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Chapter 67

Pfeiffer still hadn’t moved. He might as well have been a statue. His hand was still thrust inside Eli’s duffle.

On the gun.

He tried to will Pfeiffer to look at him, but he was too fixated on Sandora. He’d only have one shot at this, but it would’ve been nice to know Pfeiffer was on the same page.

When he tensed to bend over and pick up the bag, Sandora slackened his grip enough to allow Eli the freedom to move. His arm slipped through the circle of Sandora’s hand. Time stood still as Eli reached for the backpack Yager had given him.

As soon as his body blocked Sandora’s view, his hand changed direction. He reached instead for the pencil he’d positioned behind his ear as he’d been talking to Pfeiffer. Holding it like a dagger, he twisted his body and drove the pencil into the fleshy part of Sandora’s thigh with as much force as he could possibly manage.