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"We’ll drink her dry," Lorenzo said, and it wasn’tanymore; his words soundedto stop h the freezer door est section, which was still connected to the metal frame--that made a sort of ax, if he could pry it loose--
"Balthazar!" Skye ca of bells, and how could she be so stupid as to run back into a fight between two vampires?
Then he saw the three other vampires just behind her Tere unknown to hi, vicious, the usual--but the tallest of thely fa histoward Skye The first of the other vah the door just in tilass for a swift beheading Skye screah that it fell like a dead body to the floor--but the bigger probleed froainst the floor No more ax
As the other va, Skye pulled Balthazar backward; alh the door that led to the gas station attendant’s booth She slammed it shut and locked the door--a pitiful knob-only lock that wouldn’t hold for long, but it was better than nothing They were pinned together in a space hardly big enough for one person to stand in, much less two He could feel the fast rise and fall of Skye’s frightened breathing against his chest
One of the va too late that it was bulletproof Balthazar put one hand against the far wall and tried to think of what to do; the building was so old, so run-down, that the wall felt al in, too
The tallest vampire stepped closer, and for a , he whispered, "Constantia"
"Hello, darling Long tiant s long and straight as ever, and he had soet how tall she was--at least a couple inches taller than hiray coat she wore, Constantia was a striking figure: like a statue of sooddess, beautiful beyond belief but hard as stone "You ran far and fast last ti ant"
"Are we trapped?" Skye whispered "I trapped us, didn’t I?"
"You bought us tio memories of the 1950s came back to him--he’d worked at a service station in Montana for a while, fixing up cars as This station had used the old-fashioned pumps; the switches were still on the wall Because they were manual, not coas fu in the tanks all these years later? They ht have to find out He snapped the switches to on with one swipe of his hand
Constantia slammed her foot into the door; the old wood bowed and splintered immediately Two more kicks and she’d be in
Balthazar said, "Cover your face I’h the external wall"
"With what?" Skye looked around, and he couldn’t resist a smile
"With me"
No cinder blocks, please no cinder blocks--
With all his vath, he threw himself at the rotten, drafty section of the wall, which thank God was not reinforced with cinder blocks, and broke through It hurt like hell, but Balthazar was able to sturabbing his ar," she said as he dragged her toward the front of the station and, behind theain
"I know Co and silvery, with the weight and gleam of expense A Bentley, maybe Balthazar knew many vampires with a taste for luxury like that, but he also knehich of therave stood up His dark gold hair was slicked back, almost the same color as his perfectly tanned skin The camel-colored coat he as tailored perfectly to his lean, angular forolden watch shone on one wrist As he saw Balthazar, his hazel eyes glinted, avaricious and cruel, much as they’d been the first day they ever met--one of the last days Balthazar would ever be alive--
Skye pulled them ahead faster; at least one of therabbed his old lighter from his pocket, snapped it into flame, and dropped it into the pile of papers and debris in front of the old station just before pulling loose one of the pu?" Skye cried "We have to ain and ran alh he knew it had to alot to the very edge of the road before the pumps blew
The explosion sla them both off their feet and into the snowy drifts at the side of the road Balthazar saw the wall of flahtly and felt a deep, irresistible terror well inside his that ever could destroy him completely--