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Chapter 49 - The Bullet

Author: Dakota Quinn
last update publish date: 2026-03-04 08:28:54

(Alicia)

The muzzle flare is blinding in the dim chaos. I see the bullet’s path as though it’s cutting through molasses, straight at my chest. My sword’s still raised from the last strike, wrong side of my body, too far to intercept. I twist instinctively, but I know I’m too late.

I brace. Every muscle tightens. The anticipation of pain is worse than the thought of death. Cold washes through me.

But it never comes.

Instead, something slams into me. Hot, heavy, solid. The world lurches. I’m airb
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