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He was stronger than I’d esti hi in his claws, he brought his knee up and kicked against ainst the floor

As I aimed for his heart, someone approached behind me I whirled around to find myself face to face with a tall ebony-skinned vaainst the dark vaht into his chest, reainst the floor

When I turned back to Caleb, he was gone I growled in frustration and I cast h vaht of hi as soon as Caleb reached for Gavin’s neck In one sharp movement, he disjointed Gavin’s neck and Gavin fell to the floor, paralyzed

"No!" I leapt in front of Gavin before Caleb could harain, but Xavier gripped hi hiht sight of her standing over the body of a feht hand coated with blood, holding within it a still-beating heart

"Sofia!" I yelled She dashed towardon the floor "Return Gavin to the submarine"

She wrapped Gavin’s arht, and hurried out of the room with hi their backs in case soe of Gavin’s vulnerable state It would take Gavin several hours to recover and he wouldn’t survive if he reain for Caleb He was still battling Xavier I raced back over to the him back

"This one’s rowled

Xavier raced away to find another co in front ofon his brow, and his claere tipped with Xavier’s blood His deep brown eyes settled on h his expression was still hard to read--he seemed to keep a poker face at all tiain

"You had us fooled," I said, rant you that much I didn’t expect you to be such a lowlife What did it feel like playing on nant woman? It must have ht, though I kneords had stung him froain, and we both landed against the bottoainst the edge of a ain, I extended h his chest

I exhaled sharply I could barely believe my own eyes

No matter how much pressure I applied, my fist wouldn’t sink further than the surface of his skin--even as

Caleb looked as surprised as I

Then a cool feood of you all to stop by again"

I looked up to see a tall dark-haired witch with cold grey eyes loo over us She reached down and touched s disappeared and all turned to black