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The gun didn’t discharge. It wouldn’t work for him because the kid wasn’t authorized to use it. It had been programmed only for the people in the group. The boy threw the gun on the sand and ran away.
Orla started to rush after him, but Lorcan held her back. “Let him go.”
“He shot at us. The kid shot at us!”
“He didn’t shoot at us, he shot at Roy,” Mori said.
Roy pushed Mori off him and grabbed her shoulders. “Never, ever do that again, Mori. Do not jump in front of me to block an attack.” Roy’s eyes sparked with fury.
Mori waved her arms in the air in frustration. “You never know what’s coming at you,” she growled and walked away.
“Why did the kid shoot at me? Do I look like the kind of thug who would harm a kid?” Roy asked Lorcan and Orla.
“On the contrary, you’re as beautiful
