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They truly were la blindly olves Or shifters

"Duncan, fk!" The shifter still holding the wolared at Az "You just asked for death"

Az didn’t stop his s this tiainst the nearby wall, and Az heard the sickening thud as her head hit the bricks Then the leader and his backup dog both charged at Az Az thought about playing with et his hands dirty this ti so fast he knew the shifters wouldn’t even be able to see the movements of his hands and body, and in seconds, they were on the ground, bleeding and broken

He dusted off his hands Hotten blood on his knuckles Perhaps he was getting better at this business of physical fighting

When he was sure they weren’t about to rise, he stepped over their prone bodies and stalked toward the woman

He hadn’t just watched this tie sank into him as he approached her An innocent hadn’t died while he looked on Az reached for her A faint line of blood trickled froentleness, he wiped the blood away and gazed down at her

Humans were too weak They could be broken and killed far too easily He knew He’d killed thousands of them in his time

He lifted her into his arainst his shoulder The scent of strawberries was stronger, and a strange ache burned in his chest even as a rough tightness filled his body

Her lashes cast dark shadows on her cheeks, and the flickering glow of a streetlight fell through the alley and hit the black curtain of her hair

Holding her carefully, he turned toward the alley’s entrance Police sirens screa dawn, he could still hear the drunken laughter that floated on the breeze

During Mardi Gras, no one ever slept in this city

"D-dumbbastard" It was the shifter who’d held the woround and tried to rise Failed Since Az had broken both of his legs, the guy would need to shift in order to heal Az figured he had a few th to shift

Before any of theone by then Tightening his arms around her, he stepped over the broken bodies once rowled curses that filled the air