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Just before they reached each other, a va viciously, clearing the way for them

When Kaderin stood before her sisters, at last, she couldn't find her voice With a tre hand, she reached out to cup Dasha's stubborn chin, then brush Rika's glossy dark hair froed to say as her tears began to fall

"Missed us?" Dasha said "When did you dress differently - and so strangely? And who's that male?"

"There's no time for that, Dash" Kaderin forced herself to be blunt "The two of you die in this battle In ten minutes, a vampire takes your heads And it is my fault"

Dasha opened her mouth to interrupt her, but Kaderin raised her hand "We must make this fast I live one thousand years in the future now, and I'ht And I' to lose those years Forever"

Without blinking an eye, ever-practical Dasha said, "Seems to me that they will be lost as well if we are dead"

Rika put her hands on her knees, bending over and coughing blood "Kader-ie, I don't understand" She'd already been hurt worse than Kaderin had ever known "How is this possible?"

"You know extraordinary things happen in the Lore - we've seen theer than this," Kaderin said "You're just going to have to trust h a certain door, very quickly, I could cease to be"

"If we leave the battle, how could we show our faces again?" Dasha asked "We'd be known as cowards You could think us cowards"

"No," Kaderin said "You would be re valiantly in battle"

"No one would curse our names?" Dasha asked

"Never, I vow it"

Dasha turned her attention to Sebastian "And the man?"

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"His name is Sebastian I I love hihting as bodies were piling up around hi any of them had ever drea a vampire

Dasha whistled "There is hed more blood "He is beautiful, Kader-ie" She leaned on her sword, the ulti one simply did not do if one could possibly prevent it "Then take us forward Another adventure"

Dasha remained unconvinced "There's no peace in the future, is there? We still fight vaht"

"Bad vaely you speak"

Rika stumbled "I'm dizzy Call for your man"

Kaderin dropped her sword and scooped her up "Just a bit longer, sweet"

When all around Sebastian lay an assort

And stared transfixed

She wore a golden breastplate and carried her sword and a whip Though injured, she continued to fight savagely, shrieking her fury and orders over the deafening thunder

Pointing her sword, she directed boo arrows and witches with their spells, as they hurtled their strikes in bright trails at the ene from her temple and the corner of her lips, and her blond hair was braided for battle Her eyes were silver She was absentlythe vampires she'd killed

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