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Crap I pulled out ain as he held up a heavy chain Just then, Menolly appeared She took in the situation and i hi my attention back to the zoer up under its left arm

The only way to kill a zombie was to take it apart and then destroy the pieces If you cut it into enough pieces, you’d be good to go--they couldn’t reasserapple things So: fingers cut from hands, toes from feet…hands cut off arms…basic slice-and-dice theory

The zombie turned and, with its too-fast-to-be-nor ood," Imyself up off the floor before it could land onIf only I fought with a sword, it e But I was deterritbeeline for my opponent Zombies are too stupid to dart out of the way, so we collided and ht took him down I proan trying to slice through the neck to cut off his head

It wasn’t pretty If he’d been ainto the face of so his head off with a dagger--rather gruesoone from his body There is no soul here, merely reanimated flesh Don’t be squeamish You can do this You have to do this

The other zo my way, but there wasn’t much I could do about it noanted at least one of theled up with the Tregart and I couldn’t tell as doing what, but I saw blood and it wasn’t hers

As I struggled to keep the zombie down, a noise sounded beside me as the other zombie slammed his fist into my back

I lurched forward as he fisted my hair and yanked me back As my scalp screa I kneas flying across the roo top I turned head over heels in the air, barely able to coainst one of the shelves Moaning, I shookaway fro a piece of sharply pointed wood--not a stake, but a sliver he’d broken off a piece of splintered crate

"Menolly, get away from hiart pulled out what looked like a large cherry I recognized that--or at least the basic shape "Fireboet Wilbur out of here!" I turned to run, trying to evade the zombies that were now headed my way

Menolly turned on her heels and headed opposite the demon At that moment, Smoky appeared He stared at the scene as I frantically motioned to Wilbur

"Get hi into action, letting out a roar that brought Shade and Camille halfway down the stairs

"No! Go back Run!" I evaded the grasp of the zoht and the left as they closed in on lanced over ainst the wall in back of her

Ca and squeaked She turned tail and headed up the stairs Shade was at ed ht up with us and, seeing that Smoky was headed up the stairs with Wilbur in his arart let out a bark of laughter and there was a flash, so bright that it brought a cry of pain fro it The tiainst one wall, engulfing the wood

This was no siical firebombs were made to catch hold and burn Water wouldn’t always put out the fla away at the flesh

A cloud of hot san to cough as the haze surrounded us Shade tightened his grip as I stu Not the turns, not the shelves, not the crates scattered on the floor I tripped over so hard on a o; he just pulled ain, and I skirted the trunk

The fla as they caught purchase Somewhere in the mess, a bottle exploded and a rush of fire and heat swelled up, along with the smell of ammonia Hell! Wilbur probably stored his spell components down here, and no doubt a nu and I couldn’t stop coughing as Shade ruently kicked forward and otand Shade still firled up the stairs

As we stumbled into the kitchen, I saw that the back door was open and headed for it, with s out of the basement stairwell behindoutside, along with Martin, who on the grass Morio and Rozurial were running around from out front

Smoky headed past ht be able to quell the fla up the in her hands

"What’s that?" I headed down the back steps, with her followingnear Wilbur and at one point, he pointed to it I thought I’d bring it up, just in case it’s i her cell phone

"Sharah’s almost here And I called the fire department If Sht be able to take care of the rest when they get here" She frowned "Wilbur is unconscious, but he’s still breathing He’s been hurt pretty bad" She knelt beside hirass and wiped his forehead "I need a blanket to cover hiht back" He headed for the house, and o," but then I realized he had the best chance ofit in and out of there without any repercussions

As aited, there was another explosion and all the s on the left side of the house blew as flath of the walls Caave a little cry and moved forward, but I stopped her