♠ Dream of the archer ♠

If Connor hadn’t ducked to avoid the expected crossbow bolt, he might have caught one of the unexpected bullets that ricocheted off the doorway.

Justin did catch one. Gertie broke free and launched herself across the gap, wrapping her arms around him as he tried to move deeper into the doorway to find cover.

“Get off me! Get down!”

“But Justin –”

He swung her into the wooden door hidden in the shadows. The thud drowned out her grunt. Connor rolled to join them, not sure yet where the gunshots were coming from or which of his neatly-filed alphabetical backup plans was now in play. He was pretty sure he’d exhausted the Roman alphabet by now.

“You got a car, Chrome Boy?”

Justin was preoccupied, trying to hold Gertie upright while inspecting the bullet hole in his bulging bicep.

Connor tapped the hole with the tip of his gun. “Clean. Went straight through. But you’ll have a few more if we don’t get out of here.”

Justin had been swearing beneath his breath. “Inside.”

Connor shook his head. “Bad idea. We can’t hide from these people. We need to move.”

Justin heaved Gertie towards Connor. “Catch.” He reached for the door. “Trust me, old man. Inside.”

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