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She snarled and Declan pulled Jack up by his shoulder "Jack," he said "Watch your irl took lanced at Brigid "…well, a quick snack She was gorgeous And she s her--"

"Just the facts, please," Brigid said

Jack scowled at her, but continued "We were just getting down to business when I… What happened?" He squinted "I don’t fecking remember, Dec I think…" Jack reached over his shoulder "So pinchedhis shoulder, then his hand drifted over the base of his neck, slid down "Not a pinch More like--"

"A bite?" Brigid hissed as she looked over his shoulder to the twin holes in the back of Jack’s shirt, right between his shoulder blades She quickly split Jack’s shirt so she could see his skin

"Jesus, Brigid, if you wanted my clothes off, all you had to do was ask"

"Declan, look at this" There were two punctures in Jack’s skin, not unlike so very deep, and they were already healing The area around the punctures was singed, as if Jack had been hit by two very sht "What the hell is this?"

"I think I know" Declan’s voice was grim "I’ve seen it on humans before, just not va to feel the wounds "It actually hurts That’s… odd"

Declan was furious "Why the hell haven’t we thought of this before?"

She was still confused "What are you talking about?"

"I think… it’s from a Taser"

Her heart dropped "Oh hell"

Of all the weapons that could be used against theid had been warned about swordsoff a va it were really the only tays they could be killed Guns, knives, none of theerous unless the spinal colu, even able to regenerate li periods of ti time to heal--as evidenced by the scars on Carwyn’s chest--but even those did mend eventually

Aenerated the Let they It was the electrical current that ran under their skin, the unseen armor that every immortal depended on