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Jared first ori for combat "Your aim is to outmatch your opponent, not to kill or cause any har"

Contrary to y, vampires can be killed in lots of ways A stab to the heart would do the trick purely because we need it beating just as much as we did as a human We can also be bled out if our injuries are too extensive which leads to death Being starved of blood for o In addition, a lot of vaifts and these will just as effectively kill us as they would a huood They stayed clear of each other, as instructed Their poere ih the Keja was a conjurer and was ori could secrete s the Keja froori seized a weapon on a bad throw and used it against the conjurer Combat done and dusted

Jared then paired up the other Keja with another of the Pagoris The Keja was exhaling tiny thorns which I guessed were poisonous to soree however seen as his opponent had the power to deflect or negate anything thrown at him with just the wave of his hand, the thorns siot to see what effect exactly the thorns could have Jared eventually stopped the duel seen as they were both as good as the other

The last two Pagoris were next – one being the annoying but cute slap-head He winked atto the Northern point of the building And God his gift was extraordinary, whichwas over in seconds He had the power to cause temporary sensory paralysis, which meant his opponent was rendered blind, deaf andhis superhuman breath blindly – literally

I was next And I lacked an opponent

Jared sighed and glared at me with narrowed eyes I half expected him to say ‘I’m afraid there’s no one to duel with you, you’ll have to run along houess I’ll have to be your duelling partner," he sighed

Chapter Two

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He arched his brow and gavewith nerves or fear, I just couldn’t believe my luck Even if it turned out that the bloke had the ift in the history of the universe and beat et one shot in

He positioned himself at the Northern point while I took the Southern Still he was iddiness for nervousness "I already told you there’re no points for being a pretty girl You really should’ve run along hoive you one more chance to leave with your pride still intact"

"And while I appreciate the warning, I’nore it"

"Fine then We duel until one of us is floored"

"Sounds like fun"

"Well if you really h he istered his left hand rise and his fingers twitch and admired as beautiful blue sparks of electricity came predatorily toward me But I didn’t ression that I was suddenly zoo backwards and landed aardly onfire spreading through my veins It took a lot for me not to cry out

Seconds later I bounced to htly unsteady Jared was laughing like a giddy kid in a fairground

"Thanks for that," I said