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I froze when I saw that Evan, Alora, Paige, and Imani were in thetheir hardest to break through some sort of protective circle There was a sier I had to wonder if the ser one was protecting Covington In any case, I didn’t like the sight of the four of thes "We need to help theley"

He followed aze and stiffened But then he shook his head "This is their fight, baby It’s personal for theley killed Bran, who Alora adored and who Evan auto her all this tie and he tried to use Iton dead and you want the Feeder and Eloise dead Besides, all the anie is pretty ruthless"

It was true; her gift ht then that it was indeed a weapon – she stole people’s injuries and attacked others with theiven back onto whoever had harmed her The animals were also quite merciless in their efforts to protect And that would have to be enough, because Jared was right – this was personal for the after the Feeder or Eloise or Covington I’d be wasting ley, and I’d probably also endanger theet to the squad

So Jared and I continued targeting the armed vampires Our coe nu had noticed us and been s aebehind So our skin

"Shit," muttered Jared Just because we healed quickly didn’t nalled forbehind us, which was the Residence Hall used by the hu cover just inside the doore narrowlyto come in here after us," I pointed out "We should" That hen I heard panicked cries co here"

Jared cursed softly "Then we need to lead these bastards away fro out of here won’t help We need to make them follow us, need to leave a scent for theet to the nearest balcony" Hunkering loe stayed close to the wall Bullets shattered the glass of the ground floor s as iftly made our way to the staircase and dashed to the first floor at vaed into one of the bedrooms and y balls; one destroyed the glass doors that led to the balcony, and the other energy ball s Residence Hall

Aware that our pursuers would be in the building by noe didn’t even slightly hesitate as we leaped to the balcony opposite us and rolled to the side to take cover behind the wall "Wait here," said Jared "Let them follow"

Seconds later, two armed vampires landed on the balcony and darted into the bedroo; before they sensed ere there, Jared attacked the first one with a high-voltage electricity bolt, and I buried a thery beam in the chest of the second pursuer Two more came, but I popped up my shield while Jared took the, Jared teleported us out of the building We appeared beside Chico behind as left of the restaurant

He jerked in surprise at our sudden arrival and put a hand to his chest "You scared twenty years offyou’re i his attention to the battle ahead, using his gift to keep as many of the attackers at bay as he could I noticed that although the squad, Ava, Cristiano, and Jude had created one long line, the squad had stayed close to those I liked to pair the I tensed "Where are Da," replied Stuart

"Why are they inside?"

"Well, because half of Dah he’s okay – albeit dazed – he won’t be healing any time soon And Reuben’s in soreat help right now, but I doubted I’d get her away fro I couldn’t really bla to hi down Dana and Eloise soon, and I certainly intended to ensure that Covington died tonight If ere going down, he was coton’s va at us from all directions Some repeatedly took cover behind rubble while others were just boldly charging at the cruet in here?" I asked, throwing energy balls and bea people here" A sly smile curved his ested that wethe building; that way it would not onlyat us, but it would also draw them away from the bunker underneath the Command Centre, which seems to be the only one that wasn’t infiltrated There are a lot of people hiding in there Fletcher, Nor them"

That truly was an excellent idea from Harvey But…"Are they totally alone?"

"No Two froion have stayed in the bunker with thee web suddenly shot toward us and engulfed Max Oh, fk But before the Keja had the chance to use the web to drag Max to hi through it Free, Max coughed as he jumped to his feet

Before any of us could act, another web came and this time enveloped Stuart But the Keja responsible had picked the wrong vampire, because Stuart simply exploded into particles and easily escaped Before the vampire had the chance to create another web, Jared took him out