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sped up incredibly fast. I caught the Guard’s hand and twisted his arm backwards, spinning him around. Planting my foot in his back, I knocked him into a table. The first Guard came at me again. He dodged my kick, but I spun around before he could anticipate my next move and my foot connected with his chin. The impact sent him staggering back.
    The female half rushed me. I jumped the table of medical gloves and cotton swabs with startling grace. There was a second when I acknowledged that I shouldn’t have been able to do that. Not clear a five-foot table with one jump. Especially when I hadn’t even looked behind me, but then the heel of my shoe slammed into the cart, crashing it into the female’s chest. The three Guards struggled on the floor in various degrees of pain.
    The white walls of the med office spun as I turned around, facing the cowering pure.
    “I still don’t have a choice?”
    He edged along the wall, his face as white as his coat, hands held out in front of him as if that could stop me. I took a step toward him out of maliciousness. Not like I’d actually hit a pure… again. He bolted for the door yelling, “Guards! Guards!”
    Several of the halfs looked shocked, like they too couldn’t believe what I’d just done. Two of them looked like they wanted to join the melee.
    “You don’t have to do this,” I said earnestly. “They can’t make you if you don’t—”
    My words were cut off by the first Guard. Recovering, he jumped to his feet. “Miss Andros, you have made a very unwise decision. No one would have hurt you.”
    I wheeled around. They weren’t going to come at me one at a time now. Some of the rage ebbed as I stumbled backward. Time stopped moving so fast. The three of them rushed me at once. I managed to knock one of the Guards aside, but another grabbed hold of my arm. I would have had him too, I swear, but the swarm of Guards entering the room distracted me.
    So did the two halfs blocking their entrance, putting up a decent fight. I almost smiled, but a heartbeat later, I was pinned to the cold tile. Two of the male Guards held my arms down, and the female half literally sat on top of me. I bucked, trying to free myself.
    “Stop.” She grabbed the sides of my head and forced it back. Blood trickled from her nose. “Stop fighting us. No one wants to hurt you.”
    I could hear the scuffle by the door. “You’re hurting me now,” I gasped out. “You’re busting my spleen.”
    The commotion caused by the fighting quickly ceased, and for a moment, all I could hear was the sound of my heartbeat slamming against my ribs painfully. “Okay. I’m done.”
    She glared down at me. “We’ll decide when you’re done.”
    “No. I will decide when you are done. And you are done with her,” came a new
    voice—one that was both as cold and as hard as it was oddly musical.
    The weight on my chest suddenly vanished, along with the Guard. She flew across the med room, slamming into one of the many carts lining the walls. I rolled onto my knees, drawing in air.
    Seth took one step into the room, eyes simmering with anger. “You. Help her up now.”
    “But… we have our orders. She refused to comply.” said the Guard.
    “You must not have paid close attention. The Minister gave orders for all halfs to be searched, but not his stepdaughter . I doubt he will be pleased to know you three disobeyed him.” Seth’s gaze fell over me. “Why have you not helped her up yet?”
    The Guard who had spoken darted forward and gently placed me on my feet.
    “Apologize to her. All of you.”
    Surprised, I looked at Seth. He was being serious. He actually wanted them to apologize for doing their jobs. And the way he looked, well, he looked like he wanted to physically make them sorry. There was something unstable in his eyes. “Seth, that’s not—”
    “Be quiet, Alex. I want to hear them apologize.”
    My brows shot up. “Excuse—”
    “I’m sorry, Miss Andros,” the male Guard