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The hu as Raphael hi siear with lace-up boots There were teapons visible, and more concealed on his person

Juro started to step forward, no doubt intending to disarht This one was his, no else’s

Raphael frowned There was so draped around the man’s neck and shoulders, crisscrossed over his chest

He stared at it, then raised his gaze to the huht, vampire," the hued a silent signal with Duncan, and then he moved Faster than McWaters’s priuns and tossed them to one side, while Duncan hit the others with atheir weapons as they fell to their knees, one of thele step back and paused intentionally, s hi, bad vampire, and weaponless He recovered with ad out his chest, confident in the protection of his silver talise as he reached out, grabbed one of the silverthe hu it in place Flipping the hunk of silver in his fingers, he held it up in front of McWaters’s face

"Ssssst," he hissed and laughed when the one ith fear

Raphael grinned, revealing the full length of his fangs All around the clearing his vae of vicious satisfaction e from their Sire

"Garry McWaters, I assume," Raphael confirmed unnecessarily

McWaters just stared at him, clearly terrified And he had reason to be, because for hi

"Kneel," Raphael said calmly

McWaters started to shake his head, but Raphael slipped the coht into his brain "Now," he added

The hurunt of pain Raphael looked down and saw the silver glow of his own eyes bathing the an flipping the bit of silver ht hand

"You should know, hueted Myin your cowardly a of Cyn’s pain, of Marco and Preston’s terror, Raphael’s vision washed out in a haze of red for ahi But he wanted him to suffer first

Raphael’s vision cleared and he contented hi in satisfaction as a series of sharp pops radiated frorunted in shock at first and then screamed as every bone in his arm cracked in sequence, one at a time

Raphael leaned closer and whispered "What do you think, human? Am I weak? Am I huddled in a corner terrified by your brazen display of courage in sending a dozen le woman?"

McWaters only stared up at him, his eyes wide and unfocused with pain, tears lost in the sweat soaking his pale face

Not enough Not nearly enough

Raphael studied thea curiosity he didn’t feel "Would you like to beg for your life? It probably won’t help, but you never know, and I’"

Despite his fear, the human’s jaw clenched and he shook his head "Just don’t make me one of you," he rasped "I’d rather die"

Raphael reached down and grabbed the bighiled several inches above the ground

"That won’t be a problem"

Raphael crouched by what remained of Garry McWaters The hu poison into his system Raphael had especially wanted hiony he had inflicted upon Cyn Every bone in his body had been broken, as well, but the human was still alive, his spine still intact to ensure he felt every ounce of pain Raphael had made sure of it He’d also made sure to retrieve every bit of inforainst his vampires

"One last lesson before I send you to hell," Raphael said, pushing his coat back behind hiet it out of the way