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bbed him and rolled over, so they rolled deeper into the dark alleyway. As footsteps seemed to get closer,

suring to stay within the shadows. As soon as the footsteps got

o get the gun from the stranger and hit him over the head. The gun the man

as stealthily as a cat. He dragged Valerya back into the shadows and brought o

e was skilled with a gun because of his accuracy from that

ence. It was clear that they were after Davys. Valerya knew the attackers were professionals, and if she and Davys st

the club was gone. He shot at the windscreen of the car, and a horrible, whirring noise filled the

who sent them after Davys. She looked for the man she had knocked out, but he

looked at him with fear in his e

venom under his fingernails. He poked himself with it to kill hi

out of here," Davys said

l drive you to the sta

, he said, "The last thing I want is to have this public. And i

He looked at her for a moment before guiding her into his car.

are we

e," he a

e is the highest authority in the force and he has a lot of power. H

d meet us wherever I say he should

she blurted out suddenly,

would

clearly

"This isn't the first time som

tell," sh

racy we have going on. Citizens would vote, but I would be the only candidate, as you know. That doe

uses they now passed were bigger, and more spaced out than others. The buildings had lawns a

ed a cream-coloured two-storey building

ed through. The gates opened as soon as he

ied before she could ask. "I'm not really a people person. The last thing I would want is some crazy maid drugging me so she could

m, she wondered what one person would need so much space for.

do you think

know how bad

aid box instead of feel

f. "Having a female officer dying on my property wouldn't look good for my aspirations for being president." He said as he examined the site. "You were r

lied. "And President Marjan is

ked. When he was done, they sat in silence for several minutes before he blur

I would have do

out of line," he apologized as he rubbed the back of his neck

bout to say more when the front door was