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Her instincts were buzzing rather than tingling, and she frowned "Hector, so's off here" The hair on her arhtened awareness of so she couldn't quite pinpoint
"I feel it," Hector voiced quietly
"It's not people Vamps Whatever Is this what a ward feels like?" she asked, puzzled She'd never felt Jonny's or Xander's, simply known they were present
"No" Hector sounded as puzzled as she felt "I don't knohat this is"
"Well, let's go be bait and find out" Ashley started into the bay area Her senses read the area as clear of obstacles, though it was hard to know for certain with the bizarre energy field around them
"Wait" Hector rested a hand on her aro any further"
"Charles needs his distraction I can't do that from outside," she pointed out and shook hi
Ashley glanced over her shoulder and then turned co red eyes weren't there
Hector was gone Not moved or retreated to outside the warehouse Completely vanished
She went still and held her breath, searching the darkness with her senses for any sign of hi was present but the strange energy field agitating her instincts
Ashley faced the direction she planned to walk and stepped forward silently, ready to attack the ressed twenty steps before pausing onceshe could get a real read on - but so was there "Where are you?" she whispered
The strange stillness shifted around her
"You can sense h to make her jump
She whirled "Yep Come a little closer"
"What fun would there be in that?"
She understood vamps often had Natural talents like she did Was that what this was? A really freaky Natural skill? Perhaps a ift of some sort? The idea there was someone present - and it wasn't any more of a monster than a vamp already was - made the darkness a little less scary
"Co "I can take you"
So smashed into her Ashley's reflexes kept her on her feet - and ed to help her score a hit with one blade
"I could've killed you," came the voice
"Yeah Ditto What kind of shitty plan is this?" she taunted "Keep me busy so the other vamps have a chance to escape before I can take them all out?"