“Sure.” I stepped toward them casually, lifting my hands.
They hadn’t expected me to be free of cuffs, and they didn’t expect me to be fast enough to clear the hall in a couple of seconds.
One brush of my fingertips against one of their wrists, and the guard stiffened, eyes rolling back as my venom surged into his veins.
I pivoted, grabbing another’s exposed skin at the neck.
Two dropped in seconds, paralyzed but breathing.
“Shit…she’s using her powers!” one of them yelled.
“Bet you failed at basic observation,” I muttered.
The third fired a dart at me.
I leaned back and caught it midair, drenching it in my venom and flicking it back at him.
It hit his thigh, and he went down.
The last two tried to retreat, but I was faster than they were.
I simply vaulted over them, using their shoulders, and landed in their path, shoving my palms into their faces. They dropped together.
“My hallway is clear,” I said into the comms. “Five neutralized. No fatalities.”
“Show-off,” Zuko muttered approvingly. “Thank the Fates you’re okay.”
“I’m fine,” I assured him.
Slater let out a low groan. “I love hearing your voice, venom baby. I want to hear it before I perish.”
“You’re not perishing,” I growled.
“So hot when she’s angry,” he gushed with a giggle.
“Ivy, Solon, hallway junction in three meters,” Katie said. “Rune’s to your left.”
I met them at the intersection.
“Nice entrance,” Ivy said, noticing the bodies.
“Same to you,” I replied, glancing behind them where a trail of knocked-out guards lay.
We moved into the lobby toward a terminal with a scientist who spoke quickly into a phone.
“You have to hurry! We’re under attack!” she screamed. The scientist was frail andold. Humans aged terribly compared to us.
I feared that if I even attempted to grab her, I’d break her bones.
Dimitri appeared behind me in a blur seconds later, red eyes glowing as he tapped into his compulsion power.
“You will hang up and open all supernatural doors,” he told her calmly. “Then, you will go to your office and wipe every file related to their biology and magical signatures. You will destroy all supernatural DNA you’ve collected.”
She repeated his words back, dazed, and moved to the controls.
One by one, the doors in the facility hissed open.
“I love that power,” I blurted.
