Evie ran. She did not hesitate, did not try to explain. She just ran.
Bullets cut through the air behind her. One grazed her shoulder, silver burning through her jacket. She gritted her teeth against the pain and kept running.
"Do not kill her!" David shouted. "We need her alive! Find out what she knows!"
Evie crashed through underbrush, branches tearing at her skin. She could hear the hunters behind her, spreading out to cut off escape routes.
She touched the emergency beacon hidden in her watch. One press would alert Gideon. But she was miles from where he waited. He could not reach her in time.
A hunter stepped out from behind a tree. Evie dodged his grab and kicked him in the knee. He went down and she kept running.
But there were too many of them. They were trained soldiers. She
