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Victoria shoved at Jaht froht under the ledge of the carriage,it difficult to move him The aard pose had fairly trapped her in the corner of the seat The horses were still squealing, and the carriage lurched and lunged in its place as they struggled to pull loose and run free

The varabbed James and yanked him off Victoria--which was a bad choice on his part No sooner had the weight been extricated and lifted fro around her skirts She landed on the ground just in ti him with the point of her stake, she sent him to his destiny in a poof of ash, then spun to take note of the situation

Sebastian and Kritanu had already made their presence known As Victoria looked, she saw that Sebastian was engaged with nu skills to glide and leap fro at the sword as he moved above them and lopped off an undead head when the opportunity arose Gwendolyn sat in her carriage, screa, her hands plastered to her cheeks as her fiancé attee, along with their carriage, were nowhere in sight

Gone Victoria would have thought they’d stay to watch the results of their trap Her brows furrowed as she pivoted to e with her ar the stake into her chest beneath it

Sara and George had left as soon as the battle started As soon as everyone was flushed out and engaged

But Victoria wasted no further time in contemplation There were at least a dozen va in to relieve Sebastian froe boulder

With a passing-by poof, she cut his attackers down to a duo, and then continued over to Gwendolyn and Brodebaugh With a shout meant to draw the attention of the undead, she rushed toward the cluster of red-eyed varacefully on the top of the curricle’s roof His shistled, lopping the head froth, and then he turned to the other side

He kicked a particularly insistent undead back so that the creature turound in front of her, and Victoria paused to stake hie

Why would George and Sara have left? To escape?

Or to attend to so rumbled inside her Max He was alone, andincapacitated

"Kritanu," she cried, her voice rising above the pandemonium The trainer’s jet eyes found hers amid the battle "Max! He’s unprotected"

With relief, she saw Kritanu iher branches of a tall ently as he moved away, presumably toward the hack that would take him back to the town house

For now she could concentrate on the le of skirts, and Gwendolyn’s screa in her ears, Victoria was quite successful in her endeavors, staking three more va heavily but by nobehind her He looked down at her, stake outlined in his hand, blond hair tufted andharder than usual, but he didn’t have more than a sheen of sweat on his forehead

"I know I shouldn’t ask--and in light of the fact that while I made no move to help you in your battles, you insisted upon interfering inin a sn of my affection for you when I do askwere you injured when the carriage fell?" His voice, deeper than usual, belied the huh to matter," she replied, suddenly aware that she didn’t h to ask Max certainly never would

"Jalad to be distracted by the dark for by the vampire "Are you hurt?" She hurried to his side, aware that Sebastian watched after her

She was finding it easier, more coht side by side with hi her, even though he was speaking with Gwendolyn and Brodebaugh

"What happened?" James asked "That was one helluva--excuse e, which Victoria no had the whole front half sunk into a hole in the ground His attention focused on the horses, which, although they were still snorting and rolling their eyes, had ceased trying to pull the conveyance free

She agreed, and walked over with him to look at the situation

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