CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
No. Not Valerian.
My heart feels like it’s imploding.
I can’t lose him like this. He’s fine. He has to be.
There’s no time to check on him or ponder what the puck has just happened. Maybe the Senate has betrayed us, or maybe the Enforcers are somehow part of Icelus—it doesn’t matter. Priority number one is survival and helping Valerian.
I yank out my gun and shoot the Enforcer who punched him.
Nothing happens.
I flip the nonlethal setting to kill mode and shoot again.
Still nothing.
Puck. I guess you can’t kill a vampire with this tech.
Onassis must know the same thing. Instead of bothering with the gun, he takes out his sword and slashes at the Enforcer I just tried to shoot.
The Enforcer’s head rolls away.
Whew. At least the Senate Guard is on our side.
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