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"Damn them," she breathed "Where are your weapons?"
"You un propped next to the door, the six other shotguns and pistols on the wall, and the crossbow in the corner stand?"
She gave him a dry look "Yes, besides those"
"I have a chest full of various blades in my bedroom, and in the metal chest downstairs, I have dynite"
"Seriously?" she asked, and when he grinned, she returned his s he hadn’t done in a long time But damn, how many females actually lit up like lanterns when you o downstairs and keep quiet I’ll see if I can get them out of here"
"I don’t think so"
"Do it," he barked "The baseht suspect you’re here, but even if they come in, which they won’t, they wouldn’t be able to find you"
"Luc, I don’t think that’s a good idea" She eyed the weapons near the door "I nant, but I’nant" Hulass, but even before he’d been turned, he’d known they were tougher than that--he’d seen hisjust as hard on the farht up until she went into labor And warguntil the day they gave birth
"Then what?" Suddenly she stiffened, and a low, lethal growl rumbled in her chest "Kar? What is it?"
"Werewolves" Her eyes flashed, and her lips peeled back fros I feel them A lot of them" A block of ice dropped into the pit of Luc’s stomach "Exters" And then he felt it… a wave of violence crashing into hi up out of hell His blood thundered in his veins, his skin grew tight, and his joints stretched to the point of pain
"Luc," Kar gasped, and he spun to her She doubled over, clutching her stomach "I feel… a shift It’s like I need to… kill" When too ht, everyone shifted, no matter the time of month, the ti with her venomous bite "Get below!" His voice was distorted, mostly snarl, but she understood and crawled down to the base, claw-tipped hands, he sla, he threw open the door even as his body clenched, on the verge of contorting into his beast for with uishable fros by their varied sizes and colors of fur, and on the other side, pricolici, e the others
"What the hell!" Luc swung his head in the direction of the shout Six humans--Guardians, if their wealth of weapons was any indication--stood near the river, in the middle of as about to be tooth-and-claw hell
Luc stepped outside just as the targ sidescrossbow bolts into the fray But one wheeled toward Luc, pistol trained
Luc’s only thought as the bullet tore through his chest was that for years he didn’t care if he lived or died Now he cared, but it round, blinding sunlight in the sky, and the clean, crisp crack of gunshots on the wind
Con plowed through the shin-deep snow at a near run, with Wraith on his heels Sin, E, Lore, and Shade were close behind Tayla had gone to UG to round up ot closer, the unmistakable sounds of battle vibrated the air Screauided them Luc’s cabin was maybe fifty yards ahead when Con’s asped and tripped over his own feet as he stuainst hi? Con?"
He couldn’t answer His throat had closed up so that the only sound he couldhe could do to stop it He could only lessen the dae, and as quickly as he could, he stripped out of his shirt and pants
"What’s going on?" Sin’s voice see battle He’s shifting He’ll be fine We have to go--" The sound of gunfire cut him off, and then wood sprayed in shards next to Sin’s head "Shit! Slayers" Slayers who had tried to kill Sin
They tried to kill ht was insane That it wasn’t true That it could never be true Sorabbed Con, squeezed rational thought out of his brain, and before he’d even fully shifted, he launched hied in battle with dozens of wargs The scene was chaos--wargs fighting each other and slayers in snow that had turned to pink, bloody slush