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Tulio gaped at hi?"

"Maybe we can’t save all of them, but we can take her" He scrambled for some reason to justify his actions "We’ll question her Find out where they’re bringing the humans from See if she knows the schedule of the hunts She could be useful"

Tulio lifted an eyebrow, clearly not convinced by his reasoning Finally, the vaed and pushed Natalie back toward Baojia "You carry your woirl I’ to me"

Natalie clutched at the front of his jacket "Thank you," she whispered "Thank you, Baojia"

"Don’t thank me yet You’re still not safe"

Baojia saw Tulio widen the tunnel opening, and he could finally see the girl She was no more than sixteen or seventeen Her wardrobe didn’t say cocktail waitress, it said farusted with himself that he couldn’t save more That he wanted her blood even as Tulio snuck up behind her and put the girl to sleep with a back to the tunnel

The old va

The alker fell with a gust that lifted the dust around hi blood from a previous kill Baojia shoved Natalie back and scrambled out of the tunnel

"Behind you!" He reached into his open pockets and grabbed the twin short swords, pulling the vairl and turned at Baojia’s warning The wind va his arms like so hiround

Baojia stopped and watched him for a second This creature was already half out of itsthe twin threats of two other immortals, his eyes locked on the human He dove from the air, arms outstretched toward her as Baojia leapt The elixired blood had captured the va out, Baojia slashed at the varound as he reached out for any strength the dry desert air offered hiripped his sword and threw hiain, his eyes still following the unconscious girl

"Get her out of here," Baojia hissed "Get irl out of here"

"You’ll take care of him?"