She scoffs. “What sort of title is that?”

His lips fall. “Give Sparky your gun.”

“Sparky?”

I maintain out my hand. “Simply do it.”

She exhales exhausting and drops it into my open palm as Archer clicks a handcuff onto her wrist. He attaches the opposite cuff to himself, latching the 2 of them collectively.

“Oh,” she says, rolling her eyes into the again of her cranium. “You’re that Archer Allen…”

He tilts his head. “You’ve heard of me, love?”

“Don’t get cocky,” she quips. “Your file is way from spectacular.”

“It’s about to get a complete lot higher.”

Her lips curl. “I wouldn’t be too positive about that.”

She lashes out, putting his jaw with a tough punch whereas concurrently kicking my shin, bringing me right down to my knees. One other fast jut of her heel knocks the gun from my grasp. She twirls round Archer, gaining sufficient momentum to strike him with a tough backhand.

Archer drops his shotgun to dam the blow, grabbing her fist in his palm simply inches away from his face. Lilah punches together with her free hand however he snatches that as properly. He attracts her nearer, so shut her face is barely an inch from his.

“Now, that’s sufficient, love—”

Lilah head-butts him. She wiggles free sufficient to spice up off the wall and punch Archer within the face. He tumbles to his knees and Lilah makes use of the second to achieve into her pocket.

I spot the bobby pin in her hand. “Archer, the cuffs!”

She strikes with educated, skilled precision and slips her hand freed from the picked cuff earlier than I may even attain the gun.

I lunge ahead to cease her, however she swings round, connecting her exhausting elbow towards my nostril. A haze of white gentle strikes my imaginative and prescient, blinding me whereas Lilah journeys me right down to the ground.

A tough metallic ring tightens round my wrist.

I attempt to tug away however Archer and I are certain collectively in cuffs.

Archer sits up with large eyes. Lilah seems to be again over her shoulder and flashes him a wink earlier than bolting down the steps.

“My god…” he whispers. “She’s superb.”

I attempt to slip my wrist free in a blind panic. “Keys, Archer!”

He blinks out of trance and fishes into his pockets. I leap to my ft and seize the 2 weapons off the ground as we go. We race for the steps collectively whereas Archer tries to unlock us. My coronary heart kilos in my chest, aching from failure as I strive to not think about what they’re doing to Caleb proper now.

We attain the underside and the. cuff slides freed from my wrist.

“Boxcar—”

Caleb’s voice brings me to a standstill. She’s nonetheless on the sofa. Her chest rises, regular however nervous. Elijah factors his gun ahead at us and Lilah stands behind Caleb with a protracted pocketknife towards her throat.

I move Archer’s shotgun again to him, together with Lilah’s handgun. “Don’t you dare harm her,” I warn.

“Not dangerous, Sparky,” Lilah says, “however your plan was somewhat sloppy.”

“The place is Fox actually?” Elijah asks.

“He’s not right here proper now,” I reply.

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