Everyone jerked around to see where the shout had come from. Myles took that instant to launch himself at Cressa, knocking her against one of the stacks of crates. She gave a little cry of pain. At the same instant, gunfire erupted, and the dealers scattered like cockroaches.
A bullet zinged by his face, so close, he felt its heat. The yelling and repeated gunfire turned the place into total chaos, but he remained focused on keeping Cressa safe until he could get them out of there.
It quickly became clear there was only one way he was going to be able to do that.
Dragging her behind some boxes, he jerked the gag out of her mouth.
“Don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me!” she screamed, struggling to get on her feet to flee.
“Cressa! Hush!” He got nose to nose with her. “Press the sigil!”
