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“So, I should feel lucky?” she asked as she shifted into a defensive position Lachlan tracked the hly doubted this training session would end with one of theive up in the middle and disappear to their bedroom, not that I blamed the Witches chose consorts, not ical properties tied to the situation Ito do with the selection process, but no one truly understood it

“I’ these are ish looking va in a half circle around the mat opposite Valor and Lachlan

“Yep,” Lachlan answered, not even out of breath as Valor whirled toward him, a flurry of fists and kicks that never made connection

“Wonderful,” I said, flashing the vamps my best seductive save thelared at azes, but they certainly didn’t like my flippant attitude “Who’s first?”

All of the to ad like a unit I’d never seen any of the cotton pants and shirts, I i for the royal guard, perhaps Soed on me at once

“Oh, five at one ti out of the first one’s attempt to knock me on my ass

They encircled s and punches Kicks and knees and all sorts of attempts to land a blow I danced out of each of their attacks, racefully as all those ballet lessons htwith them, really I could’ve laid each of them out by now, but I wanted them to feel like they at least stood a chance before I e’s second

“You almost had me there,” I said to a vamp who had red hair He didn’t like rowl I hurried out of the way of the charging bull, feeling I’d let the fight go on long enough

A crackle of heat shot throughany time I called onfroy sparked between my raised hands

“My turn,” I practically sing-songed, wavinga ball between they—one Iit to dova to each of the targets I’d instructed One by one, it swept the ankles out fro their wrists to the mat so they couldn’t retaliate

I grinned down at the my powers drop

“Show off!” Valor chided right before Lachlan took her distraction and used it against her, hurtling her into the entleness even I could see from here

“It’s not showing off when there isn’t a challenge,” I said, then grimaced at the varowls, there was much offense taken Whoops “Surely, there is someone here that could pose a threat to h of my own confidence

“Gladly,” a voice said froht behind me, and I whirled How the hell had Benedict snuck up onup his shirt sleeves as he stalked across the mat One of his hands was clenched in a fist, and it was the first show of anger from him I’d seen He must be in a mood to let his nor you’re infallible is also dangerous”

“I don’t think I’ my eyes off hiotten, Valor and her highlander forgotten, it was justin ed me “I just knohen I’m not matched”

Benedict tipped his chin upward “And now? Do you think you can so easily take me down?”

I s for entirely different reasons “Oh, I know I can You see, your power can’t incapacitate , and I’eous that power is, but here?” I asked, flickingthere “You’re outmatched, Assassin”