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For the first ti adrenaline that had flooded him each tilorying in the challenge his attackers presented, he found hiht

As long as the loud reports boone? How many clips did she have left? And when the hell did she reload? The firing never ceased Which ood at what she did

He s Maybe she could kick an i vampire asses

That faor, he hacked away at the wave of va the pain as his wounds increased in number

Seconds or minutes later, an odd hush settled upon the fray Not complete Just different

Breaths continued to huff in and out Grunts, groans, and growls coh air, lacerated flesh, and clashed with aze flew to the north, as he tried to spy A between them

Had she been hurt? Taken down? Killed?

A blade pierced his right thigh Another skimmed the back of his neck

Marcus swore

This wasn’t working

The Prius skidded away several yards, shoved with preternatural strength seconds after Ami fired her last bullet Left with no cover, she rose, reached over her head, and grasped the handles of her katanas

Pain ripped through her hip when a va out, she drew the swords and swung theer held at bay by the Glock 18’s, surged toward her,so swiftly they blurred

Ami was fast Faster than any other Second in the world, according to David But she wasn’t that fast

Wielding her blades in , she swept up, down, left, right, diagonally … struggling to keep a blade always between her and the vicious fors that circled her

The vampires toyed with her Taunted her Inflicted numerous superficial wounds to inflate her fear Cuts here Slashes there Puncture wounds Bruises

When A her breath, she released it in a long whoosh Thehad been resisting the urge to hold her breath when hurtled into a physical confrontation Clearly, she hadn’t yet onized scream rent the air A fountain of blood sprayed over her shoulder as so her to her knees

She stu The tip of a blade skier and wider than her forear but watch it, she sucked in a shocked breath when a short sword appeared in front of her, deflected the bowie, then i a duplicate sword, wrapped around her waist and steadied her as a ainst her back

"Sorry about that," Marcus said in her ear He grunted and jerked, then spouted sohtened and raised her weapons, he released her

The va cat andwhen their lilanced at their co at whatever took place behind her and flinching when another body part flew through the air, hitting one in the chest

Exciteainst hers

"I’ve got your back!" he shouted with a little tootheir heads She didn’t have to see hi this far more than he should It was all there in his voice "Have at ’eh they had fought together for decades, Ami and Marcus worked in tandem to protect each other’s back and cut down vampires Ami faltered only then vampires scored a couple of deeper wounds

"Aasp or yelp

"I’ her teeth But exhaustion began to seep in Pain distracted her And she lost her breath, dragging in air with ragged pants

Aht-headedness shook her

Was it the breathing? Fatigue? Blood loss? The blow to the head she had taken before Marcus had joined her?<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>