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And Ubie was a big guy She would’ve had to use a lot to ure out how she was doing it all I ht soon find out, however The vehicle approached slowly, its lightsit iain just as the lights flashed twice, then went out Recognizing the wicked black h the woods as Reyes killed the engine I rushed into his arht ht

"You’re here," I said,Reyes was there

Then again, Uncle Bob had just taken hi for a criht not be very inclined to help

The passenger door opened and Cookie ca out "Is he here? Did you find hi about wildly before she made it to me and embraced me with the enthusiasm of an offensive tackle

"I don’t know yet, but what are you doing here?"

She gaped at me "Are you insane?"

"She threatened to jump on the hood if I didn’t let her ride on the inside," Reyes said "She was very determined to co her all the ht back in that car,with you"

"Cook, we don’t knohat’s going on in there yet"

"She has hi back to us "They’re in a basement below the house"

Cookie’s hands flew to her ht there with her Fear consuhtened his hold "Is he --?" I started to ask the fifty-thousand-dollar question, but it got stuck in my throat

"Is he alive?" Cookie asked forIt was hard to see, but I think he’s been shot"

That was all I needed to hear We were out of ti at a breakneck speed across the dark and uneven ground, having every intention of tearing through the front door and beating that bitch to a pulp

Reyes was onand we tuht behind hiht hi the vast arsenal at my disposal to slow time and drop him to his knees I needed hiue I had to get to Ubie

As he fought for a hold on ainst hieneral in hell and a champion on earth And rather deadly at both In hand-to-hand coht for do not to hurt me; otherwise, I probably would’ve been whole wheat toast much sooner But his reluctance to cause e

I was on top once again and just about to utter a word that would disable hiround We hit the rocky terrain hard and skidded across the landscape, his body taking s seized with the i it almost impossible to take in air The ih for it to crash back with a vengeance Which disoriented rip on ers around it and pulled atdown upon us and she was trying to drag me clear Her eyes rounded as she looked at uttural and deep and inches from my neck I turned just in time to see Reyes dive toward the silvery black outline of a beast It was so close, I felt its blistering hot breath fan across oose bumps over my skin

The clock slowed of its own volition that time, and I watched in horror as a second hellhound bound out of nowhere and hit Reyes h the water – buckled under the force They soared over Osh and round in a ind of dust and lilint of its razor-sharp teeth They sank into Reyes’s rib cage, burrowing deep into the flesh and bone there Reyes showed no sign he’d even felt the bite He ripped the beast off him and in one quick movement broke its neck It crumbled with a whimper as another took its place Reyes easily bested it as well, grabbing its jaw and jerking its head back until, again, the neck snapped But so happened to the first one After a littered around it and it slowly regained its footing, shaking its head as though Reyes had only rung its bell

It lunged and sank its teeth into Reyes’s shoulder as he fought a third one The second one he’d taken out was already coht They really were indestructible

One sank its teeth into his left thigh, and he went down onto one knee, but before I could get to him to help, I felt just how sharp those teeth were The one closest tohiround as they tumbled and rolled Another took its place instantly Its teeth sank into my calf, and it pulled me into the darkness of the forest beyond The socialite lost her grip, but she turned as another hound barreled down upon me She stepped between us, her shoulders set in deter against the silence of the night