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Luke tried the front door. Locked.

He raced to the back of the house, tried the knob and was ready to crash through when he raised his eyes.

A woman stood in the second-story window, frantically pounding her hands against the glass.

Climbing onto the porch railing, Luke shimmied up the column, then hoisted himself onto the ledge. Reaching the window, he pounded on the glass.

“Move back,” he warned. She stepped aside, and Luke twisted his jacket around his hand, raised his fist and shattered the glass.

He grabbed the woman and guided her to the windowsill.

“I’ve got you. We jump on three. One. Two. Three.”

They jumped just before the room exploded, spewing a ball of fire into the night.