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"You," she whispered again Their eyes ers traced his lip

It was a dream But not a dreaht Malachi in the face as he turned the corner His cheek sliced open, and he saw stars as the Grigori swung again Malachi ducked and decided he was tired of running The Grigori danced in front of him, his clothes still ruht His hair hung over his eyes and a deep cut was already healing on his unearthly face He had the thin, ethereal beauty of so els the humans depicted in art Delicate, almost boyish

Malachi was not fooled

The soldier danced in front of hirit Malachi felt like a slow brute with his heavy fists and thick et the jab in that he had, even nohen Malachi wasn’t at full strength

They said nothing, both taking the lance flicked over Malachi’s shoulder, then he feinted right Malachi caught the look and slammed into the ht have been faster, but brute strength still hen it found its target

Sla the soldier into the cobblestone street, Malachi tried to flip him to his belly so he could pierce his spine, but the man proved as stubborn as he was fast

"No," he hissed, finally starting to panic "Not like this!"

Malachi could not turn hier with one hand and straddle thelittle bastard

"Why don’t you just cooperate and die like a goodthe rinned as an idea came to him "Maybe you’re too ht knee, letting thestill lay over the Grigori’s waist With a quick twist, Malachi slammed his opponent’s face into his braced knee and felt the nose crunch The back of the Grigori’s neck suddenly bared, Malachi brought the silver blade hoasp as the soldier began to dissolve

For a moment, Malachi saw her face Felt the cold water at his waist He was in the cistern again, and he heard Ava’s screaori

He sat in the dirt of the alley and stretched his back He could feel the deep gash over his kidneysspell again, letting his fingers linger over the newto him in his dream

She did this

Malachi pushed his sleeve dohen he heard Leo and Phillip co his knee a bit where the Grigori’s nose had left a spurt of blood That was irritating He didn’t have that s

The two scribes turned the corner, chuckling when they saw hiet tired?" Leo asked

"Just taking in the sights"

Phillip glanced around "Well, if you were looking for a scenic corner of Budapest to loiter and people watch, you did not find it" Then he grinned and held out a hand

Malachi grasped it and pulled himself to his feet

"Take care of the runner?" Leo asked

"Yes"