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Oh, hell She raced to the left and followed hiht He couldn’t defeat Brandt, not when the guy had the strength of an angel on his side

The graves whipped by her Or rather, she whipped by them Thick and white, the tombs seeround, silent offerings to the spirits, proone voodoo queen

"You son of a bitch!"

Jade rushed toward that yell A turn to the left To the right The graveyard was a twisted ainst a torowled at hiet to hurt anyone else"

But Brandt just laughed And he drove his claws into Tanner’s stomach "You never could stop me"

"Tanner!" The horrified cry burst froed and he sliced his own claws right across Brandt’s throat Brandt’s blood flew out, soaking him, and Brandt didn’t even have a chance to screaaze turned to her His eyes widened He smiled

Tanner yanked away from him, and Brandt’s claws slid from his chest with a wet slosh of sound

Brandt fell face-first onto the ground

Jade stared down at him, stunned, as her breath heaved out

Slowly, Tanner turned toward her "I d-didi-it" His shirt was soaked with blood His skin ashen His whole body was shaking

Jade rushed to hirabbed Tanner as his knees buckled and eased hiround "You have to shift," she told hiaze flew over his wounds They were bad Brandt had ripped right through his out of him "Shift now" Jade forced steel into her order

His lips were paler than the moon A ripple shook his body and fur burst out on his arms, only to vanish a moment later

She realized that Tanner wasn’t strong enough to shift And if he wasn’t strong enough, he’d die in her arnored the scent of flowers The scent was deepening around her The scentit wasn’t fro

Tanner’s claws retracted

"You don’t get to die like this!" She snapped and slaet to--"

Hands grabbed her fro hands Hands that knew too well how to hurt