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"As you wish," I sweetly said, and opted for speed and si blood across his arretted that I hadn’t eaten on the plane, because the sic it carried--was nearly intoxicating
Niall screamed, more with insult than pain, and launched toward me I used the katana’s spine to block a punch he ai, and I nearly hithith to push the katana back against hi to reverse our positions And when he decided to spin--and signaled the move--I used the sword as a brace, flipped over his arh tihto stop me I kicked twice, two fast jabs to his side that had hi back with an elbow, and I ducked quickly beneath it, swiping the katana horizontally and striping his abdomen with blood
He let loose a full-throated screaht scent of blood flashing in the air again Niall’s ar before I had ti with round five feet aith a thud, hard enough to shove the air froht to suck in air again
Sentinel There was fear in Ethan’s voice
I’lad I didn’t have to use precious breath for it Stay with Nessa
My breathing eased, but pain filled the void left by the receding panic My cheek sang with it, the throbbing strong enough to drown out every other sensation and feelingexcept for the glorious rush of hot fury I flipped back, bounced towith every heartbeat, and stared down Niall
He wanted a fight? Fine He’d have one, and this time, I wouldn’t pull my punches I pushed down the pain and kicked the katana into the air, snatched it on the descent I didn’t pause to let hi hiravel, stuain and sliced his upper ar the air
Three strikes, I thought, and you’re out
He stared at round with soft plinks And in his eyes, the energy and power of shifters, their edstreams Dense forests that smelled of dirt and resin Shifters were part of a world we couldn’t enter, would never understand, their connection to surf and sky as fundamental as the sunrise itself
And , was Niall’s unswerving belief that Nessa hadsiren broke the spell between us, a car approaching from the direction of the airport Niall wiped a hand across a cut on his are of honor, or a mark of victory
"Move out," Rowan said, and the McKenzies hauled ass to the truck parked near Ethan’s ride It was a white behemoth, with an extended cab and enormous tires
It was the first ti to my vampire sensibilities, it was also the first ti woer seat, one ar at us Her face was thin, her hair the same thick, multihued blond Shifters were a relatively patriarchal bunch, so it wasn’t unusual that thewhile she watched frory and fierce as the others’
"Cor my attention back to one of the shifters who reun from the back of his jeans