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Even as she struck lethal bloith her blades, slicing the throat of the first vah as another varitted her teeth and swung at the orange aura leaping away from her

Score! Tit for tat She’d cut his fe backward, she kept her swords in constant e auras swirled around her, so numerous that fear threatened to paralyze her

She struckthe flesh they preceded

The vas Just as she was silently celebrating a particularly good blow, one of the va a sith, that felt like a freaking anvil

The world around her lit up with sparkly things that had nothing to do with auras All strength left her lihts scattered

So her fell away as shining purple and white rolled through the pins

Krysta’s weapons clattered to the ground, her fingers unable to grasp anything but her aching head

She sank to her knees

"Krysta!"

Chapter 4

Etienne wasn’t usually one to panic Even as a , he had always kept his cool

But seeing Krysta felled by a va that fist and leaving the va like the blades of a propeller, cutting through the vah they were nobloouldn’t she be down on the ground and either unconscious or dying from a fractured skull? Sarah had nearly died when Bastien had fractured her skull Her ears had even bled

Etienne tried to see if Krysta bled from her ears, but couldn’t take his eyes off the damned vampires

Finally, the last va to Krysta’s side, he knelt before her and dropped his weapons "Are you okay?" He clasped her shoulder with one hand and gently raised her chin with the other

Her lovely face was pinched with pain "I’ritted "My head just hurts like a bitch I think I ht have a concussion My vision is all fuzzy"

Her pupils were a little dilated, too

"What about you?" she murmured "Are you okay?"

Shock, pleasure, and all kinds of things he refused to exah him "I’m fine Hardly a scratch on me"

"Must be nice Help me up, will you?"

"Of course" He helped her to her feet, wrapping an arm around her when she swayed

"The bastards all ca into hi in hiood it felt to have her tucked up against his side "Vaet"

"Gee, thanks"

"I just et it I just don’t like it"

"That I’er than you are?"

"Yes What’s an Immortal Guardian?"

Etienne swore silently He had hoped she hadn’t caught that

"A what?" he stalled, not knowing how to answer

"You heardto his araze "The vampires called you an Immortal Guardian"

His cursed mind went blank

"They also calledWhat had Roland told Sarah when faced with such questions?

"Who is Bastien the Deceiver?"

He swore aloud then "Aren’t you supposed to have a concussion? How are you re"

Yes, he was

Etienne paced away several steps "I can’t tell you"

"Can’t or won’t?"

"Can’t"

"Why?"

"I can’t tell you secrets that are not solely my own to share," he tried to explain