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.power rippled, aconcussion that slammed into Lloyd and sent him flying off her.I aimed my gun and fired, though I knew it would be pointless.My bullets hadbeen useless last time why would they be good now? This bitch was going to need tobe sliced upShe held her hand up, and the onslaught of bullets I had fired off froze.Theyturned around, and Eztli sent them flying into one of the uniforms standing near me.His eyes grew wide, and his body collapsed to the floor as the bullets turned him intoSwiss cheese, one of them lodging in his brain.I gritted my teeth and looked over atCarlos, who just stood there, frozen in place.What was wrong with him?His eythe trigger.She turned and stared down at him, her eyes glazed over with wonderment,like she had just found a succulent pig to devour.nimal calling that Isolde had been talkingOne of the uniforms fired his gun, but the bullet missed by a mile.Eztli turned tohim, and he froze in place, his eyes growing wide in fixated horror.Fire crawled up hislegs and burst around him.He let out a scream that I knew would haunt me for the restof my days.The smoke was getting to be too much.I coughed into my arm and shouted atLloyd was on his feet and making another dash for her, his teeth bared and his furraised.He was large, about the size of a Shetland pony, and his body moved with sleekmuscles.He jumped into the air again and locked on to her arm once more.Blood drippedfrom his teeth, and a feral growl escaped him as he tried to tear into her.Eztli swatted him away like he was an annoying gnat.His body arced in the air,and I caught him in midflight with an extension of my Phantom power, preventing himfrom crashing into the roaring fire.She was too powerful.Eztli let out a shrill laugh and rose into the air, her head tipped back and hairfluttering around her like she was caught in a wind tunnel.She flew forward, rushing past us and breaking through the burning building, outinto the night.The building groaned, and timbers collapsed from the ceiling.I jumpedscious woman.and suffocating.It filled my lungs and numbed my brain.Lloyd pushed against me, and I grabbed a fistful of his dirty fur, using it tobalance me.When I finally stumbled out of the bar, I focused on drawing in deep gulps of air.It felt like my lungs were full of razor blades, and each breath I took was another oneadded to the pile.My eyes stung with tears from the smoke.Gunshots went off, and when I blinked enough to clear my eyes, I spotted Eztlihigh in the air.Her dress was torn, and her legs had grown longer, her feet extendedand her toes turned into talons.My God.My mouth fell open.She was getting strongerwith each death, feeding off them.Backup had arrived while we were inside, and they were trying to take Eztlidown, but it was useless.The bullets always stopped inches from actually striking her.She swooped down and grabbed ahold of one of the officers.She buried her facein his neck, and he let out a strangled scream that was cut short when she ripped histhroat out and feasted on his blood.I gulped and looked around for a weapon to use.Something other than my gun.I kept a few backup weapons in the trunk of my car, justin case.my car.die.air.Her bloodred eyes seemed to glow in the night, a warning for the hell that wasabout to come.I opened the black case I kept the knives in and pulled them out.They had teninch silver blades with thick black handles.Screams began to erupt as bodies hit the ground, burning as if the fire hadsomehow jumped from the bar.She was setting them on fire.She was somehow causing them to combust!I closed the trunk and shot into the air, levitating high above the street.The coldkissed my skin, and gooseflesh covered my arms.I propelled myself at her and crashedmy body into hers like I was a freight train going off course.Her hands grasped on to me, her talons hooking into my back.She opened hermouth wide, and I could see chunks of meat clinging to her teeth.I stabbed the knifedown into the side of her neck, and her fingers flexed, digging a bit deeper into myskin.My body felt like it was going to be pulled in half,strength to do it.I slammed my energy into her and pushed her away.Her claws ripped from myskin, and I let out a scream as pain tore through me.Blood matted my back, and mymind spun.I dropped a couple of inches.No.Get it together!I snapped my head up and glared at her.I still had the other knife.This bitch wasgoing down one way or another.Eztli ripped the knife from her neck and dropped it to the ground.Blood spurtedI moved to strike again, but as I raced toward her, she took off into the sky.FuckShe escaped, and as much as I wanted to go after her, mythe chase.I lowered myself to the ground and grabbed ahold of a nearby cruiser.A strongsurrounded me.I looked up atIn his head? This just kept getting worse.leaned into him slightly.It felt good to have his strong arm around me, even if it feltfor a while.room for it.Firemen were putting out the flames as we made our way to an ambulance.My legs felt like they were going to buckle with each step.Maybe he was right.Maybe I did need to get looked over.* * * *The paramedic finished bandaging my back when the fire was finally put out.shirt back on and slipped out of the back of the ambulance.Carlos had walked off to gotalk with some of the victims who had made it out of the bar.I debated whether I should go find Lloyd.It would start a fight, though, so Idecided against it.A line of reporters wbeen put up.I grimaced in their direction and walked through the labyrinth of cars towhere Carlos was interviewing a brunette.Abe Patel,took every chance he got to remind both Carlos and me of their previous relationship.Not wanting to talk to Abe, I avoided the melee of reporters and walked over to Carlos [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]