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Xhex&039;s knife flew from her hand a split second after she saw the lesser coht at John&039;s back

Her dagger traveled hilt over tip through the air, crossing the distance in the blink of an eye, winging past John&039;s ear so close she prayed to a God she didn&039;t believe in that he wouldn&039;t suddenly decide to turn his head for any reason

Just as the slayer pulled the trigger, her blade caught hi his torso, the painhi in the leg instead of the heart

As her male went down, she leaped over him with a war cry

Fuck Butch O&039;Neal This kill was hers

The lesser was scrae her weapon from his torso--at least until he heard her yell Then he looked toward her and shrank back in horror--which suggested her eyes were glowing red and her fangs were fully extended and flashing

She landed in front of hied and put his hands up to shield his face and neck, she didn&039;t er stayed by her side and her third-stringer reh

Other plans for this boy

Using her symphath side, she burrowed into the slayer&039;s brain and popped the tops on his memories so that all at once, he felt the i he&039;d ever done and every terrible act that had been perpetrated against him

Lot of shit Looooot of shit He&039;d apparently had a thing for underage girls

Well, wasn&039;t this going to be satisfying on so many levels

As he went down to the floor, he screamed and clutched his tee--and she let hi up in all the sectors that indicated fear and loathing and regret and hatred

When he started to bang his skull against the dirty wallpaper, leaving a black stain where his ear was, she planted one and only one thought in his mind

Planted it like an ivy streamer a poison ivy streamer that would take hold and infiltrate and own his mental real estate

"You knohat you have to do," she said in a deep, warping voice "You know the way out"

The slayer dropped his arht of what she&039;d released, and as a slave to the dictate she gave hier and ripped it out of his flesh

Turning the point back toward hi as he prepared to send the blade on a rocking descent

Xhex halted hiht beside hi face-to-face, she looked into his eyes and hissed "You don&039;t go after what&039;s ut yourself"

A splatter of black blood hit her leather pants as the guy nailed hied the blade crosswise, s

And then on herback in his head, he withdrew the weapon and handed it to her hilt first

"You&039;re welcome," she muttered Then she stabbed hione

As she pivoted around, the sole of her boot squeaked on the wet floor

John was looking up at her with eyes that were not dissimilar to the slayer&039;s, his stare peeled so wide he was showing no lid at all on the top or the bottom

Xhex wiped her first blade on her leathers "How bad are you?"

As John gave her a thumbs-up, A-OK, she realized the house was quiet and looked around Everyone was still standing: Qhuinn was just straightening fro around to see if John was okay And Rhage was co in at a run from the kitchen with Vishous on his heels

"Who&039;s hit--" Rhage skidded to a halt and stared at the hole in John&039;s leathers "Man, three inches up and to the left and you&039;da been a soprano, buddy"

V went over and helped John to his feet "Yeah, but at least he could have taken up knitting with you You could&039;ve taught his a tear to the eye"

"If I recall, I&039;m not the one with the wool fixation--"

As a wheezing boiled up fro roouy all but fell into the hallway

OhThe for, malaria, and H1N1 all at the sae "We need a car He and John need transport back to the mansion--"

"I&039;ll take care of ruffly as he beca rooet the Hummer," Qhuinn said

Just as he turned away, John slaet everyone&039;s attention and signed, I&039;et seen by the doctor," she said

John&039;s hands started to fly so fast she couldn&039;t track the words, but it was pretty da benched just because of the slug of lead in his leg

Their argu to the side and glancing over her shoulder What she saw explained so ht they&039;d all been in: on the ratty sofa, V had Butch in his arether, the pair of theap whatesoever between them And in the , with Butch see from hiuy made her dislike him less-- especially as he turned his face and looked over at her For once, his icyin his eyes proved he wasn&039;t a total asshole On the contrary, he seemed to feel the pain of his Brother&039;s sacrifice for the race Truly, it ate him alive

Oh, and Butch was apparently his Which explained why V had it in for her He was jel that she&039;d had a piece of what he&039;d wanted, and as rational as he was, he couldn&039;t stop resenting her for it

Only once, though, she thought at hiain

After a moment, V nodded, as if he appreciated the reassurance, and she returned the respect Then she refocused on the e had hopped on the hell-no-you&039;re-not-fighting train, picking up the slack she&039;d left

"I&039; back together"

As John as Strip