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Show Acting Alone Page 140 Chapter Ten Axelrad fixed the confiscated rabbit to his belt by its hind legs. It flapped out behind him as he ran over the rocks and branches in the tornado clearing. He tried to make his legs and lower torso take all the ups and downs, to keep his head and shoulders moving in a smooth forward line, just as he'd been taught. Keep the head steady as possible so the eyes can scan above and beyond for hostile elejnents. Keep an eye out for potential cover and move as fast as caution and conditions permit. Always move in a serpentine fashion across an open area. Above all, avoid an open area. Axelrad had wound up ignoring that part of his commando training in order to distract that girl's attention away from his secret kitchen access tunnel. A tactically justifiable deviation from the book. But instead he'd wound up focusing all her attention on him. Here he was putting on a regular show for her as he ran serpentine up the hill. He felt foolish. He had figured that the aspens would provide adequate cover; but, in his fear of being captured, he'd forgotten what the land profile people had briefed him on: A freak triple-tornado had ripped this clearing wide open a long, long time ago. More than a year ago. And now, as he ran and breathed hard and imagined the eyes of the whole |