Surprise Invasion VI

Eugene was aware of Damonq extracting his heart, but Andor bunched Eugen's hair in his fist and yanked his head back so hard it cracked bones in his neck.

That didn't matter.

The only thing that mattered was getting to the blood. He could see it, just out of his reach. Dark rubies. Gems of the purest blood he'd ever tasted. He had to have more.

Lightning arced around the room, jumped to the heart on the floor, incinerating it, turning it to ashes.

The white-hot energy bathed away the blood on both hunters and then the floor. Sandu had kept his arms and body over the mage but now he slowly released her.

"I stopped the bleeding, but she can't talk yet," he announced, lifting her easily to carry her to the stone table out of the way.

Andor finished the job by incinerating the bodies of the two beasts.

"Gary is on his way," Damonq said. "Her name is Juliet and she's mage, a direct descendant of Xavi or one of his brothers. Levon is also holding an ancient woman named Elizabeth."

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