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I lunged at hi struckround a few yards away

He brought minions Of course

Gavriel stepped back, grinning maniacally as demon after demon joined the battle The one who’d tackledfor my throat as it pinned me down I buried the knife in its skull and it squealed, its eyes rolling back as all three hundred pounds of it collapsed on top of me

“Kingston,” I groaned, unable to fill h to shout “Get your ass over here, please!”

A blast of fla on claws snatched the beast off of me and chucked it at Gavriel, who ripped it in half with his claws before it struck hi, but it wasn’t froic pounding like a druh my senses I whipped around to face Gavriel His lips were barely , but I could al low and dark and dangerous

I turned back to the fray “Kingston, to your right! Jayce, left! Kai, above you! Xero, blast Gavriel’s face! Run!”

It almost worked They acted as a unit and disabled the minions, at least temporarily, but Xero’s blast met Gavriel’s shield and reflected back at hied, which pissed one, and the other half were moments from death What the hell made him so special? So powerful?

He grinned at ht and snatched up one of his own fleeing fiends It squealed in terror I stared, unable to believe what I was seeing as Gavriel sank his claws into his own ers up to the knuckle before tearing the beast apart

Then, dripping claws outstretched, he turned toward my men

Chapter Twenty-Six

“Jayce! Look out!”

I moved, driven by pure fear

But I wasn’t fast enough Nothing would have been fast enough

Gavriel whirled through the battle, slashing with his tainted claws Whatever had infected the feral vampire must’ve been in Gavriel’s minion too, and I watched in horror as he tore at Jayce, Kai, Xero, and Kingston, infecting their blood They fought hard against hied to pierce the skin of eachto their aid

My led heap at h echoed through the cha fiends, just watching and waiting