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Zacharel gaped at her, but he asked no questions He leaped into ht one of the Nefas and threw hi her sword The tip slashed through the being’sShe struck a second ti his head

One down

Zacharel sped back into motion Determined, shefro just in front of her, reaching for her Again she swung the sword He ducked and straightened His hands fit around her neck But at the h she’d pushed hih she wasn’t staring at them? Maybe Maybe she had memorized the numbers, and they were now a part of her Maybe there was another reason Either waythis rocked

He hit the ground, hard, losing his breath, allowing her to si her sword up his middle as she walked past

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Nope Threefourfive down Zacharel and the others constantly threw the Nefas at her and she easily ended their lives, nevera step

Six, seven, eight

After that, she lost count

She saw that tents had been erected at the far end of the cavern, a little river winding through the center The est one, with another male and Sirena at his sides Their eyes widened when they spotted Nicola and her sword

Axel and Koldo stumbled from another tent Both were covered in blood and bruises, their faces swollen, and they had to lean on each other to ree and concern nearly dropped her where she stood, but Nicola pushed the eroup of Nefas paused a few feet away fro distance

"You’re outnumbered, Nox," Zacharel called

Sirena opened her mouth to speak Nicola leaped forward and struck without issuing a warning

The girl’s head fell to the ground, and her body followed

Twenty-six, httime to discuss as about to happen, what proble like that She was si to save her man

Koldo’s father peered down at the blonde’s aze jerked up, landing on Nicola, and he pounded toward her--only to hit the same wall the other male had He didn’t fall, but stu hiaped, Nicola was able to strike at him

Twenty-seven

Koldo’s father hurtled ato reh his hed "You’ll do no such thing You’re surrounded Your arain, he flew backward When he straightened, he shook his head, as if to orient his thoughts "How are you doing that?"

"Aw, is the evilside?" One step, two, she approached hio no farther, the jagged walls of the cave stopping him "Stay away, or I’ll find a way to rip out your throat"

Hardly "I bet you wish you’d stayed in hiding," she said, continuing her forward , and you have to die knowing the good guys caer than when it started"

"I’ his palms "You don’t want to do this"

A lie He was always armed with evil And she really wanted to do this

She struck, but he bent low, avoiding contact The ed her, but hit that invisible wall for a third tiet old," she said, and spun back around, facing hiht, but Zacharel stopped him

He tried to dart left, but another soldier stopped him

"You did this to yourself," she said, and struck

This tih his stomach Blood and intestines spilled out

His knees collapsed, and he hit the ground His mouth opened on a pained moan

"Finish him," Zacharel commanded

"With pleasure" Another slash of her ar toward her feet, ht?

The Sent Ones erupted into cheers So her into the ground She let go of the sword, and it vanished