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  I paused for a moment, waiting for Ray to come back and for me to have to shoot without warning. I breathed heavily and my heart raced to the speed of a fighter jet. I closed my eyes, trying to calm myself down, trusting my ears to tell me if Ray was coming toward me.

  Nothing happened. For now, I was safe.

  I moved forward, taking care to walk each step as if anything heavier than the lightest step I could produce would sound an alarm and alert Ray to my movement. When I was about ten feet away from him, I raised the gun. I didn’t trust myself to hit him, so I moved closer.

  And closer.

  And closer…

  I was five feet away—

  “Alright, get your asses up—”

  Ray turned. His eyes went wide. He lurched to the side just as I pulled the trigger. He then bulldozed me and tackled me to the ground, knocking the gun from my hand. He punched me hard in the face, dazing me.

  “Stupid bitch!” he growled. “Get up! Get up and do—”

  But before he could, someone tackled him. I looked up to see Nancy having driven him to the ground.

  Unfortunately, he easily overpowered Nancy, shoving her to the side before kicking her hard in the ribs. I crawled over to the gun, trying to get a shot off, but just before I got there, a hard boot landed square on my hand. I screamed in agony.

  “You almost had me,” Ray said with a chuckle. “But you should know Anarchists don’t fuck around. Guess there’ll be three deaths tonight. A shame. I could’ve fucked you alive, but I’ll take dead.”

  I closed my eyes as he raised his rifle. Petey, I’m sorry. I’m—

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