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paint and the outline of the huge SUV, and tears pricked her eyes.
    It was there . All her years of planning, believing that someday she would have this chance, it was really happening.
    Lily ran down the four steps into the garage, sprinted across the three empty parking spots and pressed the button on the remote to unlock the Hummer. She flinched as the beep seemed to bounce off the walls and ceilings of the garage, horrifyingly loud. Any Calydon within five hundred yards would have heard it, if he were listening.
    She hoped they were too distracted by the fight to notice, too occupied by their battle with Gideon.
    Sudden grief consumed her, terror for what was happening to Gideon outside, and she screamed in frustration at the way he was affecting her. “Come on, Lily! You can’t afford to fail!”
    There was a roar and the clash of metal on metal from outside, and she scrambled up into the truck, praying no Calydon would come rushing through the garage doors for her.
    Her hands were shaking so much she missed the ignition with the key twice, then she stopped and closed her eyes. “Calm down, Lily. You can do this.”
    When she opened her eyes this time, she shoved the key directly into the ignition. She yanked her seatbelt on and whispered a prayer, knowing that once she turned the truck on, they would come running for her.
    She located the garage door opener incorporated into the visor. She poised her left index finger over it while she tightened her grip on the ignition key, getting everything ready before she took action that would alert the warriors outside. She wiped her forearm over her brow. The cuts on her arm burned as the sweat stung her skin.
    Emergency brake off, she knew where the gearshift was...she was ready.
    She took a deep breath and started the truck. The engine rumbled to life with a ferociously loud roar. She hit the button to open the garage door, then slammed the truck into reverse and floored it.
    The truck smashed through the half-open garage door, and she winced as the truck slammed into two Calydons who were running straight at the doors when she burst through, splintered boards flying. The truck lurched as the tires bounced over the warriors, and she stared in horror as they appeared on the ground in front of her, lit up by her headlights, men that she’d run over.
    Then one of them lifted his head and rolled to his feet, barely staggering.
    “Oh, shit .” She shifted the truck into drive and jammed her foot onto the accelerator. The tires spun frantically in the sandy drive as she peeled through the mass of warriors. She jumped as they came at her, wincing when each warrior bounced off her truck as she barreled through them.
    Grunts of pain rang in her ears, and she felt the truck shudder from the collisions. Oh, God. Was she killing them?
    A machete flew at the windshield directly toward her face, and she screamed, ducking down—
    Gideon’s throwing axe smashed into the machete and both weapons crashed onto the hood of the truck. She stared in disbelief as the two weapons sat harmlessly on the hood for a split second. He’d saved her again.
    Both weapons flew up into the air and disappeared into the night, summoned by their owners for another attack.
    “Go, Lily!” She clutched the steering wheel as she barreled down the gritty driveway, flinching at each clash and bump as weapons slammed into the truck.
    The back window shattered. She ducked as glass fragments flew everywhere, but she forced herself to keep the gas pedal floored, to stay focused on the winding driveway. The truck skidded around a corner, and she sucked in her breath as she felt the right wheels come up off the ground.
    Lily jerked her foot off the accelerator and the truck dropped back down on all four tires. She hit the accelerator again, and nearly cried with relief when she finally reached the main road. She took a hard right and sped out onto the two lane highway, the sounds of battle finally beginning to fade