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"Do you think I am weak?" he asked me

The vampires in the roo a path between Lucian and me

"Not at all," I replied calmly

"Hmph Then why do you think you can outs about"

Lucian covered the distance between us in less than a second Four vaainst them but there were tooI know that Ivan has planned an escape for you at Gerald Harbor to to work? It’s a good thing I have é over there, otherwise I would have never known"

Oh no I told Hunter about our plan I only did it because I thought maybe he could help us I looked at Eli He stared athis head in response, disappointment plain on his features I tried to convey how sorry I was, but he no longer looked atto spill over and run down my cheek

"I’m sorry, he is er along my jaw bone and forced my attention back onto his face

"It appears Ludiia didn’t search Mr De Luca thoroughly enough to find his cell phone" Lucian clicked his fingers

"No, no please! I’ed It didn’t matter how sorry she was, Liam and another vampire tore her head from her body before she had a chance to explain

"After everything I’ve done for you," he growled, his intense eyes searchingmore vampires and we’ll take care of Aleksandrov and the other pesky guardians if they show" He tapped his chin in thought "But how should I punish you …"

He clicked his long fingers "Hunter, come here"

Hunter dashed over but I avoided his eyes

"Drink from her"

"No!" I yelled "Please"

"Do you want her to feel pain or pleasure?" Hunter asked

He couldn’t be serious To tell , but to try and drink froraspedEli Eli wore a panicked expression as he fought even harder against the va out of hard gurear to be bitten by a vaain, at least, not if I could help it I pressedbackwards

My hands started to glow a olden color I felt powerful, I felt angry Myva off the four holding hi a stake from his back pocket Before he could stake thele burst and it shot rapidly fro the valow caused the vampires to screech He forced the, as it burned their skin When the light dispersed, the vaeance They were pissed off and there was nothing I could do I had never used so much power at once before and it had taken a toll on an to sway

No! Not now, Ruby! Don’t you dare pass out

"No!" a voice rang throughout the roo my view, I couldn’t see who it was When I was yanked out fro It was Mithras He was standing in the doorway, glowing like the sun

"I won’t let you take what’sMithras was actually crying because he thought I wanted Lucian to bite me This man was seriously messed up Mithras ran at me and no vampire could stop hilow as he passed by Soon enough they fled, leaving Mithras, Eli, Anna, and I alone in the rooet sorasped both y so it couldn’t hurt etic

"Get off!" I yelled as I kicked his knee out fro his knee and crying in pain

"Don’t ently

"Here, Ruby!" Anna called, throwing em attached to a silver necklace

"It will prevent hiainst you"

I placed the talis

"It will only work as long as it touches hi, I tied the chain to his ankle I crouched in front of hi to see if he was okay That ice now that he’d attackedsorry for hi me to the floor

"What have you done tohter and the sides of ainst each other

Mithras’s rip loosened and after a few deep breaths I could breathe again It wasn’t until I saw Eli stand up from behind him that I realized what had happened Eli killed him

I crawled backwards frantically as his lifeless body fell to the ground Eli pulled me to my feet

"I’m so sorry, Ruby I had to do it, he --"

"I know … it’s okay," I panted,my dead father’s body

The doors burst open and in poured a ainst the rest as his eyes fell onto Mithras I don’t kno to describe his face Anger? No Sadness? No Lucian was beyond those emotions, I could see it If this were a cartoon, steaer and stay stronger now? His Heelian was dead and I was only half Heelian … My blood couldn’t give hith as Mithras’s did

"Do you have any idea what you have done?" he hissed

"He tried to kill me!" I protested

"Better you than him"

In one swift move, Lucian zipped froh Anna’s chest and into her body

"Witches are disposable There are plenty of them Do you kno hard it is to find a Heelian?" He tore her heart from her body