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under enough control for her to deal with the other threats still in the room.
She’d almost reached the last man when he pulled the trigger on his gun. The shot was loud, but not as loud as Kelsey expected. A mild burning sensation ran along the back of her right arm as she ducked under his aim and drove her left fist into his crotch. Whatever was in control of her body certainly knew how to hurt a guy. The man didn’t even scream as he collapsed.
Three threats remained: the man she’d knocked down with the door, the man taken down when she kicked his friend on top of him, and the man struggling with Jared. The man behind the door had lost his pistol, so she downgraded his threat potential. The man in front of her still had his, but he was struggling with his companion’s dead weight.
That left her time to deal with Jared’s problem. She didn’t consciously decide what to do, only that he was the top threat. Her right hand struck backwards at maximum strength into the base of his skull. The crunch of bone wouldn’t be a sound she easily forgot. He instantly became a non-threat.
Two running steps forward and she launched herself into the air, landing on the man in front of her just as he rolled out from under his friend. His breath shot out explosively as she drove her feet into his gut. She bent and ripped the pistol out of his hand to the accompaniment of snapping finger bones and a scream.
She turned the weapon on the man crawling from behind the door. He’d just grabbed his pistol off the floor. She emptied her appropriated weapon into him.
Royal Guards and Fleet marines flooded into the room, still firing at the men outside. One of them slammed and locked the double doors. They must’ve been tough, because they didn’t give when the men outside started shooting them, though Kelsey could hear the impacts.
A quick scan of the room didn’t reveal any other threats, so she went along when Talbot tugged on her arm. “Let’s get out of here before they find another way in.”
All of them ran for a set of stairs leading down to the chamber floor. The Royal Guards split between guarding the rear and leading the way. They made it down unmolested. The police were herding panicked men, women, and children out the main exit as they joined the throng and fled the building.
Chapter Seven
Jared halfway expected another attack before they exited the building, but they fought through a growing crowd of policemen and piled into the grav van without further trouble. Their vehicle took off at a high rate of speed before any of them had a chance to put on their restraints.
Talbot staggered in front of Princess Kelsey. “Let me look at that shoulder.”
“I’m okay,” she said in a shaky voice.
“Then how come your sleeve is covered in blood?”
Jared turned toward her and saw that it was true. He watched the marine rip her sleeve open and examine the long gash down her upper arm. It must’ve been four inches in length, but it didn’t look too deep.
One of the Royal Guards handed him a medical kit. The marine found a bandage and efficiently wrapped it around the Princess’ arm. “As far as bullet wounds go, this isn’t too bad. If you’d been half a second faster, he’d have missed you entirely. It’ll regenerate without any issue. You won’t even have a scar.”
“I wear all my scars on the inside.”
Jared shook his head disbelievingly. “Faster? I can’t imagine how she moved as fast as she did. She took them down while I was still wrestling with one guy. I have never seen anyone move that fast in my life.”
Elise nodded vigorously. “It was unbelievable. It was as if she was fighting all of them at the same time. Hitting one, kicking the other, she was almost a blur. I had no idea that that’s what a…”
Kelsey grimaced. “What a Pale Ones attack looks like? It wasn’t really. They’re tough and fight like that, but they move about the same speed as everyone else. I’m
She’d almost reached the last man when he pulled the trigger on his gun. The shot was loud, but not as loud as Kelsey expected. A mild burning sensation ran along the back of her right arm as she ducked under his aim and drove her left fist into his crotch. Whatever was in control of her body certainly knew how to hurt a guy. The man didn’t even scream as he collapsed.
Three threats remained: the man she’d knocked down with the door, the man taken down when she kicked his friend on top of him, and the man struggling with Jared. The man behind the door had lost his pistol, so she downgraded his threat potential. The man in front of her still had his, but he was struggling with his companion’s dead weight.
That left her time to deal with Jared’s problem. She didn’t consciously decide what to do, only that he was the top threat. Her right hand struck backwards at maximum strength into the base of his skull. The crunch of bone wouldn’t be a sound she easily forgot. He instantly became a non-threat.
Two running steps forward and she launched herself into the air, landing on the man in front of her just as he rolled out from under his friend. His breath shot out explosively as she drove her feet into his gut. She bent and ripped the pistol out of his hand to the accompaniment of snapping finger bones and a scream.
She turned the weapon on the man crawling from behind the door. He’d just grabbed his pistol off the floor. She emptied her appropriated weapon into him.
Royal Guards and Fleet marines flooded into the room, still firing at the men outside. One of them slammed and locked the double doors. They must’ve been tough, because they didn’t give when the men outside started shooting them, though Kelsey could hear the impacts.
A quick scan of the room didn’t reveal any other threats, so she went along when Talbot tugged on her arm. “Let’s get out of here before they find another way in.”
All of them ran for a set of stairs leading down to the chamber floor. The Royal Guards split between guarding the rear and leading the way. They made it down unmolested. The police were herding panicked men, women, and children out the main exit as they joined the throng and fled the building.
Chapter Seven
Jared halfway expected another attack before they exited the building, but they fought through a growing crowd of policemen and piled into the grav van without further trouble. Their vehicle took off at a high rate of speed before any of them had a chance to put on their restraints.
Talbot staggered in front of Princess Kelsey. “Let me look at that shoulder.”
“I’m okay,” she said in a shaky voice.
“Then how come your sleeve is covered in blood?”
Jared turned toward her and saw that it was true. He watched the marine rip her sleeve open and examine the long gash down her upper arm. It must’ve been four inches in length, but it didn’t look too deep.
One of the Royal Guards handed him a medical kit. The marine found a bandage and efficiently wrapped it around the Princess’ arm. “As far as bullet wounds go, this isn’t too bad. If you’d been half a second faster, he’d have missed you entirely. It’ll regenerate without any issue. You won’t even have a scar.”
“I wear all my scars on the inside.”
Jared shook his head disbelievingly. “Faster? I can’t imagine how she moved as fast as she did. She took them down while I was still wrestling with one guy. I have never seen anyone move that fast in my life.”
Elise nodded vigorously. “It was unbelievable. It was as if she was fighting all of them at the same time. Hitting one, kicking the other, she was almost a blur. I had no idea that that’s what a…”
Kelsey grimaced. “What a Pale Ones attack looks like? It wasn’t really. They’re tough and fight like that, but they move about the same speed as everyone else. I’m
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