“Screams and laughter echoed around the heavy adobe walls, and arms reached through the narrow windows as those outside fought to get in. Mouse and Harvard had taken the lanterns with them when they’d gone, leaving the two of us in darkness.I didn’t want to go outside. I couldn’t stop them, and I didn’t want to watch anyone—even Isaiah—being beaten to death.Becky’s jaw was clamped shut, her teeth gritted against the pain in her arm.Someone called from a window, “Open the fort! They’re killing hi...m.”“There’s nothing I can do,” I said, too quiet for them to hear. There were too many of them. They were armed.“Benson!” another voice shouted. “Help him!”“I can’t!” I shouted, standing up now. “There’s nothing I can do.”Something clattered across the floor. It was too dark to see what.Becky grabbed my leg, and I crouched back down next to her. Blood was oozing through her shirt. Her arm had been healing rapidly, but her fall had reinjured the muscle.She fought against the pain.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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