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"And I told you," I began, slowly pulling the pole out of my chest, "that I’d kill you" With the pole finally out of ether Eloise blanched "And I will"

Chapter Seventeen

(Sam)

How could I not relish the utter shock on Eloise’s face just then? I slung the huge pole aside "Go help the squad, Jared This bitch ishis head sadly "You really should have known better" He then smiled at me I could sense his amusement "Have fun, baby"

Oh I bloody would This waste of skin and fangs had had this co she arrived Jared kissed one…and I was so, so happy because I could finally do what I’d been fantasising about doing for weeks "Just think If you had a better aiht about now" Using the energy clinging to ly at Eloise

She jerked back, gulping "You’re going to attack soed "But that’s not fair!"

"Fair? You want to talk about fair?" I lashed the whip at her legs, slicing the skin "It wasn’t fair when you tried to kill me – particularly since you slyly attackedto make my life hell It wasn’t fair when you repeatedly flirted with Jared, my mate And it really, really, really wasn’t fair when you betrayed the entire Hollow and almost caused the death of everyone in it"

I slashed the whip along her chest,her cry out "Look at the destruction around you, Eloise If you hadn’t betrayed us by telling Covington where the tunnels were, he couldn’t have invaded the place like this And all these people wouldn’t be dead So a to enjoy it" I lashed the whip again, curling it around her body and pinning her arlint was absent now "You weren’t fair to us, so tell me why I should be fair to you?"

To my total shock and horror, the whip suddenly split – yes, split – and Eloise dropped to the ground When the portion of the whip that rapped around her body faded away, she quickly scrambled to her feet That hen I saw Dana in y axe I was betting that she had been ai for me, not the whip

"I as shit "The whip, I mean I’ve never been able to conjure one of those This isonce h the sound was shaky

"Two against one?" How typical of thee of the fact that I was on my own "Fine, if that’s how you want it Novo" A red Dexter hissed as he left his tattoo for Eloise and Dana stiffened "I figure this evens out the playing field a little" I gently coaxed hiround He stayed there with most of his body raised fro her gulp Oh she knew just how badly he wanted to take a bite out of her He’d had her in his sights for a while

I spoke to Eloise "So, basically, this is ill happen: if you try to attack me while I deal with dear little Dana here, Dexter will deal with you If you try to run, he’ll be on you before you can even retreat one step That’s why snakes of this breed are called ‘Strikers’ So be a good girl and wait there nicely, and then you’ll have your turn"