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nd quickly ducked to hide behind the car she was leaning on-she didn't know where th

frightened, she had to cover her mouth to prevent herself from screaming again. Sinc

ing. She decided to wait for a while before she raised her head up t

d in all–black, strapped with guns and in ski masks, passing right in front of her. Ly

same voices she had heard arguing with another voice before the gunshot. And now that she thought about it,

Ritz is gone." One of

wn, he's finally out of the way." Another ag

r surprise, was she actually hearing corr

her bones. She waited until she stopped hearing their voices and she could no longer hear their footsteps and then, she

ng for. The sight of it halted her in her tracks and her heart started beating fast against her chest. She contem

d in shock and then the tears she had been holding back all through the night began flowing freely. She decided it w

eakly croaked, and coughed

ed beside him and knelt to his height, "Mr. Malcolm! You're alive! I c

reatly ebbed out of him and he was already near–death. He knew that c

nergy you still have left." Lyra concernedly said to him as she sear

to why he asked her to look at his neck. She did so anyway and note

head crease

r splash of blood again. Lyra hesitated for a while but end

ken it o

his necklace and ma–make sure you don't tell anyone about it. I know you're wond–wondering why I asked you to keep this. Don't

a strange pendant at the bottom. Lyra was deeply puzzled by the

t the necklace, but she can do all of that after sh

for you soon. Just hang on long enough, please" Lyra said to him and got on her

guys ran away after they shot him-Oh thank goodness. We're at the parking lot of Ac

d waited a moment, but didn't get any answer fro

e. She started to panic now, she bent down to his height and shook him slighty

n't feel anything. His cold hand slipped out of hers that began to tremble in panic, she was scared,

ce and what does the necklace mean? These and many more questions roamed L

, time of d

Dead on