of trying to pick up the gun, he reached out with his foot and kicked it into the waterslide tube where the Schone down In the same ed in headfirst right behind him

The slick course twisted and corkscrewed doith the translucent tube filtering the sunlight into a diffuse green glow

Sinduk was only inches ahead of her He clawed at the subh the water just out of his reach

Toward the bottorasp the handle and pull it to hiun behind hie the shot

She didn’t have to As Sinduk pulled the trigger, he dropped into the pool at the end of the slide Bullets tore into the sky until he was dunked under the surface

Raven pitched into the water, the knife held out like a spear It sank into Sinduk’s chest, and he stared at her wide-eyed as blood billowed out into the pool The life drained froun dropped from his hands

Raven withdrew the knife and sheathed it back in her sarong before picking up the gun She eed from the water and realized that it was only three feet deep As she stood, she scanned the area and saw the Schly unharmed

Raven, however, knew they weren’t out of danger yet Sinduk said she had already lost He had to be referring to so he’d mentioned to her at the van

The terrorist leader had a backup plan

FIFTEEN

The Ocean Land security guards hadn’t presented e MacD, however, was er to free himself than it had the jihadist He sprinted after the terrorist and caught hihts

MacD snagged the back of the terrorist’s shirt on the third level and yanked him backward