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rose, trying to dislodge Ferro from his back.
    All it did was expose him to more agony as Ferro snapped the arm in two and then dislocated it. Satisfied his target wasn’t going anywhere, he flipped Korbin onto his back. A casual clench of Korbin’s forearm shattered the bone in his remaining arm.
    “Who leads the Order?” he growled, grabbing the other shifter’s collar and dragging his head from the ground.
    “Please,” Korbin gasped, sweat pouring from his forehead as he fought the pain.
    Ferro responded with a flat-bladed hand into his kidney. Korbin cried out in pain.
    “Who?” he asked again, shaking the man’s neck viciously when he refused to answer. “Tell me!”
    “Go fuck. Yourself.” He had to take quick, halting breaths to deal with the pain.
    Ferro dropped a knee onto the broken shinbone of his left leg. “Who?” he repeated, grinding it in as Korbin screamed in agony.
    The other shifter still didn’t give him an answer, so he switched questions. “Where does the Order meet? Where is their base?”
    “The Blood King’s Castle,” Korbin replied, his evil smile marred by the blood pouring from his mouth.
    Ferro recoiled at the name. He knew the place. After all, how could he not? It was named after him.

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    He rose from the corpse as blood continued to fountain from its mouth. It had taken some time to get the answers to as many questions as he could. Korbin had still refused to reveal who the head of the Order was, but he had told Ferro much besides that.
    “I am sorry you had to see that,” he said softly, looking down as Korbin’s body sagged in death, muscles releasing their hold.
    The woman didn’t reply.
    “I had hoped they would not provoke me into doing that. But fanaticism knows no bounds,” he told her heavily, hanging his head in regret over the day’s events.
    “Come, let us leave this place,” he said, turning away from the corpse.
    The field behind him was empty. She was gone.
     
     
     

Chapter Five
    Ana
    She was running away. That didn’t bother her; she was used to it. The part that was bugging her now was that she wasn’t entirely sure what she was running away from.
    There were so many questions that she wanted answered. Some out of curiosity, some that would help her avoid more trouble in the future, she was sure. But the risk of sticking around was just too high. That Ferrovax, whoever he was, could just as easily end up being trouble like the others were. He hadn’t disclosed his motives for wanting to help her, and the way he had simply expected her to stick around had rubbed her the wrong way as well.
    He wasn’t given the chance to explain himself. He was broadsided by the others from the start.
    She tried to push the rationality from her brain as she pelted down the road. She had crossed the field, entered the forest, and then ducked back onto the road after a short bit, hoping to put as much distance between her and her pursuers before losing them in the nearby rivers. The pain in her leg wasn’t fading though, and she was worried about what that might mean. Every time her calf came down hard it sent a burst of pain up her leg, warning her of the fact she was still bleeding from it. That was not good. She would have to stop soon to take care of it, but for now, she needed to put more distance between herself and whoever might be following her.
    The night was dark, but that didn’t bother her. There was a glimmer of moonlight, and she could see easily enough by its glow. Around her, the woods on either side of the road went silent. The cries of nocturnal hunting animals faded, and the screeching warnings of the other animals died as well.
    It happened so swiftly she almost didn’t have time to realize what was going on. Her first real clue was the sudden eclipse of the moon’s glow. The night turned black. Ana tried to dodge to the side, but it was too late.
    Large talons as long as her leg wrapped around her body, lifting her from the cobblestone