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Menolly and her attacker broke apart, both gasping Roz took the opportunity to shove another one of the garlic boan to screae of white srabbed Menolly by her underarms as Fraale motioned toward one of the side halls
"There’s an exit this way I’ve been down here before," she said
As we raced through the labyrinth of passageways, an to open Brilliant-eyed vary looks on their faces Froliuorously draped over beds and divans, their chests bare Blood spattered down a chest, over breasts, as ether here at the Fangtabula But no one gave chase--at least not right away We ed a few moments’ head start before we heard shouts fro up to a n overhead when the first wave descended By that tiarlic, and she turned, blocking the way, Roz by her side Zach and I were behind her, and Fraale was behind us
A group of about ten vampires were headed our way, led by the one who had attacked me Menolly’s opponent was there, too, steadied by another of his brethren One of the vamps was the hostess I’d seen near the bar She stepped forward, and I groaned
The woman had obviously been a bodybuilder while alive because she was built like a brick house: huge boobs and biceps, tiny waist, quadfor comfort To make it worse, she stood a few inches taller than ed white pants that laced up the sides and a cropped Hooters tank top--which she ah stiletto cowboy boots were covered with orange rhinestones Long blonde hair drifted down her back, and she looked like she should be sporting a California girl tan, but she was as pasty as the rest of theht, it occurred to me that pale pink lipstick wasn’t really her color any at my sister
"We’re on our way out," Menolly said "Let us leave, and on’t cause any trouble"
The Amazon vaed toward e between Menolly and Roz
Menolly let out a lol as she head-butted the chick and drove her back a few paces Meanwhile, Roz pulled out a string of what looked like firecrackers He lit one end and threw it into the crowd As the crackle of gunpoent off, another sent scent of garlic rose thickly
I started to cough, choking on the vile mixture, but I noticed the smoke’s effects were a lot worse on the va up the stairs Steroid Woman, however, seemed relatively unaffected, as did a few of the others
"Oh shit, she must have sohed at him "What on earth do you think we do around here? Leave the staff unar ready for another attack, and sent her flying back against round
There was a sudden screech, so loud that I coveredAs I watched, Fraale leapt over us, landing lightly on the balls of her feet between us and the vampires She sucked in a deep breath
"Cover your ears," Roz warned us We immediately obeyed
Fraale opened herI’d ever heard She orse than a bean Sidhe Standing with legs spread, hands on her hips, there was so very inhuman about her that scared me spitless Apparently, she took the varoup, eying her with a corabbed o!" Menolly shoved Zach in front of her, and then Fraale spun around and raced after us We barely e of ain As we sprinted toward the car, Roz yanked soht onto the hood of a black car We’d barely made it to Ca lot, shoving Zach and me forward to land on the hood
"Holy crap! What--"
"Just er side as Menolly opened the doors with the automatic control on the key We leapt in Zach, Roz, and Fraale tulanced at the fire that was raging in what had been a brand new BMW The vaed to skirt the deadly flaht air as it billowed on the updraft of wind, a roaring mushroom of flames and smoke
Menolly started the car, and we screeched out of the parking lot at sixtyThe cops were either out on another case or were off at an all-night java joint Although the sound of sirens echoed in the distance, growing louder, I didn’t see any prowl cars Thank govern about the lack of
Menolly was up to seventy by the tis Only then did she slon a little and glance into thefor the others, I’m sure, to not see their driver’s reflection, but I was used to it
"Everybody in one piece?" she asked
"I think so," Zach said "One thing’s for sure"
"What’s that?" I said, leaning back against the seat, trying to cal to have to beef up your wards So to take this lying down"
"Zach’s right," Roz said "They’re mad as hell Make no mistake; we almost didn’ttrapped And that would not have been pretty at all"
"Especially not when Karvanak got hold of us," Menolly said "Fraale, you can’t go back to hio"
Fraale snorted "Oh, I’ht He’ll eatmetaphorically I’ve seen him do it He was so er and bit off her arm And you don’t want to knohat he did to her before that She bled to death, screa the truth
Shuddering, I grabbed love compartment where I’d stashed it before we entered the club I punched in Camille’s cell number, and she answered almost immediately
"We ran into trouble, but we’re headed toward Karvanak’s hideout with Fraale Get Morio and Smoky and meet us there--and hurry the hell up We need you We ie unattended I don’t knohat you’re going to do, but we have to be very careful out on our land fro Blood Clan asn’t overjoyed to see her"
"Mother of the gods, things are getting so fucked up," she whispered "Okay, I’ll figure out so We’re on our way I’ll have to put out a silent call for Smoky, but he should be able to pick it up and show up What’s the address?"<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>