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I jumped out in front of the group and wildly waved my arms. “Over here! It ran over here!” I yelled at them.
In a moment a half dozen flashlights blinded me and a bullet whizzed past my cheek. I yelped and ducked beneath a bush. When I lifted my head I stared straight into the golden eyes of a very confused and worried, furry-faced Will. He was hidden beneath a nearby brush pile. He had a small, circular wound on his arm that sizzled as though acid had been spilled on the skin. I shakily smiled at him and raised the locket to try to tell him what I’d done. The pained expression in his eyes told me he understood, but I frowned and waved a scolding finger at him.
I shrieked when a hand grabbed my collar and lifted me off the forest floor. The hand belonged to one of the ranche
