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Fangs The one nas There had been blood and fangs and the horrible crunching sound of theinto the wall by Geor--Baojia’s… sword? Knife? Who the hell carried a knife that big? The one who ss, too She’d seen them He hissed at her like a snake And then…

See that? You do not sniff what is mine Do you understand?

The tears she’d held at bay started to roll down her cheeks and she felt Luis’s hand tighten on her elbow

"Just a few htening her sto sound and realized it was cohed

"A few too uided her behind the Mercedes and put a hand on her back "Better get rid of it now; he’s just gonna beover and e her stomach as the insanewith so So about the DJ here and she couldn’t get enough The boss said he’d bring her, but I guess she got i deal I’m sure they’ll work it out"

"Hope so Baojia was pissed on the drive down here, that’s for sure"

Natalie fu it Da her Nlas r p up and waving goodbye to the man… monster… whatever he was… that had walked them out of the club

"Few ently helped her inside Then he got in the front seat and i around to hand her a box of tissues and a bottle of water "He’s out of hearing range, so unless they had guards I didn’t see, we’re safe to talk You okay?" He did look concerned He looked scared actually, as if he aiting for her to collapse or explode or suddenly sprout antennae

Which, considering what had just happened, was entirely possible

Natalie glared at him, took the bottle of water, swished some in her mouth, then tried to open the door She cocked her head silently at Luis, who turned to roll do so she could spit it out She took another long drink of water, dabbed at the tears still staining her face, and turned to her… protector? Kidnapper? Chauffeur?

"What The fuck Was that?"

Luis let out a long breath "Yeah… This is gonna be interesting"

"Interesting?" Her angry tears dried and she felt the rage boiling up "Interesting is not the word for what that was! Horrifying Bizarre Unreal--oh!" She gasped "They spiked my drink That was a hallucination"

"Um, no it was--"

"Wait," she said with a frown "I didn’t drink anything I specifically didn’t drink anything because I thought the bartender looked sketchy I didn’t drink anything, so it couldn’t have been drugs"

"Natalie--Ms Ellis--I’m not sure which one you like, but--"

"Oh! No…" Her eyes widened "It was soalotten she had an audience "What?"

"You weren’t drugged You weren’t having a hallucination I saw the saed, and she felt the bile rising again "Luis, open the door"