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Authors: Chanelle Gray
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My focus was elsewhere for literally seconds, but it was all they needed. When I turned back, they were gone. I spun around, coming face to face with the woman. She was even more beautiful than before up close. The Damned sure knew how to pick a host.
“Well, well,” she said, smiling widely. “What do we have here?”
I began to back away, my heart thumping wildly in my chest. “Someone in serious need of conditioner?” I offered, gesturing to her split ends.
“I love coming across witty Hunters. It makes it that much better when I kill them. Then they have no snappy comeback.”
“That’s not going to happen,” I said, sounding more confident than I felt.
I was still backing away when I hit something hard. I didn’t need to turn around to know I’d just backed into the other one. My only chance of getting out of this alive was by attacking before they attacked me.
“Can you believe how lucky we are?” the woman said. “Find her on our first night looking? Seal will be pleased.”
“ Sssh ! Don’t say his name!”
“Oh, what does it matter? She’ll be dead before long.”
I took my opportunity. Swinging forward, I punched the woman and ducked as she stumbled slightly and jabbed back - straight into the guy’s nose. I swung out my leg and swept both off their feet. They crashed down to the ground beside me. I should have run then, should have fled for my life.
But, I got cocky.
The woman flipped to her feet and squared up to me. We circled each other for a bit, and then she flew forward at me, slamming her fist at me so hard that my face whipped to the side. Pain burst behind my eyes.
I came back with a punch of my own. The first one connected with her face, but she blocked the second one. She charged at me. I sidestepped, kicking her in the back. She hurtled forward just as the guy stood up. He rushed at me and slammed me into the metal gate, pulling back only to throw a hit at me. I dodged, and his hand went through the bars. Taking this as my opportunity, I got him with an uppercut before smashing his head into one of the poles.
Then the other one was back. She grabbed my shoulders and yanked me backwards. I fell to the floor, but quickly rolled to a crouching position as she went to kick at my head. I blocked her and jumped to my feet, chest heaving. Her fist hurtled towards me, connecting with my cheek. Then her foot kicked in the side of my knee. Something crunched and I dropped in a pain ful heap, my eyes losing focus.
“You’re not doing so well,” she said, panting slightly. She kicked me in the side, flipping me onto my back, and then her booted foot came to rest on my neck.
“I’m new at this,” I grunted.
“Bad for you. Good for me.” Her foot moved, ready to make the killing snap when I reached up, grabbed her ankle, and twisted. She howled and fell back, allowing me the chance to hobble to my feet. I tried putting weight on my knee, but a searing pain shot up my leg.
I hesitated, looking back and forth between the two, fear flooding through me. The dude still had his arm trapped between the metal poles. The woman was on her back, grabbing at her ankle. If I were to escape, then this was my only chance.
So I ran. Well, tried to run. I hobbled along on my one working leg, dragging the other one behind me. If the man managed to get loose, I had no idea what I was going to do. If my mother were still alive, she’d kill me for this mistake. Turning to check they weren’t following, I spotted a familiar looking dark-haired man inside the graveyard, squatting by a tombstone, just staring at me.
Marshall?
No, there was no way I was seeing right. I turned away. When I looked back to make sure it wasn’t he, I was too far away to see anything. Whoever he was, I hoped they got far, far away from here. I didn’t need an innocent person’s death on my conscience.
I managed to get free and down to the main streets of the city. At least in such a busy place, I could
My focus was elsewhere for literally seconds, but it was all they needed. When I turned back, they were gone. I spun around, coming face to face with the woman. She was even more beautiful than before up close. The Damned sure knew how to pick a host.
“Well, well,” she said, smiling widely. “What do we have here?”
I began to back away, my heart thumping wildly in my chest. “Someone in serious need of conditioner?” I offered, gesturing to her split ends.
“I love coming across witty Hunters. It makes it that much better when I kill them. Then they have no snappy comeback.”
“That’s not going to happen,” I said, sounding more confident than I felt.
I was still backing away when I hit something hard. I didn’t need to turn around to know I’d just backed into the other one. My only chance of getting out of this alive was by attacking before they attacked me.
“Can you believe how lucky we are?” the woman said. “Find her on our first night looking? Seal will be pleased.”
“ Sssh ! Don’t say his name!”
“Oh, what does it matter? She’ll be dead before long.”
I took my opportunity. Swinging forward, I punched the woman and ducked as she stumbled slightly and jabbed back - straight into the guy’s nose. I swung out my leg and swept both off their feet. They crashed down to the ground beside me. I should have run then, should have fled for my life.
But, I got cocky.
The woman flipped to her feet and squared up to me. We circled each other for a bit, and then she flew forward at me, slamming her fist at me so hard that my face whipped to the side. Pain burst behind my eyes.
I came back with a punch of my own. The first one connected with her face, but she blocked the second one. She charged at me. I sidestepped, kicking her in the back. She hurtled forward just as the guy stood up. He rushed at me and slammed me into the metal gate, pulling back only to throw a hit at me. I dodged, and his hand went through the bars. Taking this as my opportunity, I got him with an uppercut before smashing his head into one of the poles.
Then the other one was back. She grabbed my shoulders and yanked me backwards. I fell to the floor, but quickly rolled to a crouching position as she went to kick at my head. I blocked her and jumped to my feet, chest heaving. Her fist hurtled towards me, connecting with my cheek. Then her foot kicked in the side of my knee. Something crunched and I dropped in a pain ful heap, my eyes losing focus.
“You’re not doing so well,” she said, panting slightly. She kicked me in the side, flipping me onto my back, and then her booted foot came to rest on my neck.
“I’m new at this,” I grunted.
“Bad for you. Good for me.” Her foot moved, ready to make the killing snap when I reached up, grabbed her ankle, and twisted. She howled and fell back, allowing me the chance to hobble to my feet. I tried putting weight on my knee, but a searing pain shot up my leg.
I hesitated, looking back and forth between the two, fear flooding through me. The dude still had his arm trapped between the metal poles. The woman was on her back, grabbing at her ankle. If I were to escape, then this was my only chance.
So I ran. Well, tried to run. I hobbled along on my one working leg, dragging the other one behind me. If the man managed to get loose, I had no idea what I was going to do. If my mother were still alive, she’d kill me for this mistake. Turning to check they weren’t following, I spotted a familiar looking dark-haired man inside the graveyard, squatting by a tombstone, just staring at me.
Marshall?
No, there was no way I was seeing right. I turned away. When I looked back to make sure it wasn’t he, I was too far away to see anything. Whoever he was, I hoped they got far, far away from here. I didn’t need an innocent person’s death on my conscience.
I managed to get free and down to the main streets of the city. At least in such a busy place, I could
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