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For ainto the water At this rate, it certainly seemed likely that the ship would hit the bottom of Sydney Harbour by the time the fireworks went off

There was nothing else they could do for the team on board the ship He climbed down and closed the hatch above him

Linda looked back at him from the cockpit

“The Chair to convince herself “He always does”

“Ah hope so”

MacD’s watch said four ht

SEVENTY-THREE

Polk vowed tothe tendons in his wrist, but he had to get the bleeding under control before he could continue his pursuit He was al a tourniquet around his wounded arm when the first impact hit the Centaurus

It felt and sounded like an explosion, but it wasn’t ht yet He wondered if the rockets had launched prematurely Then the ship was rocked by another blast, then another, each one getting closer until one directly below him knocked him off his feet A fifth coain

Someone had fired on the Centaurus That was the only conclusion he could draw It had to be someone involved with these intruders Thanks to those blasts the ship was now at an incline toward the bow

The Centaurus was sinking

He didn’t care The rockets would launch Whoever was attacking hiet in the free-fall lifeboat and wait for Jin to arrive

With the tourniquet tight, Polk gritted through the pain and adjusted his grip on the subun The woman’s blood droplets on the white linoleun

He tracked the into theinside

Polk wasn’t going to fall for another swinging ax He had one renade, and he’d ripped the mask off her face She was vulnerable