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"Get out of there!" he shouted at the woman as he raced up three cracked cement stairs toward her He could hear the heavy footsteps of Madoc and Logan pounding behind him

She didn’t turn to look at hie that she’d heard hi fear the Synestryn usually caused in humans She appeared to be completely calm, as if she waited for death closed in to within fifteen feet and showed no signs of slowing He was still too far away to help her He was going to see her die before he even had a chance to touch her and learn whether she was meant to be his, whether she could save hiath Her body rocked slightly against the force of the weapon and the deep booht She’d hit one of the de black blood across the warehouse Beneath the thick, oily drops, the wooden floor began to sizzle as the caustic blood ate away at it

If any of that blood had hit her, it would eat away her skin just as easily

Paul finally reached the woman He wanted to stop and touch her, but there was no tiht there, only feet away Whether or not she could save hiath doithout fear proved she was a rare gift and had to be protected at all costs

Paul shouldered her out of the way and charged through the doorway, sword poised and ready to strike She hit the wall a little harder than he’d intended and let out a pained grunt, but at least she was out of hare and its eyes lit with a sickly green fire of excite howl to the rest of its kind, likely alerting the the demons liked more than to feed on the flesh and blood of a Sentinel, and Paul and his co feast

It took Andra a couple of seconds to recover fro it had been her shoulder that had hit first instead of her head Otherwise, she’d have been out cold When this was over, she was going to have a long talk about ht now she had to get Sammy out of here

By the time Andra had shaken off the impact, two of the three men who’d shown up were already inside the warehouse She wasn’t sure who they were, or why they were here, but she wasn’t about to question her good fortune Or their swords

Thesluggishly, lapping up pools of its own blood with its long, forked tongue She knew froh of its blood back inside, the thing would stand up again, all patched up and good as new

Andra couldn’t help but shudder at the sight It was one that was going to stick with her for a lot of nights to coht away from the ular features He wielded a sword a little shorter than his arm, and from the muscular width of his shoulders and the ease hich he moved the weapon, it was obvious that he’d had plenty of practice with it Thank God he was apparently on her side

Theup unnaturally fast, but the man was ready for the attack He ducked below thethe sword in a powerful arc that sliced open its belly The ore that spilled fro landed with a wet, squishy sound and let out a roar of defiance as it tried to regain its footing The man moved in what appeared to be an alleaht When he came to a stop, the head of the monster lay ten feet away fro’s blood pooled on the wooden floor, burning it The sht back the urge to puke

"Hoe doing, Madoc?" asked thethreat

On the far side of the warehouse, Andra watched the second uy with blunt features and thick black hair--as he cut down another one of the o," he said as he prowled closer to the lasthad backed itself into a corner, and Andra was pretty sure that it wasn’t going toin," said a deep voice from behind her Too close

Andra juun at the third roup As she laid eyes on hi, unable to do anything else

He was beautiful Heart-stopping, seizure-inducing beautiful, with dark hair, bright silvery eyes and a cover-model face He was a little thin for her taste, but he ht then and there

He gave her a knowing san My friends and I have been looking for you"

Andra gave herself aat hiot htly in confusion and waved an elegant hand "We’ll talk later Right noe need to get inside before the rest of the Synestryn show up"

Just then, Andra looked over his shoulder into the surrounding darkness and saw the faint glowing green eyes of ht Inside"

Andra peered through the door into the warehouse and saw bothan didn’t look like he’d be ht as thin as he was In fact, he looked downright breakable, which revved up her protective instincts

Andra grabbed Logan and hauled hiest part of the door she’d wrecked and propped it across the open doorway Thank goodness she’d been hitting the weights lately or she never would have been able to lift the solid oak slab

"Start shoving these old pallets in the way to slow those things down," she ordered Logan "I’et Sa hole in the wood They had only a few seconds before those new monsters arrived, and with any luck, they could free Sammy and find a back door out of this place before the nasties broke through the barricade

She reached Sa off into space, which wasn’t a good sign His eyes ith shock and fear, and he cringed away from her as she approached Tears still overflowed his eyes, and were so abundant they wet the collar of his paja precious seconds, but she couldn’t stand the thought of adding to his fear She found a smile somewhere and forced herself to wear it "It’s okay, Sammy Your ently as she could, she reh the ropes that bound him It took only seconds, but by the ti a few feet away, guarding her back