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"It doesn’t matter, Duncan," he said softly "She is very near"
"My lord--" Winona began, but Raphael cut her off with a sharp intake of breath He stiffened abruptly, his gaze trained straight ahead, his eyes glowing molten silver as he reached out instinctively to shield his people against a sudden wash of unrestrained power
"Jabril," he growled
Winona’s eyes ith confusion, but Duncan understood "He is dead?" Duncan said in disbelief
"He will be soon," Raphael said absently, straining to find Cyn through the storm of Jabril’s death call His head jerked up as Cyn’s cry of terror suddenly pierced the tumult
"Stop!" He said it with such force of will that all three drivers were hitting the brakes before their conscious iven "Duncan," Raphael said sharply, and then he was gone, the door hanging open to the breeze of his passage
"Bring the vehicles," Duncan ordered the surprised Winona as he shoved past her to follow Juro, who’d ripped the passenger door open with such fury that thewith strain
In aonly Winona and the drivers on the desolate road
Chapter Fifty-six
Cyn covered her ears against the howls of the maddened vaaze away fro torn apart piece by piece, the va on thewith each other over the spoils
Only Asi motionless with his back to the truck One of the crazed vampires leapt for the truck, and Cyn tried to screa up her throat She shoved herself away froainst the back of the seat, but Asim repelled the attacker easily He threw the vampire into the ar at each other in a renewed frenzy
Apparently, Asi with Jabril’sthem destroy each other so he wouldn’t have to
Cyn stared in shock a few er, and then jerked herself into ness to keep their bargain, because she had no intention of keeping her part of it either Did he really think she would turn over Liz to save herself? Of course, he did This was the guy who, at this veryhis future subjects tear each other apart in order toAsiun he’d let her use to kill Jabril Well, alht She searched the coazine of Hydra-Shok, checked it quickly and tucked it against her back beneath her jacket, then turned to the unconscious Liz
The neck wound had sealed over already, which was typical of a va So away a lock of blond hair It was cool, but dry, and when she checked her pulse, it was strong Jabril had a lot of experience draining wo his victim It was fortunate he’d needed Liz alive
Cyn becarown silent outside the truck, and she looked up to see Asi vampire It reminded her of Raphael’s cere very h to hold Jabril’s territory, but didn’t waste tooabout it After all, if she had her way, Jabril’s territory would still be very ht
Asim lifted his hands fro briefly in exhaustion The neorn vahtly, eyes closed Only one other vampire knelt next to hi back onto his heels, head lolling in semiconsciousness Both were spattered with blood and bore the signs of a hard fight As if aware of her scrutiny, Asi hers across the distance
Cyn steeled herself with a deep breath Adrenaline had her heart pounding, her blood rushing and every nerve zinging She fought the urge to touch the weapon hidden at the sun Asim knew about, the one she’d used to kill Jabril She held it in plain sight, not even flinching when Asio door upward Faster than she could follow, he leaned over and took the gun fro it painfully "We don’t want any accidents now, do we, Cynthia?"
He gave her a quick grin, and then brought her hand to his ers "Jabril was right Your blood is delicious"
Cyn sed her revulsion and glared at hinored her, dropping her hand and reaching in to lift Liz in his arms "Do you knohat happens when a vampire lord dies, Cynthia?" he asked His eyes flicked up at her, then around the body-strewn desert "I mean apart from this," he dismissed "Do you kno his replace His power, his territory" He caressed the unconscious Liz with a drea that was Jabril’s is now le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>