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Twice.
At first he didn’t get it. But then she crumpled.
And then Hunter saw the man with the gun.
Oh. Oh, shit.
He ran like hell.
He made it about fifty feet before someone called his name.
Someone. Kate.
Her voice drew his attention, made him almost turn.
And then something hit him in the shoulder. He stumbled and saw stars. His forearms were suddenly in the dirt. For a horrifying moment he thought he was going to be sick on himself.
Run, he told himself. Run, you wuss.
He forced himself back to his feet. One foot in front of the other.
This didn’t feel like running.
He stumbled again. The ground came up and hit him in the face. His arm wouldn’t work.
Then he was sick and he hated that they were going to find him dead, lying in his own puke.
His dad would be so disappointed.
“Hunter.” Someone was shaking him. Rolling him. “Hunter.”
He opened his eyes. It felt like he’d been sleeping for hours, but fire still filled the air. He could feel it everywhere, burning against his senses.
Gabriel was there, backed by fire, looking down at him. “Can you hear me?”
“Guide,” said Hunter. His voice sounded funny, distant and somewhat tinny. “You have to run.”
“I saw,” said Gabriel. “Don’t worry, we’ll—”
Hunter didn’t worry. The flaming sky went black.
CHAPTER 16
Kate made it to Silver’s side just in time to see him pull the trigger again.
Too much was going on for her to examine the sudden wrench in her chest. “Stop!” she cried. “He’s not the one who started this!”
“I know.” Silver’s ice-blue eyes flicked her way.
“Then why are you shooting him?”
“Because he was negotiating with the one who did. You were with him. Why didn’t you detain him?”
“I was getting the people off the Ferris wheel.”
Wind was snapping at her hair, throwing smoke in her eyes and inciting the flames higher. Silver, by comparison, seemed to stand outside the maelstrom, as if it didn’t dare ruffle him.
“That is not your task here, Kathryn.”
