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“Ah, that was a mistake, traitor. Peter was your shield, and now we can handle you. – the movements of the leader are almost imperceptible to the eye, but we still noticed his preparation for the attack.

- You know, I'm not one of those who hide behind others.

"I know, so I'll take advantage of your foolish courage."

She heard sounds, sounds familiar to the ear. Tom and his flock turn into lugara.

- Eliane! – wanted to grab his shoulder, but did not dare, her hands hung in the air. It still doesn't seem real.

For the first time I saw the demons of the night not in the pictures in the book, but in reality. A massive head with pointed ears and a body similar to a human, but much larger, caused involuntary horror. She looked frightened at the unusual Lugara, but he still remained calm.

The next moment it all started. The flock rushed towards us. I wanted to step aside, but I remembered the request of the fighter. She did not move, she stood behind him, as if behind a stone wall.

Everything happened very quickly. The Savior broke the neck of the first attacker. Then he kicked the next one in the stomach, and struck another with a crushing blow to the head. I heard his vertebrae crunch one by one.

A growl sounded very close, she instantly reacted and sat down, the demon flew over me and fell into Elyan's hands. He squeezed the monster's ribs, breaking them with a loud crack. The enemy whimpered and collapsed on the cobblestones.

The fighter's movements were super-fast for the wolves too. He did two more. She looked at the guy and could not tear herself away, she had not seen warriors like him, of course, not counting her father. Only now I fully realized that Elian is real, he is no longer a fairy tale or fiction, as it seemed to me, and most importantly, not my imagination.

Attention was attracted by Tom, the leader was slowly creeping up to the savior, taking advantage of the moment that the fighter was busy with the rest of the lugars. He is going to attack from the back, these creatures have no honor.

Without hesitation, she rushed at Tom, the leader just intended to cling to Elian. She wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to break him. But it is so wide for my miniature size that it was impossible to squeeze it properly. Nevertheless, she managed to fill up the wolf demon to the ground, but he did not even think of giving up, with his huge paw he struck in the side. I rolled to the side. The enemy managed to scratch with claws. There was no time to examine the wound, but I felt that it was not deep.

Distracted the leader, this gave Elyan the opportunity to deal with another of the attackers. There was no need to fight the rest, he just decided to run away.

Tom no longer thought about Elian, in his eyes she saw a clear desire to finish me off. Prepared for defense. The leader ran with his mouth wide open. If you cling to me, I will definitely not survive. The fighter did not keep itself waiting, appeared as if from nowhere and with force threw away the flying lugar. He flew into the wall, the bones made a crunch from afar, announcing that the enemy had come to an end. But Elian was not satisfied with the sound, the guy went up to the leader and mercilessly twisted his neck. Dumbfounded, she stared at him. The fighter does not spare them, for him they are the same enemies as for the wolves.

A scream attracted me. The coward who decided to run was reincarnated as a human. And this fugitive was lifted by the throat and held by some red-haired guy. A fraction of a second and he just as mercilessly broke his neck and threw him against the wall.

- Brandon, could you come later? Elyan spoke sternly, but cheerful sparks jumped in his eyes. He is not angry at a late accomplice.

- Sorry, traffic jams! – the guy approached the fighter and smiled. Then he turned to me and froze. He became as still as a statue.

His appearance seemed strange, unnatural. Brandon, as Elian called him, is handsome. But despite its beauty, its whole appearance, smell, absolutely everything alarmed me.

- Who is this lady my friend? Blue eyes sparkled with curiosity.

- Melissa! Elyan answered shortly.

Brandon's eyes widened.

- Sorry for the direct question. Who are you, and why is your blood seething, prompting you to attack you? - after some hesitation, I asked. Unaccustomed internal sensations control my behavior. The body vibrates, manifesting the essence of the wolf.

Elyan grinned.

- I'm a vampire! - honestly admitted the stranger.

She growled involuntarily.

- She-wolf, there is no need to kill me, I am well-mannered and friendly. - the deathly-pale friend of the fighter stepped aside.

- Not sure. – through my teeth, sounded threat.

The vampire stood up for Elyan, feigning fear. There are practically no emotions on the stone face, only the eyes do not hide the pretense.

"Tell the beautiful person across from us that I am not her enemy!"

- Of course, I would love to watch you bite him, but he is really good. - the current situation amused Elian.

A strange couple, a wolf demon and a vampire.

- I thought you were a legend, or rather I didn’t believe that you exist.

Today was a very unusual day. It wasn't enough for Lugar, so there was also a fighter with his vampire friend. The blood-sucking creature does not cause sympathy in any way.

- Who would say, you yourself are a living legend. Brandon stepped forward and approached me. His smooth gait, correct posture, behavior and speech indicated that he belonged to the century before last.

I missed his remark.

- I read about you and heard a lot of stories, but I doubted that you exist.

- Parents did not warn that there are predators and worse than wolf demons. He grinned and hissed menacingly.

Unexpectedly, she burst out laughing. Blood resisted, but intuition in the new sign completely ceased to recognize the enemy. Eyes bright and clear, like the daytime sky, are not able to hide goodwill towards me.

- I might have been scared if you had not warned in advance that you were friendly. She spoke to him respectfully and smiling broadly.

- Elian, I like this young lady! Brandon said and smiled back. The smile was warm. Despite the cold appearance and fangs that appeared, the image of a vampire began to fade from his mind. I saw a man, not a perfect predator.

And I didn’t suspect that bloodsuckers could be like that. I thought that vampires were cruel, bloodthirsty monsters. But, fortunately, I was wrong. If Elian fights on our side, why can't Brandon? Two, born to kill, became the protectors of people. They are rare, especially in the supernatural world.

- I don't want to scare Melissa, but I can smell your blood! Brandon looked at my hand squeezing my side.

I was so carried away that I completely forgot about the wound. Feel the sting again.

- It's okay, it will heal! I tried to convince. Although in fact the wound throbbed. It doesn't take an hour to heal.

- So it's nothing to worry about? Elian's angry voice rang out.

She shuddered involuntarily.

- It'll all be over soon. The main thing is that everything is in order with us compared to Lugar. pointed to the corpses.

The savior's eyes sparkled.

- It seems that he asked you to stay close, and not help.

He would have killed you, he couldn't let that happen. I justified.

And why am I making excuses at all?

A smug smirk appeared on his handsome face.

- I knew that Tom was hiding in the shadows. He couldn't have attacked unnoticed. - Elian realizes his superiority over the enemy.

- You're overconfident. When you jumped on him, he almost grabbed your neck.

You are still young and therefore you do not understand anything.

His words pissed me off.

- I was well prepared, if I saw that you were not in danger, I would not try to help.

- Are you well prepared? Something I doubt. If that were the case, you wouldn't be in this position and I wouldn't have to save you.

The tone in which the guy spoke to me did not please not only me, but also Brandon. The vampire frowned at his friend.

- I didn't ask you for help.

- I know, but I couldn't stay away. If something happened to you, Katherine would not survive.

I don't know why, but my heart sank at his words. I thought Elian wanted to help me, but it turns out he did everything just for my mother. It looks like a friend of him and, really, a good one.

Silently, she turned around and walked towards the hostel. Suddenly, someone grabbed his hand and turned around sharply. Met Lugaru's angry expression, his smoky eyes barely sparkling with anger.

- Where are you going?

- To the hostel. - answered shortly, for more courage was not enough. Why does he have such an effect on me?

- It's not safe to go alone, now they know your smell and the rest of the flock will definitely find you.

Ignoring his suggestion, she yanked her hand out of his grasp.

- No need for your escort. I've been here for over eight months, doing great on my own.

I saw surprise in his eyes, but it only lingered for a moment.

Brandon will go with you. I have better things to do. We need to get here and find out something.

I looked at the vampire, the redhead was standing just a few steps away from us. Neither his breathing nor his heartbeat could be heard. He didn't move.

- Melissa rest assured, I can protect you. – his voice, doused with warmth.

Elian's voice evokes other sensations. It makes the heart stop, waiting for something incomprehensible. Even being angry with him, I can’t help myself, everything happens against my will.

- No doubt! – tried to smile.

- Thank you for your trust. Brandon bowed slightly. His manners in our time are perceived as something strange.

She looked at Elian, the guy was frowning for some reason. What didn't you like now?

- Enough of you to exchange pleasantries. Go to the hostel.

- You don't need my help Elian? - Finally, a natural emotion appeared on the stony face, the vampire is worried.

- No, my friend. I just want to find the lair. I won't attack alone.

Brandon nodded.

- Stay with Melissa until I get back. He said without even looking at me. The savior disappeared as suddenly as he appeared.

She took a deep breath and hurried to the dorms. If I hadn't known Brandon was following me, I would have thought I was alone. His almost silent steps are hard to hear with my hearing. Amazing creature.

The vampire, like a shadow, silently followed me. He didn't move a single step the whole way.

I wonder how Elian is? Why does he bother me, why doesn't he get out of my head? One has only to close my eyes, I see his image. The guy is worse than an obsession. Finally, the university appeared, and behind it, just a hostel. Now it is twilight on the street, lights are on in many windows, but there are still a lot of young people walking. My companion was noticed by the girls. Everyone whispered with one voice. Brandon smiled some kind of wild warning smile, the reaction was not long in coming, they immediately fell silent and timidly stepped back. As soon as I was climbing the stairs of my building, I noticed that the vampire did not take his eyes off me. His gaze was embarrassing. She lowered her head, her hair covered her face, used her usual lately method of shielding herself from excessive attention.

On the fourth floor, turned left, my door is the third. Walking over to it, she pulled the keys out of her pocket and unlocked them. Brandon didn't let me pass first. He entered the room and looked around. Didn't feel any foreign smell, but apparently the vampire decided to double-check just in case.

- Brandon, I don't think they know where I live. Today's meeting with Lugaru is an accident.

- Maybe, but it's not so easy Melissa. You are a she-wolf, and even the daughter of the chosen ones, now the wolf demons will not back down so easily. They will haunt you until you die.

A lump stuck in his throat at his words.

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. – noticed sincere regret on the marble face.

- It's okay, sooner or later, it would happen. I rubbed my side, it still burns, but not so much.

Brandon looked down from my face to the wound.

"If you'll excuse me, I'll examine your wound."