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Slade licked Cricket’s nose and she his, but their reunion was short lived “Let’s get the hell out of here!”

The bridge lowered again, but, fortunately, slowly

Nikolay chuckled “No hurry”

Slade’s ears pricked forward Didn’t he almost fall to his death? “Are you mad?”

Nikolay shifted to huround As if he had unlimited time, he picked it up and pressed a short sequence of nue taking part of the cliff with it, widening the span No as anybody getting out any time soon

Slade shifted to human form and so did Cricket

Cricket cheered, “Yeehaw!” She turned to the brawny blond lycan “I’ to like you…?”

“Nikolay, but pretty lady can call me Nik”

“I’m Cricket” She held her hand out

Slade stepped in between them “She’s mine” Why did he say that? She was not his Must have been the threat of nearly losing her

“Of course, coe”

Cricket pointed toward the left “I smell another road about a mile that way”

“An old farrinned “Maybe we can have sheep for dinner then find transportation”

Slade stared at the burning bridge “We need et away They keep two helicopters on the castle roof”

“Helicopters disabled,” smirked Nik He handed her the se “Call your contacts”