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Connell stared down at the hole in his shirt in disbelief.
A bullet? Really? The surprise of being struck down with a prosaic weapon froze him in his tracks…until the second gunshot hit him.
Reacting too late, Connell threw himself to the side behind the partial cover of a small boulder. Pain belatedly exploded in his chest. Clutching his hands to his front, he pulled his head down, trying to keep his most vital areas out of the line of fire.
A roar went up behind him. Twisting, he tried to catch sight of Leeland and Derrick. One of them must have been seriously wounded to make that sound. He shouldn’t have brought anyone with him. It had been stupid, and it might have cost his friends their lives.
They were being attacked with human weaponry. He had never dreamed a Were would do s
