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Ashley finished pulling her body onto the beam and launched to her feet, coround on a narrow beaility toHector

"Hey, Hector You alive?" she called, unable to help her concern for the vamp who had beco et hi she wanted to do was going to take too long, especially with the va for them below and the ambush she didn't know if they'd be able to prevent

She returned to her rope and sawed it free fro to Hector's She tied one end of her rope around the beahtly and then the other end two feet down fro, she tested it before sawing through his rope

Hector dropped about ten feet closer to the ground with the extension of her rope Ashley shi the noose around his neck Ashley sawed through the rope supporting both of theround Ashley hit hard on one ankle and rolled to reduce the impact She withdrew one knife as she hopped back to her feet and tested the ankle It was sore already, a sign she'd be slower than she preferred for a bit

Hector began coughing and gasping Ashley drew near hi while Hector was down and she was recovering

"Hey, Hector Get up!" she ordered hiotta warn Charles"

"You … should've left … me," he replied and crawled to his knees

"Yeah, probably," she agreed "C' vamp a split second before he s blow He hit her full on and drove her onto her back Ashley wriggled and lashed out with one elbow, s him in the nose

"Hector! Go warn Charles!" she shouted and then flipped her hips to shove the vamp off her

Hector stuh which they'd entered

Her attacker didn't give her tied hiot, you idiot?" she shouted

Suddenly, the overhead lights of the factory flipped on, blinding her Her instincts alerted her before the sunspots cleared enough for her to see