Huntress
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“Too bad . . . lost those nerves last week,” he rasps in my ear, and I curse inside. Of course. Once they pass a certain age, vamps can control their autonomic nervous systems like I can control my fingers.
But even with all their extra strength, vamps are subject to the laws of physics, and when I stomp back into his knee, it hyperextends, allowing me to flip his body forward and off my back.
He’s fast, back on his feet and slapping my hand before I can draw my UV and sending me rolling to the ground.
Where the fuck is Joe? I think as I scramble. He’s supposed to have my back!
“Been a long time since someone, even a Hemobag like you, just offered herself so stupidly,” Blood Boy says, his voice chilly and sending real fear creeping into me. “Should have figured you were Fi-Fo. Regular cops ain’t that stupid.”
“What the fuck’s a Fi-Fo?” I lie, and Blood Boy laughs.
“Right. Know my name, bad offer like that, and you got a piece? Shoulda kept your nose where it belonged, Blondie. Ah, well. At least you will satisfy my hunger for a week or so.”
He dives in for the kill, and I know my life’s got only a second left, not even enough time to say goodbye to those I’m leaving behind . . . when suddenly, Blood Boy disintegrates.
Rolling up, I get to my feet and retrieve my weapon, turning. “Joe, you have an innate ability to—”
My words stop as it’s not Joe who saved me, but four hunks, three blonds and one with sooty black hair. They’re wearing strange-looking pants, showing off chiseled upper bodies, but what immediately draws my attention are their eyes. All of them are like mine, with golden flecks in them . . . something I’ve never seen before. All of them are armed, one of them holding a bow.
“Come with us, for your own safety,” one of them says. He’s holding a sword and glances at it before sheathing the blade across his back. “Please.”
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