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“Can you run?”
I focus on King’s steady voice and look over my shoulder at the deserted airfield. “No. There’s nowhere to go.”
And I can’t leave Dominic.
Not while his heart still beats.
And not after it stops.
“Do you have a weapon?”
I look down at the gun next to me. “There’s a rifle.”
“Use it,” King commands.
King taught me how to shoot two summers ago. And I was good, but I haven’t practiced.
“It’s been too long,” I choke.
“You know what you’re doing, Val. You know how to do this.”
“I don’t know if I can!”
“You have to!” This time he shouts.
And I know he’s right. This is my only chance. Our only chance.
I reach for the gun with my free hand. “If-if I don’t make it…”
“Val.”
“If I don’t make it.” Tears stream down my cheeks. “I just need someone to know—”
But I can’t say it.
I can’t say the words out loud.
Because if I don’t make it, neither will they.
“Val,” King says, focusing me. “Right now, you aim at everything that moves.”
“Okay.” My voice is cracking. “Okay. I’m putting the phone down now. Thank you, King.”
“Thank me later. Now go kill the bastards who dare to fucking shoot at you. YouareThe Alliance, Val. Show them why.”
I set the phone on the ground next to Dominic’s thigh and move toward the front end of the SUV.
My eyes close for one breath.
Lean in.
I fill my lungs.
My hands lift the rifle, and I rest the stock against my shoulder.
I pull the bolt back just enough to see that there’s a round already in the chamber.
Them or us.
