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The forest they navigated parted and a twenty-foot fence entwined with razor wire loomed

Etienne leaped it easily and held his breath until he saw Krysta do the sa decibels

Gunfire erupted as guards swung around to face the threat and fired blindly at the blurred figures racing through the yard

Several soldiers cried out as Richart, Ethan, and Edent to work eradicating them

Bullets whizzed past and filled the air like swared as many as he could as he and Krysta followed Bastien and Melanie to the wooden structures beside the ained entrance to the h a wrecking ball had hit it several times

Screams rent the air The scent of blood thickened on the breeze

Etienne saw crimson liquid spurt from Krysta’s shoulder and clenched his teeth

I’ about me

Easier said than done

Ahead of hih the door of one of the barracks without waiting for hiht on his heels

Merde This uards used because the fucker was full Men in T-shirts and boxer shorts were already leaping out of bed and grabbing weapons, having been given a few seconds’ warning by the damned alarm that continued to blare outside

Etienne never slowed Swinging his katanas, he barreled through them like the bulls of Pamplona Howls of pain ensued

At the opposite end of the room, he stopped and spun around

Krysta re from side to side as she cut down the soldiers and herded those still standing toward Etienne’s deadly blades

Two h

Gritting her teeth, she powered forward, glad she had chosen to wield katanas tonight rather than the shorter shoto swords The longer blades worked well against huuns and seemed to scare the hell out of them at the same tier and fear seized them

Krysta wished their auras would warn her when and where they intended to shoot, because those dalad Etienne had transformed her Had he not done so, she would be down on the floor, bleeding to death

Etienne started working his way back toward her

The scent of fearodors of blood and death

A tranquilizer dart whipped past, narrowly led out the shooter and

Oh She had meant to knock the weapon from his hand with a katana, but overextended herself and severed his hand

Screaripped his wrist and sank to the floor

A bullet struck her in the shoulder

She faltered

Krysta! Etienne shoutedat the next soldier And the next And the next Stepping over bodies as sheher neck like a beeand the world went black

Etienne took out two soldiers with one swing and glanced through the shifting bodies that still fought to check on Krysta

A dart hit her in the neck

Her knees instantly buckled and she hit the floor hard

"Krysta!"

One tranquilizer dart shouldn’t have felled her like that It should have onlyout of her

Krysta!

She didn’t move Didn’t respond to his shout Just lay there like a corpse

Etienne? Lisette said What is it?

Krysta’s down!

He plowed through the soldiers, cutting as he went

How could there still be so h the door, zipped over, and knelt beside Krysta

Either she had heard his mental shout or Lisette had told her Krysta needed help

Etienne kept one eye on them as he battled the damned mercenaries

Melanie yanked out the dart "Listen to hts," she called over the racket Can you hear ers to Krysta’s neck

Yes So She was just hit with the one dart She lost consciousness instantly

Okay Don’t panic She’s alive

That relieved hi Krysta drop like that had scared the hell out of him

Melanie delved into a pocket, withdrew an autoinjector full of the antidote, flipped the lid, and ja happened

Bullets peppered Etienne’s chest

Focus! David rebuked hi the situation

Etienne irabbed thetoward Melanie and Krysta, still swinging his other sword at the soldiers closest to him

More bodies sank to the floor

Krysta’s eyelids fluttered, then lifted

"Can you hearin close to draw eye contact and to be heard over the alarm and screams and sounds of battle

Krysta nodded Even froishly she responded

"Can you ed her arms closer to her body "Weak," she whispered

Melanie delved into her pocket again and took out another autoinjector