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“Thank you,” she whispers “I don’t knohat I would have done if you’d been hurt”

The fury ininto her beautiful eyes I’ht this moment, but we only have this moment before the mob of reporters surrounds us

“Your royal highness!” one yells “Why did you pull out of the race when you inning?”

Twowith your vehicle!”

“Is it too soon to suggest a possible assassination attempt?”

I hear over the noise Fayed won the race, andCal on the shoulder, I lean into his ear “I’ this baton to you”

He nods, and h the confusion, through the restricted area beneath stands, and tolimo My plans for the beautiful woman at my side can continue at Occitan

“Oh, wait! It’s Zelda!” Ava takes off, out of rasp into the crowd

“Ava, stop!” I’ after her, but I know if I enter the fray, I’ll be mobbed

I call to her again, when I hear a sharp noise It’s popping like firecrackers, or the noise of a car backfiring

Ava’s face changes a moment She looks confused… just before she drops like a stone

“AVA!” My voice is a roar as I run to where she’s fallen

My brain registers it was a gunshot, and all of it—losing the race, the da disappears in the face of losing Ava

I’ bodies aside as the crowd disperses aroundfrom where my beautiful Ava lies on in a heap, her eyes closed

Zelda