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The first bullet didn't fly from the Winchesters. It zipped out of the night sky, blowing a hole in the head of one of the riflemen. As he collapsed, the gunman next to him took aim at Don. He was cut down in an instant, another sniper round piercing his sternum and spinning him onto the grass.
The crowd panicked, scrambling and ducking for cover. Kilbride crouched low beneath the table, pulling Marlene and Brooke down with him.
Alice and Don saw their chance, dancing through the criss-crossing crowd toward Lantern Wood. Alice was shoulder barged by a drummer, separated from her father. One of the stilt walkers reached down, attempting to block her escape. She ducked under the man's feathered arm and hacked into one of his stilts. He collapsed to the ground, but took the machete with
