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"Not like this!" a va into Klaus&039;s ear "We can&039;t attack the queen! We all agreed not to attack the queen!"

Yeah, I wanted to shout, but couldn&039;t say a word I just reeable sort of peep while I clawed at his hands some more

"She&039;s not the queen," he ht into Sane and Helpful Vauy, but it knocked hirip to loosen I et my hands up between his and shoved and kicked at the sarip fell away

"It&039;s times like this when I like to say a prayer," I said, still kicking and clawing for all I orth, trying to get out froain! "The Lord is ood, let us thank him for this food Also, Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tellshis ears, when I kicked hiain, he finally flew off me I rose up on my elbows and finished triumphantly, "And God bless this e had been done Sane and Helpful Vaesturing for the others to follow hi nu Klaus, who had backed all the way up to the bar, his face twisted with hate and fear, his hands still cla her hand in front of her face, and I saw that the half dozen or so vaone Vaporized All but the last one Laura&039;s crossboas a sword again, and she blocked a fist with her forearht in the chest Bye-bye, annoying barfly

"Ha-ha!" I crowed, pointing "How about that? Hah? Hah? Didn&039;t figure on her being hell sp-I rabbed her, didja?" Another va me backward, but I didn&039;t care "Didja?" I was practically delirious with triumph

"Betsy-" was as far as ot before she had her hands full again I noticed that in addition to the kickass hellfire weapons, she was a pretty fair hand-to-hand fighter So Bible school and volunteering for church bake sales, she&039;d picked up a black belt or two along the way Now if I could just get her to wear some decent clothes

"Don&039;t worry aboutlike a rotten tooth "Everything&039;s under contr-yeeouch!"

"Shut up, bitch," sorowled

"Oh, you shut up," I snapped back "Do you have any idea how often this happens toBut

Two more-not that there were that ht atsnapped off The other one had rip, his ar me nice and still Well, the joke was on him! Stakes in the chest didn&039;t work onto hurt like hell, and ruin ive 110 percent and cut my head off after, that could pose difficulties I could buy a new shirt, but I kind of needed the head I had

I opened ot to the one on the right-stab, poof! It was a I could never describe how cool it was, not in a thousand pages She looked like an avenging angel with her shiny hair and de, and the sword that actually hurt to look at, held so comfortably in her fist

The vaht, and there was a sickening crunch as he hit the wall Courtesy of-I nearly gasped-Eric Sinclair He&039;d co his way past the strearabbed the nearest one and shoved The vampire bounced off the wall and hit the floor, and I could see where his entire face had actually been pushed in by the force of s into the concrete The worst part of it was, it hadn&039;t killed hi to grow his nose back

"Oh, guh-roxy!" I screaled

"Take your hands off her," Sinclair told the guy behind me, "or they&039;ll write books about what I&039;ll do to you"

The vao of me so quick, he yanked out a handful of my hair I yelped and shook free of hily, it was just the three of us in Scratch-two vauy who needed a new face, and they scra his teeth like one of those little ratty dogs that liked to challenge everyone from the mailman to the preschooler

Sinclair turned to hiood man I&039;ll take care of this Strike on me, will you? Form a union in my club, willya?"

"For shame," Laura added

"Shut up, devil&039;s whore," Klaus spat

"Don&039;t you call her that!" I said, shocked "She&039;s the farthest thing from a whore in the whole world You&039;re just mad because death is imminent"

He snarled at ht at my elbow "This isn&039;t over yet, Betsy"

"Excellent," I said "I would also have accepted &039;You haven&039;t seen the last of ret this&039; " Then I picked up the discarded chair leg and ran it into his chest (You&039;d think, since it was a vaht Overbite

Unlike Laura&039;s , he just toppled over, which forced the stake farther into his body (ugh), and lay there like a big old dead bug

Now that that was over with, I had several ied her "Wow, Laura, you were aot you into such a mess, butcool were you?"

"I hope you don&039;t think I&039;m a bad person," she explained "Violence isn&039;t usually the answer But they didn&039;t see to reason, and I didn&039;t want you to get hurt"

"You didn&039;t want ! How did you do that? How come it&039;s a sword so else? Did your hed and twirled the sword in a small circle so the hilt was in her palht hip-except she wasn&039;t wearing a sheath The sword just disappeared Except I had the distinct i

I turned to Sinclair "And you! Not that I&039;lad to see you, but-"

"Elizabeth!" I eeped and nearly cowered away from him; I&039;d never seen him so furious His dark eyes were slits, and even his hair looked angry-it was ers His white shirt was open at the throat, and he was sockless and coatless He&039;d co a braith two dozen vampires?"

"I didn&039;t start it," I said, shocked He was holdinginto me "I told them they couldn&039;t kill people, and then they went on strike! Which isn&039;t as nonviolent as it sounds, by the way"

"You ritted teeth "You ain"

"But I didn&039;t do anythinmmmmph!" He&039;d yankedoffme-surprised he was mad at all-I just stood there for a ed to pull away-or at least pull my lips away My head was arched back like a snake&039;s, but our chests were touching

"Wait, wait, wait I&039;lad to see you But I&039;m confused"

He quirked a small smile at me "Thus, the universe resuave in to htened his hair "I thought you werewith her," he replied, looking confused

"Right, but I thought-you know, after what happened, after I made you have sex withnot to laugh "After you raped ht you didn&039;t like me anymore"

He looked astonished "Didn&039;t like you?"

"And then Laura-she&039;s so beautiful and her breasts are so perky"

"Thank you," Laura called fro herself a Shirley Temple

"And you were so rip loosening He didn&039;t let go entirely, I noticed

"A little?"

"It hurt one insane"

"I can&039;t hear any of this," Laura announced, dropping a cherry into her drink "Just carry on like I&039;m not here"

We did "I&039;m sorry But I wouldn&039;t want you to think I only want to have sex with you when I&039; on to the notion that you were motivated by more than the impulse to hurt And, truthfully, I could never leave you Certainly not after you were vulnerable to the Book I thought it was odd that the devil&039;s own should shoas so easily found-right after you read the Book I dislike coincidences So I resolved to find out as much about her as I could"