“Cliff!” shrieks Carey, still cradling his arm. Thom sees Slone’s eyebrows pop up above the dark glasses, then descend. One hand leaps to the emergency brake.<\/p>\n
The car turns around within a space barely wider than it is long, back wheels ending up perched on a fifty-foot precipice. The Hell’s Angels are five hundred feet away, hooting and whirling chains.<\/p>\n
“We can ram them,” Slone says conversationally. “They’ll still kill us.”<\/p>\n
“No,” Thom whispers. “Go it.”<\/p>\n
For the first time, Slone grins.<\/p>\n
This time the whip-round clips one tailfin, which flaps brokenly behind them as they soar out into suburban sky.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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