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Kiruna.Blomkvist,keepyourfuckingheaddownifyoudon’twanttogetyourarseshotoff.YearslaterhestillrememberedtheextrapractisedrillsthatCaptainAdolfssonusedtodevise.

    Hestoppedtocatchhisbreath,hisheartpounding.Hecouldhearnothingbuthisownbreathing.Thehumaneyeperceivesmotionmuchquickerthanshapesandfigures.Moveslowlywhenyou’rescouting.Blomkvistslowlypeekedaninchoverthetopedgeofthebattery.Thesunwasstraightaheadandmadeitimpossibletomakeoutdetails,buthecouldseenomovement.

    Hepulledhisheadbackdownandranontothenextbattery.Itdoesn’tmatterhowgoodtheenemy’sweaponsare.Ifhecan’tseeyou,hecan’thityou.Cover,cover,cover.Makesureyou’reneverexposed.

    Hewas300yardsfromtheedgeof?sterg?rdenfarm.Some40yardsfromwhereheknelttherewasanalmostimperablethicketoflowbrush.Buttoreachthethickethewouldhavetosprintdownagrassslopefromtheartillerybattery,andhewouldbepletelyexposed.Itwastheonlyway.Athisbackwasthesea.

    HewassuddenlyawareofpaininhistempleanddiscoveredthathewasbleedingandthathisT-shirtwasdrenchedwithblood.Scalpwoundsneverstopbleeding,hethoughtbeforeheagainconcentratedonhisposition.Oneshotcouldjusthavebeenanaident,buttwomeantthatsomebodywastryingtokillhim.Hehadnowayofknowingifthemarksmanwaswaitingforhimtoreappear.

    Hetriedtobecalm,thinkrationally.Thechoicewastowaitortogetthehellout.Ifthemarksmanwasstillthere,thelatteralternativewasassuredlynotagoodidea.Ifhewaitedwherehewas,themarksmanwouldcalmlywalkuptotheFortress,findhim,andshoothimatcloserange.

    Hecan’tknowifI’vegootherightorleft.Rifle,maybeamooserifle.Probablywithtelescopicsights.WhichwouldmeanthatthemarksmanwouldhavealimitedfieldofvisionifhewaslookingforMikaelthroughthesights.

    Ifyou’reinatightspot—taketheinitiative.Betterthanwaiting.Hewatchedandlistenedforsoundsfortwominutes;thenheclamberedoutofthebatteryandraceddowntheslopeasfastashecould.

    Hewashalfwaydowntheslopeasathirdshotwasfired,butheonlyheardavaguesmackbehindhim.Hethrewhimselfflatthroughthecurtainofbrushandrolledthroughaseaofstingingtles.

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