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“You’re out!” I took er in two hands and sliced across her throat At the end, I jabbed doard, sticking the blade into the base of her neck

Another clawed hand grabbedat raze my cheek The rest of the de me

In the past, this ht have been cause for alarm Noever…

I used my will to push the ones who hadn’t touched me yet They bumped back, probably confused, and I made short work of the two handsy bastards I sliced across the wrist that held me, then bent and stabbed the second one in the side I yankedhi knives of pain withHer leathery skin slashed open in multiple places, and her insides fell out of her stomach

“Oh shit,” I breathed

Oh shit, my animal mimicked That’s handy

It was handy And I wasn’t terribly winded fro it I hadn’t read about that trick in any of the shifter books, though

I released my will and turned Four demons immediately crashed into me

“That counts!” I yelled, shoving the knives I loved those things I wasn’t a et the pointy end in the soft parts of dummies

I threo in quick succession, hitting centerthem in the eyeballs

What rong with me?

I stabbed another de behind hier, then ripped hiht not be able to hit a se it with a jab

So with the pride I took in that fact

Nothing is wrong with you, ht That is how normal people think

Co from her, that didn’t inspire confidence

Two left, one having just pulled the knife from his center I took it back and stabbed hi the projectile toward the other one, gaping down at the knife sticking out of her midsection It sailed safely by I’d missed

“Dang it,” I said, hopping forward and stabbing with ot her that time

In what felt like a moment, it was all over I stood in thedemons

The music had stopped The deep bass from the demon machines had dried up All eyes were on me, some wide, some over smiles, and some narrowed