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All he did was smile

Chapter Forty-One

One of the Mercer twins had Keiko Her hair rapped around his fist, and he was dragging her from the terrace

No!

Mace was on his feet and running for her before he could think All he could see was Keiko He had to get to her He had to save her from the Mercers He’d heard rumors about what they did to their captives Rumors that had made his stomach turn They liked to play with knives They liked to cut and slice until there was nothing left of the person in front of them

And now they had his woman

Look out! the bat shouted in his head

But it was too late The second twin attacked fro Mace with the force of a truck He crashed to the hard, tiled floor and felt so snap in his side His rib ell and truly broken now

He struggled to his feet, facing the twin in front of hied Keiko from the terrace

Do so! he shouted at the bat

Save reed

What the tiny creature could achieve, Mace didn’t know, but he was all the backup they had Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the bat swoop at the twin holding their mate He didn’t see what happened next, because a fist shot out of nowhere and hit his face He shook his head to clear it and then charged his attacker His only thought was to eliet to Keiko

He rained blows on the Mercer twin, but thethe punishment in a way thatfor Mercer’s knee Hoping to break it and bring hi the blow on his calf instead

An outraged screech drew their attention The bat had clawed at the other brother, atteht of blood running down his face and swung back to strike the twin in front of hi hi backward

Any other man would have fallen Not this one He shook off the blow and charged Mace fought back, but part of his attention was fixed firmly on the scuffle in the corner of the terrace The bat had attacked again, taking a swipe fro the man’s face in the process