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"Holy halfies," Dawson murmured

No sooner than those words popped out of my brother’s mouth, a blue and red and white for across the road and sla into a pine The ancient tree rocked Needles fell to the earth as the blur dropped face-first onto the ground

Sadi

My wide eyes swung back to the limo as one small, delicate hand appeared on the asphalt, and then a slender ar the short sleeve of a black sweater

Kat pulled herself out of the busted opening where the door used to be Pushing to her feet, she brushed long hair out of her face Blood trickled froh, covered with red

I started toward her Tords stoppedin a deep breath as the white light, tinged in red, powered down both her ar rippled over the two of us Dee shouted as I slipped out ofoff a jacket Ga at thethose I cared for the hell out of here

I whipped around, unleashing the Source on the driver before he had a chance to go all special Luxen on our asses

Our kind wasn’t the easiest to kill We were like alien Energizer Bunnies We kept getting up and we kept co The blow had to be catastrophic to the systey Kat would approve of--taking off the head was one way A blow to the heart was another One blast of the Source wouldn’t always do it

The driver stu back to unleash his own little ball of happiness, and I hit hiht over the chest

Multiple hits froht flared over the driver, pulsing through the network of veins, and then all the light went out as the driver toppled over like a paper sack in the wind

Daas taking out a lot of pent-up aggression as he went after a Luxen in officer’s clothing Kat had turned back to the li the crumpled car back on its wheels

Dayum

The tall Luxen who hardly spoke rushed out of the car, and I started toward hiht, but drew up short as the long lengths of Kat’s hair lifted off her shoulders Static crackled into the air around her

A blast of the Source left her hand s hi another and another until he crashed back down on the hood A shimmery, incandescent pool of liquid rapidly forot all kinds of tingly seeing that go down

Kat whipped towardfrooddess of vengeance

If eren’t in the ht now

One side of her lips curled up You’re such a-- Behind you!