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Mirceo inhaled the air, catching the sahts of bloodshed, sweetheart?"

"Stop calling me that!"

Unperturbed, Mirceo said, "Our new opponents don't sht be here forLothaire abducted and i"

Wait, Lothaire? "The Ene your faed as he was vicious

"He's the rightful heir"

"Why in the gods' names would Lothaire kidnap Kristoff?"

Shrug "Uncle needed someone to play chess with"

"Your entire bloody family is insane"

"Fair point I believe the imprisonment also stems from the fact that Kristoff is Lothaire's secret half brother, on his father's side The Horde side For all we know, thismore serious, Mirceo said, "Those Forbearers will have swords, and we do not"

Cas bared his fangs and claws, sneering, "I'll have a sword soon enough"

"Yes, of course" Mirceo jutted his chin "As will I"

Half a dozen vah semicircle, weapons raised They had clear eyes Forbearers That order of turned humans took a vow never to drink blood from the flesh

The largest male, the apparent leader of the troop, said, "As predicted, Mirceo Daciano has returned to his favorite pastime"

"Are you insinuating that I'm predictable?" Mirceo sniffed "How unsexy" Did he concern hi?

Cas warned the newcoht"

"We have no fight with you, demon" The leader pointed his sword at Mirceo "We only want the vampire"

Cas's horns straightened, his fangs lengthening Only want the varee These six would try to kill Cas, then incapacitate Mirceo to take hihter them all

With a cocky lift of his brow, Mirceo said, "What would you ith little ol' me?"

"You are going to show us the way to Dacia"

"I certainly shall, la black "All you have to do is coet me"

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The Forbearers split up, three attacking the de Mirceo

The largest of that trio lunged for Mirceo, swinging his sword Ducking under the whistling blade, Mirceo used his speed to maneuver around the other two

He punched one in the back, cracking the round Severing the Forbearer's head, he faced off against the re his ainst the last of his trio, he chanced a glance at Caspion

Blood sprayed half of the demon's face as he tore his second victim's head off Caspion seized that vampire's sword, then used the decapitated body to block the last of those three Forbearers

The de, his sinews like whipcords

My gods, look at hinificent as I am

Caspion showed eventhan before--and a thousand times more ferocity Because these enemies threatened his mate?

The idea gave Mirceo a delicious rush of adrenaline--

"Look out!" Caspion yelled

Mirceo traced, eluding a sword strike, then swung for his attacker's neck Wet war and the body collapsed to the ground Mirceo's opponents were finished, but the demon had one left

Out of the corner of his eye, he spied Caspion pivot sideways as if to throw so his sword, sending it tu end-over-end in the air

Right at me

The weapon zoo a lock of his hair He twisted around

Thunk The blade had sunk into the eye of another Forbearer who'd just materialized behind Mirceo, weapon raised for a blow The swords his moment

Mirceo swung for the male's neck, and the headless body dropped Fuck me, that was close

He glanced over at Caspion Without a sword--the demon had sacrificed it to protect Mirceo--Caspion used his horns to impale the last Forbearer