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Within sixty seconds, she stood breathing hard in theup Jonny's va than she could recall any other vah the clothing of the vamps and then stepped into the hallway to swipe the phone she'd knocked free Of the three phones, all were burners She frowned, disappointed Brandon could only get a little bit of useful inforh he had cracked some code if he knehere all the va roo in the corners The rooms were dark, and she paused briefly in each to let her sense read as present

No more vamps No trapped humans

Ashley exited the second into the hallway and froze

"I warned you" Jonny's voice was soft He stood at the end of the hallway near the kitchen, dressed all in black He seemed to take up the space of the hallith his broad shoulders and lean foraze on her

Xander's words of warning swept through herout one of the s of the unoccupied bedroo dark eyes starting to glow red, Jonny was positively h her, but she did understand the reason behind her fear

Jonny was dangerous She'd ignored - or perhaps overlooked? - the charged energy radiating off him at the beach She sensed the subtle flow of raer better on their secondva to happen, she felt so appearance lessen She was faster than he was, so long as he didn't touch her, and Xander wasn't going to let her worst fears happen

"I was just leaving," she replied "My work is done" She moved into the nearest bedroom with calmness she didn't feel then bolted towards the

Jonny reappeared between her and the , and she slammed to a stop so fast, she fell backwards Ashley rolled and vaulted onto her feet, expecting him to attack

He didn't He si into the hallway, she drew her knife and kept it hidden behind her thigh She whirled and tried the other roo him to block her path He appeared Rather than stop, she acted Adrenaline surged within her along with the rage she'd experienced for four years She s it into his heart Warm blood splashed her face and ran over her hand and down her arm