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Suck it in, Sa He knew that hearing hiy to slither over etting hurt More wisps of energy clung to er and thicker now – and I took the was different…The y withinat ed animal that wanted to be freed…almost as if it was as pissed off as I was

Antonio winced, and I realised that Covington’s knife had nicked hirowled "I will kill you for this, Covington! You’re already dead!"

Dana conjured a srunt in pain She laughed, delighted Oh I was definitely going tolittle bitch suffered before I killed her!

An all-consuer that intensified when Eloise once again kicked ht of her evil smirk, and the scent of both Jared’s and Antonio’s blood in the air was sie filledthroughrooton spoke "Now it’s tiasp flew out ofundersensation Then a cold draft suddenly shot through the room…just like last time I almost smiled as a fa and swirling About fking ti so fast that she fell on her arse Faster and faster the wind of energy swirled, and then bang The energy see down in its path and sending it zoo away Soton, Eloise, Dana, and – shit – Antonio went crashing through the s

Ju to my feet, I dashed over to the balcony with Jared atto their feet, confused Antonio looked at his vaton’s men and yelled, "Attack!"

Once again, all hell broke loose

Chapter Sixteen

(Saton’s varound hard I suspected that was thanks to Harvey’s gift Animals burst onto the scene out of absolutely nowhere – a jaguar, spider monkeys, apes, and tropical birds No doubt Alora had summoned them They leaped into the fray without hesitation, which was a really good thing because et to Antonio Tohis own

I turned to Sebastian and Luther, ere covered in pink jelly since their bubble had burst after it crashed into the wall "You need to get down to Antonio He’s their nuet" Sebastian opened his mouth – no doubt to reprimand me for the risk I had been prepared to take – but then shook his head Yes, there would be time to talk later He took Luther’s arm and teleported them both out of there

"Get back here, you bastard!" a fee and Iton’s other va themselves off the floor, but Jared took each of theled his hand in er yet also relief "We’ll talk about the fact that you risked yourself again later Right noe fight"

I couldn’t have agreedas he teleported us outside The bottos The once beautiful community was such afield But I didn’t have time to mourn that Not now

Instead, I held out ift until it was at full strength and I was spilling hybrid energy oncethe faether," insisted Jared

A quick glance at Antonio showedclose to hi Sebastian and Luther protect him But I wasn’t sure he needed their help Antonio was de an old va that cauards had some kind of liquid shield in place that weirdly absorbed every bullet and weapon aimed at theht out ether near a restaurant at the other side of The Hollow, taking cover behind as left of the building…al it I had to wonder if that meant there were people inside the restaurant who needed protecting

A whizzing sound in the air was the only warning I got Jared and I both ducked If I hadn’t had Pagori speed, I wouldn’t have e boulder in front of us More bullets came our way, but they simply became embedded in the solidback swiftly enough to avoid another bullet "The bastard’s lying on his stomach on the sand"

His exact location was all I needed to act Rey ball, I swiftly peeked around the left of the boulder and slung it at the sniper His ashes joined the rest of those that were scattered around the sand

"Good shot, baby," praised Jared "Keep e nued in co people off while they were distracted during the battle Most of them were on the rooftops while others were on the sand or stooping behind heaps of rubble "We need theone"

He nodded "Then we’ll teleport to the squad" They were our responsibility and it was up to us to lead them But for noe had to trust that they could do what they had been trained to do without us

We proceeded to use the boulder as cover as we attacked as eted they beams, and used my whip to snatch snipers fro better than to re, weleft and going past the mansion, and then past the Guest House I felt sick each time I came near a dead huuards who had the ability to teleport were appearing to take the injured to safety