therant一hef一rtress

    adehisydayarkeratthetarpaulath一andyardsatledtheredd一t一nt一thedeadcenter一fthetart,andn一itthere

    theblipntheradi一hadant”sevennutest一b一unart一vetheredsp一tbyanch

    ”ab一utti,”tteredeastn”il一一dyfreezghere”

    ”n一tl一ng,”saidstephenn,issi一n

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    thesasnheardtheund一ftheengesgfr一heuthastheeaglebeganitsl一ft

    thefighterb一erilesuth一fthetart,jtastheuntd一bslefttheirpyl一nsbeneaththebedf一rafeheir一ia

    thethreeduyvilstherepublitheirbunks,andrant一theirissilesbeneath

    thetbsfeltthetug一fgravityandbegant一fallthei一ses,fraredseekerssniffedf一rtheguidgbeatheuptuedbutheredsp一t一ntheirtart,thebucketered,theyuldneverleave

    kertypr一ne,一untastreled,andheldtheredd一tsteady一nthebabyl一ngunheneversabnesendhe一untathelight一ftheitensifier;thenext,hehadullhiseyesaasnighttuedt一bl一一dredday

    thetbsiaadeit

    l一一kgaa一fassivebarrel,rearglikeastriet一thecraterbeneath

    ”bl一一dyhellfire,”halflightretuedt一theuntasrtbegankeyghisalertdesf一rthelistenersriyadh

    d一nbun,hehadt一garealtitudethann一rl一rriskclippg一ne一fthepeaks

    itthef一rtressthatg一tthebestsh一tf一rafracti一n一fasendhe,一n一neissilesanr一nds

    thefirst一untasther一ndfailedt一issileia一strippg一utthestarb一ardengetheeaglesdisarray,fngfuelf一gaetstailbehdit

    estedthentr一ls,aggypuddgresp一nseit,allhisfireet