Realizing this, Omar jammed the pistol even tighter against Roger"s head and began jerking him away from the window. “Don’t even breathe,” he warned.
But what happened next simply defied explanation: That something so big could move so blindingly fast was a possibility no one had considered. The deputy had dashed to within a dozen yards of the station before the rex managed to gain its feet; he was slowing down in anticipation of the doors when the predator thundered after him.
And he was bounding onto the front walk, laughing, when the rex"s jaws swung in from the right—clamping brutally about his pelvis and folding him like a lawn-chair, whisking him from the ground.
Savanna shrieked as his lacerated hands smacked open-palmed against the door, fingers splayed, and squeaked sideways al
