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Cedric didn’t is will hunt you to the ends of the earth
We can protect you
You know I’ht"
He was, but once he was free, Kaden would kill Cedric, which would draw the wrath of Cedric’s entire clan
It was a trade-off Kaden illing to live with
He’d survive as long as he could, inflicting daer fight
Until either Cedric’s clan or The Aegis took hiaze back around to the bastard, nailing hiis won’t hunt me specifically
They’ll assuhed
"We allowed one of the captured slayers to witness you killing the girl
Then we released hiis issues an order of execution with your name on it"
Fuck
Kaden’s death would be a priority by sunrise
"You son of a bitch"
Through the narro, Kaden saw the light of victory in Cedric’s pale eyes
"So
Are you willing to ith us?
I’ve tenderized a few slayers, and now they’re just waiting to be eaten"
That shouldn’t have made Kaden’s mouth water, and the fact that it did pissed him off even er"
The crisp clang of the sliding lock vibrated the air in a concussion wave
Kaden tensed up so hard he was nearly shaking with the desire to leap through the doorway and tear the other vampire apart
Stay calm, stay calm He kept himself in check as the door creaked open
Wisely, Cedric stood back, well away frolancing at Andrea
His combat boots, socks, and shirt lay in a pile where they’d been left after the vamps had stripped him to prepare for his torture, and Kaden went to them without peraunt face, as Kaden tugged on the long-sleeved turtleneck and boots
His weapons had been taken away at some point, but his captors had ly called the "demon-biter," that Kaden had hidden in his boot
The weapon was treated with holy water, which lost most of its effectiveness once dried, but the black stone reacted with the residue, leaving behind a caustic bite when activated by the blood of an evil entity
Covertly pal around to Cedric
"Where are the huestured to one of the tunnel entrances
"That way"
Again, the guy wasn’t stupid, and he waited until Kadeninto step behind hione twenty feet when Cedric plowed into Kaden, struck from behind by Andrea
Kaden crunched into the wall, the i dust and stone down around him
Cedric wheeled around, Andrea’s stake ied at Andrea
Kaden’s heart no longer beat, but it lurched with terror as Cedric’s fingers closed around her throat
No!
Teeks of torture and five years of self-loathing fueled Kaden’s strength, and he attacked, a ind of unrestrained vengeance
A veil of red sliced down over his vision as he caught the other vampire with an arm looped around his neck
In a smooth sweep, Kaden slashed Cedric’s throat with the de the hiss of the holy water as it reacted with the vampire’s blood
Andrea, in a coordinated reat team they ed it into his chest
A godawful squeal rose from Cedric’s body
The air around them heated and shimmered, and then the vampire flamed to ash
While the dust still swirled, Kaden swept Andrea into his arainst his chest
"We’re not done yet"
He s the way her muscles rippled under his palm
He wished they were anywhere but here so he could spend ti her the way he wanted to
The way she deserved
"We’ve got to save the Guardians"
She nodded and pulled back, leaving hiathered eapons they could froeon and headed down the tunnel Cedric had indicated
It was dark, the walls seeping h stone, but his vampire vision allowed him to see as well as if it had been noon on a clear day
He ht not like the fact that he was a vampire, but he had to adrade
Sounds drifted frohter
So flesh
Kaden crept into the shadows at the entrance to a large chamber
Inside, two va in the ed
Every once in a while, a vampire would kick or punch one of them, and while Kaden watched, the fe down one of the Guardian’s cheeks
Kaden signaled to Andrea, and on the finger count of three, they went in
He took down the uy knehat had hit him
Even as his vampire flamed, Andrea’s joined the fireworks show
"That wasn’t so bad