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He heard Brigid scream as the bullet tore into hi his insides until it hit one of his ribs, cracked the bone, and stopped Then the blood, the blood he’d shared with his beloved, began to pool where he sat

She screaed, her throat harsh from the wire that wrapped around her neck Despite the an to heat She had both her hands and one leg free, and Brigid lifted blistering fingers to her neck, trying to grab the metal that still held her She felt it heat, and the s hair filled the room

Jack’s eyes darted toward her "Axel, you idiot! Keep that prod on her!" Jack stood and turned "Steady now, Brigid Lose it in this little room and your man is as likely to die as ill That bullet won’t kill him, just slow him down a bit so my associate has ti into her neck She stilled, her heart racing as her eyes followed the blood that streamed from Carwyn’s chest He hadn’t fallen Hadn’t even e, motionless as he bled on the floor

His eyes met hers

She mouthed, I love you

Chapter Thirty-Two

"Aren’t you teet?" Jack said "Who knew Brigid had it in her to be more than the Ice Queen?"

Carwyn held her eyes for a moment before he looked back at Jack, who had knelt down level with hi on a ship if you don’t want things piercing through They’re designed to spread out, create the ripped the bars, his fangs falling as he curled his lips "You know, id is pretty, but expendable Iine what those bullets would do to that soft, white neck… What do you think, Father? Think that ht shred her spine? Should we find out?"

With a roar that surprised even his jaded captor, Carwyn leapt, bursting from his silent crouch as he tore the bars apart like wet paper In one blurring uards with swords rushed forward and Jack fell back Carwyn reached out, ignoring the pain in his chest, and pulled the first guard into the cage, twisting off his head as he kicked the bars away The roof of the cage fell in, trapping hiid free of the wires--she hting the vaun Within seconds, she had disar the side of his face in with the butt of the weapon

He grinned Oh, she was lovely when she was in a bloodlust He turned, suddenly suspicious of the stillness

"Where’s Jack?" he called out

"Behind you," said the vampire as he slashed at Carwyn’s neck Carwyn ducked down and rolled across the rooid He rolled past Axel, as crouched in the corner, still holding the cattle prod

Carwyn eyed it with interest

Cattle prod… explosion… leaky rusting ship…

"Oh, she’s going to killthey were already rovel

He rolled over to Brigid, s and spraying theore