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The door bursts open Your head jolts to the bedroom door Hearing feet race up the stairs You scramble out the window People break in You have 5 seconds to breathe And 5 seconds to die Run...
My feet hit the deck hard.
"You think you've got all this figured out, don't you?" she smirked and the gleam in her eyes told me that she wasn't afraid to let go as she loosened the grip on my shirt collar.
Squeaking tires, And yelling fans. Expensive cars, And rain on the land. High speed corners, Track temperature high, Fatal collisions... Someone might die.
Prologue The clinking of the dice was the only sound in the room. The air all but crackled with tension and passion. It oozed out of each player.
We landed about a mile from where they originally went missing, we did this so that if they were being held captive nearby then it would not be obvious that we were there to rescue them.
If he had lost...
His pulse had nearly doubled The prize, a hundred grand A lifetime's careful saving On the outcome of this hand The dealer turned them over The two and three of hearts His palms had begun...
The cards were dealt, the scene was set. A chance to clear a heavy debt. He'd risked it all before, and won. But this time wasn't so much fun. He had to win to change his life.
In a dim lit room, down the back of a shady bar a certain stench filled the air of cigars and whisky.