#Chapter 189 Death Wish

I whirled on Candido. “You heard that, didn’t you? She doesn’t—” “I understand,” Candido said with a nod. “But it’s not going to happen that way.” My jaw dropped, before I could say anything. He leaped from the jeep to another. “We’re shifting into the Delta formation. Set-Up. You have five minutes before they’re on us.” He leaped down from the truck and kneeled. He pressed his hand to the ground. The jeep I was on shifted forward. A metal shield lifted with just a few holes big enough for rifles to aim through. Estella set up several more guns in a row to shoot through the shield. Why hadn’t they used this before in the clearing? Then we wouldn’t have had to be separated. They should have done this before. I bet if I had known about it and had been there to help plan we would have been using the shields from the start and that ambush would have gone a lot differently. “Hedy,” Candido said. “Get in the jeep and stay out of the way.” “I can help! I’m your partner! Your m