The second the body hit the ground everything snapped tighter instead of slowing down, because the shots didn’t stop after that first drop and the space that had been tense a moment ago broke into movement that didn’t wait for anyone to catch up, and she didn’t stand there trying to understand who went down or why because instinct took over before thought could settle, her focus shifting with the sound of another shot cutting across the cars as she moved low and fast away from where she had been standing, not toward anything safe but away from where the fire was concentrated. “Keep moving,” he said from behind her, closer now than before, his voice rougher and less controlled, and that alone told her he wasn’t untouched by whatever just happened. “I am,” she shot back without slowing, her path cutting between two vehicles where the angle gave her a second of cover, and she used it without thinking, her body staying low as another shot hit the side of the car beside her, metal ringin
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