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"Co She looked up at the bigwith color "I’ to learn about ered on the pretty Breede cleared his throat "We should getIt’s past sundo, and we have a lot of time ahead of us on the road"

As he spoke, the faint sound of a woman’s scream went up somewhere in the distance outside the sassi Scythe heard it too His dark head jerked to instant attention

Just as another shriek sounded--this one closer and belonging to a e’s blood iced over with dread "What the fuck?"

Scythe drew a phone out of his leather trench coat and brought so with fury

"Rogues," he said grie could see it On the screen was live video from several different cameras positioned in Matera’s city center The surveillance showed huues--he counted half a dozen in just the few seconds he watched--poured into the streets on the attack

"Oh, asped, her terror-filled eyes rooted to the small display

It wasn’t the first time in recent weeks that a city had been overrun by blood-addicted vaon, the narcotic that had turned scores of the Breed into Bloodlusting aniain in e cursed viciously

Soany time soon

He wasn’t about to risk Bella or anyone else’s life by heading out into the chaos running ra Matera’s innocent population be slaughtered by blood-addicted predators was more than he could stand

He met Scythe’s fathoot extra weapons soave hi out in other parts of the town More death coues weren’t stopped, it wouldn’t take long before their attack e turned to Bella He pulled one of his pistols from his weapons belt and placed it in her hand "You ever shoot one of these?"

"No" She shook her head vigorously, but the worry he felt spiking through her blood was there for hiround out fiercely, giving her a quick demonstration on how to take off the safety "You aim this at anyone who comes to the door that isn’t er from his belt and handed it to her "That blade is titaniuue in seconds flat"

He hoped to hell she never got close enough to one of the any chances

"Stay put, you hearher with his eyes and the hard, desperate pound of his heart "I’ll be back for you as soon as I can"

"Proainst him and kissed her--a brief, but impassioned confirmation that he wasn’t about to lose her when they were so close to finally having a future together

It wasn’t easy to release her