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for
this.” Ranab rubbed his red eyes with the back of his hand. “You’re
dead!” With a giant leap, he lunged his death blade towards
her.
    With lightning speed Kara ducked,
swiveled, and side kicked Ranab in the shins. He staggered and fell
to his knees. Cursing, he glowered at Kara.
    Kara smiled. “Looks like I’m not dead
after all.” Without a second to waste, she bolted towards the
gatehouse. She pushed her M-5 with all it had left, feeling the
energy drain with every step.
    She could see Peter and Jenny behind
the exterior gatehouse wall. Their petrified faces were fixed on
the horrid battle. Jenny caught Kara’s eye and motioned with her
hand impatiently.
    David was nowhere in sight.
    Terrifying wails and the smell of
death filled the air around her like a nightmare on the repeat
button. The cold stone floor and darkness of Tartarus were a five
star hotel compared to this. Lilith was like the black plague,
striking the innocent as she went. It was time to put a stop to
it.
    A sting shot through her
arm.
    Kara staggered and turned. A glint of
silver flashed off the blade of a knife. With her reflexes in
overdrive, she blocked another strike, inches from her eyes, kicked
her attacker in the gut and jumped back.
    Her assailant was a short blond girl,
about Kara’s age. But her eyes were glazed with madness, and she
snarled at Kara like a wild dog. Her once beautiful face was
contorted with hate. Her dirty fingers were curled back like claws,
and blood dripped from her nose. Her white shirt was torn and
stained with dirt and blood, and her pants were unrecognizable
under the layers of grime. With a wild grunt, she charged at Kara
with a kitchen knife.
    Kara dodged the attack and knocked the
girl down with a blow to her shoulder. The girl fell and rolled
onto the ground. She looked up at Kara. Her wet hair stuck to her
face and made her look even wilder. A mixture of sorrow and anger
welled inside Kara. She was supposed to protect mortals. This girl
had probably been studying or talking on the phone with her
girlfriends when Lilith had enchanted her. Kara saw herself in this
girl.
    The girl screamed like a banshee in a
wild tantrum and threw herself at Kara again, slashing the night
air with her nails and knife.
    Kara jumped back. “Please, stop. Don’t
do this.”
    She studied the girl’s face for a
glimpse of sanity, but there was nothing there but the wild eyes of
madness. Had Lilith turned her into a zombie?
    The girl swung the knife at Kara’s
throat. Kara caught the girl’s hand easily, grabbed the knife, and
pinned her arms at her side. The girl howled and thrashed against
Kara’s grip. Heads turned in their direction. Men and women grunted
angrily as they detached themselves from the killing mob and
stumbled forward. Foaming from their mouths, they charged
again.
    The young girl snapped her teeth
together like a piranha, inches from Kara’s face. Kara jerked her
head back just in time. “Seriously? I don’t have time for
this.”
    The mob approached. The girl kicked
and screamed violently in Kara’s grip.
    In the corner of her eye, Kara caught
a glimpse of black coats. Two enormous Seirs charged at her like
two great black bulls and blocked her way to the gatehouse. Her
situation was worsening by the second.
    The mass of mortals was upon her.
Their dull maddened eyes shone with hatred, teeth bared and
ready.
    Swish . A death blade flew in the air . . .
    Kara averted the blade and flung the
snapping girl toward the Seirs.
    Instantly the mob followed the girl
and turned on the Seirs. The Seirs lashed out at the wild mortals.
Howls echoed throughout the courtyard. Kara’s hairs stood on end at
the sound of fists hitting flesh. The Seirs hacked at the crowd
with their blades like made butchers. But the crowd kept coming.
The blond girl tackled one of the Seirs, and they both went down.
The Seirs disappeared under the flood of mortals.
    “ Kara, quickly, let’s go!”
Jenny’s purple hair stood