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“I’m a hero, whether I like it or not,” Shade said to no one but the steering wheel “Just thought it would be lessterrible”

She wiped away her tears She punched the address of the hospital into the GPS—she still had no idea where she was—and, dry-eyed, went to face Malik and Cruz and the consequences of playing superhero

Vincent Vu had been unable to stay home—it was quickly surrounded by the FBI So he used two of his meat puppets to clear a home a few blocks away of its inhabitants

Now he sat on a couch that was not his, watching avideo of hi frame by frame to try to see the speed de white beast

Like a football player, watching tapes after the game

Abaddon ithin hi beastwas him, Vincent Sooner or later, the voices in his head warned hiain

Vincent figured the voices were right But for noas content to watch TV and eat the snack foods belonging to the three dead people lying at his feet

To at the last possible th faded under the brutal assault of Abaddon

He felt the disappointment, even scorn, of the Dark Watchers, but once he was hione, replaced by his own demons

He had always been a decent swih school team for a while He swaful of air as the battle raged behind him

He made it to the far side of the channel and barely avoided Abaddon as the monster slunk by But Abaddon had not seen hi on the dock

Peaks was less conspicuous than he would have been under normal circumstances—the area was full of panicky civilians—and a kind, if scandalized, wo

He took that gratefully and then beat the woman unconscious with a lamp and cleaned out her purse

What should he do next? He wasn’t at all sure But in the back of hisshape A kill list General DiMarco topped that list, followed by Dekka Talent and Shade Darby

Napalain when the tiht Of that he had no doubt