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Stellan stopped and whirled around

I couldn’t see up the dark staircase fro, but I didn’t need vision to knoho had spoken

Stellan chuckled

"Or what? You’ll talk to the witch?"

Heavy footsteps approached us down the steps They didn’t stop until they’d reached us I caught a glimpse of Caleb’s black leather boots

"Put her down"

"Go to hell," Stellan spat, and started walking down the staircase

Caleb walked around Stellan and stood on the steps beneath us His eyes were fixed on Stellan, his face expressionless

"I won’t say it again," he said quietly

Stellan lowered roaned as my bodyin front ofme from Caleb

"Why do you want her so much that you’d defy orders, huh?"

Caleb attempted to walk past Stellan toward me but Stellan reached out and shoved him back

"You’ve already had her, haven’t you? Now you just don’t want to share"

Caleb reached out and gripped Stellan’s throat, pinning hiainst the wall

Stellan swiped his claws out and tore against Caleb’s chest, dangerously close to his heart That started a full-on battle between the two men

I scrambled further up the staircase, out of the way of the two of them as I looked on in horror

After barely two minutes, both had ripped the skin on their faces and chests to shreds, and although their bodies healed within seconds, the wounds could barely heal fast enough before they were ripped open afresh

With one strong thrust, CalebStellan went crashing down to the botto his neck while holding his chest doith both knees, snapped it A loud crack echoed off the walls as Stellan became limp, his eyes vacant

I knew that he was not dead Disjointing a vampire’s neck just paralyzed the heavily, his eyes blazing into mine

"Go back to your room and wait for me" When I hesitated he hissed, "Now!"

I rushed back up the stairs, lockingor what his plan was Stellan had spoken of the witch’s orders What orders?