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t wave was a fires
r, his body a warzone. His hands, knuckles white, dug into thre beast than man, t
ained red at the edges. The vital signs on the w
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echoed the visual alarm. The sound grated on his raw
et to the s
high-concentration inhibitor waited. But a violent spasm seized his musclear wall with a deafeningue liquid within hissed as it ev
o
d over him. Evander closed his eyes
nium bolts slammed into place, sealing the chamber. The system
his fingers began to shift, his nails elongating, scrap
y were about to be swallowed by the tide
int
from a black supply crate marked with
ddenly hypersensitive, twitched. The primal territorial instinct of the beast
d, releasing a plume of white, cryogenic gas
ty lowering. He was a predator poised to s
blown off. It w
a h
ful fingers. A hand utterly devoid of
d Evander's combat
shoulders like a waterfall of ink. She rubbed her temples, a slight frown
ungs, and she coughed.
oiled muscles in Eva
d they took in the cold, metallic walls with a detached cu
LOGICAL HORMONE CONCENTRA
stem, Blue, scrolled across her r
dim, red-lit gloom. It landed on him. On the m
pinpricks. His breath caught in his throat. For one impo
within her, to meet his aggression with overwhelming force. But there was nothing. The trans-dimensional laws of this new universe had suppressed her A
commanded internally. "Dimensional storage intact. Bas
ed. Her eyes widened, her expression shifting to that of a startl
ied to form a word, a question, a command. But what came out wa
the overwhelming scent of raw power and desperation in the air-it all clicked i
ng a long, bare leg over the side. Her feet, small and arc
ely recoiled, pressing himself harder against the wall, his hands fumbling for the very shacklesains leading to his wrists. A flicker of appreciation, cold and analytical,
idn't
l, deliberate s
ng in protest. He squeezed his eyes shut, every muscle in his bod
through his clenched teeth, t
ing wave of spiritual pressure, en
, her eyelashes fluttering as if
k anoth
n them shrank to
ing his tormented red ones. And in a voice as
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