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"Nope" I sprinted as the ht of the newcomer He turned as the kid skidded to a stop The bat lifted

"Nope," I said again, and launched through the air

My shoulder hit the center of Bat Guy’s back We crashed to the ground He writhed under

"Get that kid out of here!" I screa not to show extreme violence in front of the kid "Get hi into action as another female frantically came around the corner Bat Guy tried to bite s, idiot Your teeth won’t doto do it all subtle-like as the ladies dragged the stunned kid away I did it again

The rowled, a demonic sound

"Are you actually possessed, or how does this work?" Iloose with the punches I landed one on his head, then a second, slowing hie, I yanked him over and shifted him onto his stomach

He still writhed, but more weakly

"The foundation of you is still human, at least," I said, out of breath I pinned his arms behind his back and sat on hi to hurt when you coet me off Clearly he didn’t believe me

"Get so the uy just would not settle down "C’ain"

Twentythe employees like cats to calm everyone down, I finally walked out of the store The sound of sirens crowded the air, reinforceone down Night had fallen, punctuated by a lanced around for any other signs of violence When I didn’t see anything nealked to a corner so I could see the street signs After sending Darius the info, I kept going, wanting to see if anything drifted my way I had to assu tabs on me You don’t just lure someone to a location and then let the up with another plan to attack Or at least annoy, since the last attack had been paltry, at best

Deep shadow fell over low of streetlights The rustling of fabric caught ainst the ce forentirely too fast, zoomed at me My hand closed around, but not fast and strong enough Boy, had they picked on the wrong girl

I twisted, jerking an argered, clutching atthe fish hook That was a nasty one

He thought so, too

He howled and clutched at his face, still keeping pace but flinching away fros around, throwing the other varasp but didn’t drop away Oh no They had gotten theretted it

Sword forgotten for norapped an ar round, forcing her to bend over backward She struggled to stay upright, clutching at uy vaot his wits about hiether I kicked out, clipping his chin withat his face

The girl vamp writhed, but I had a swift punch with her na her nose "Who sent you?" I deain

"I did"

That voice I knew that uy va out of the way, before turning

My stomach curdled

Vlad, elder of elders, stood five feet aith a pleasant smile on his face

Chapter Twenty-Six