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2021-02-18 09:22:07But Eliza wasn’t still human, so she’d suck it up. And somehow, she was supposed to catch a demon creature and bring it back with her while simultaneously killing two or three Vampires and bringing in the ringleader? Easy peasy....
Sergio switched the engine off, and Mila turned around from the front passenger seat to look at all of them. They’d already had an hour long meeting before they left HQ, but now that the location was different than what they’d planned for, Mila would be compelled to speak. Eliza did her best to tune in, even though she was preoccupied with getting out of the vehicle and shooting things.
“As you can see, Sylvester has switched up his hunting grounds. We have it on good authority that he is staked out in the outer yard of a warehouse a few blocks up this street and over one. It’s a large complex with a chain-link fence and several other buildings dotting the perimeter. We believe there are at least
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Eliza backed up further than he had. Her legs were shorter, after all. With a deep breath, she hurled herself forward, building up speed as she went and lifted up off of the ground, swinging her arms forward for momentum. The toe of her boot clipped the top of the fence, shaking it slightly, but other than that, she made it to the other side with no problems and landed a few feet behind Sergio. He gave her a confident nod and they turned to continue their journey.Lights atop towering polls shed their illumination sparingly in pools around the bottom of their concrete trunks, making it harder to see into the shadowed areas around the buildings. Even with their IACs, it seemed darker in some places than others. Eliza focused her attention on the black spaces, wondering if any of them might start to move. She wasn’t used to shadows picking up their feet and walking, but after what she’d seen the night she killed Honey, nothing would surprise her.Up ahead of
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