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</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Luca's back hit the wall of the hall and he grit his teeth as the vampire bore down on him. The undead creature snarled in his face as Luca fought hard to keep his claws from digging into him. He had a momentary idea of letting the creature stab him or even bite him as the vampire seemed to be trying to do. After all, it only took a single drop of his blood to kill one of them. Yet, he didn't allow it as things were different now -what with Aries worrying about him most of the time. He knew if he allowed the undead thing before him to get even a single scratch in, Aries wouldn't forgive it. More importantly, the little vampire wouldn't forgive himself.<br/>
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Relief pooled in his chest as Aries leapt up on the back of the creature and held it in restraint. Luca wrenched his knives free and shoved both blades up through the vampire's jaw and into the skull. It choked, tried to remove the blades weakly, and then finally shuddered and began to turn to dust. Luca yanked both weapons free and stepped back, his chest heaving as he looked around the hall. With a heavy sigh, he looked over at Aries and gave him a smile. "Thank you," he breathed softly. Without Aries he knew that fight would have ended very differently. <br/>
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Putting his blades back in their spots on the vest he wore, Luca retrieved the others that he threw from the ash pile and wiped them clean on his jeans. Moving into the stream of light, Luca peered into the room the vampires had been hovering around. Against the far wall, a young man was leaning against the wall, a hand curled across his waist and pressing against his hip. Blood streaked the male's fingers and he looked rather pale. Luca hurried into the room, another wash of relief taking over as the hunter looked up at them. "You're alive," Luca breathed. <br/>
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The young man was indeed a bit younger than Luca, green eyes and dark hair that was matted with blood. He looked worse for wear, but that was alright with Luca. Better this and alive, than a cold corpse. "Y-yeah... somehow," the youth said with a heavy exhale. He turned his gaze down to his side and winced. "It's a bit deep, not sure I can walk all that well. Y-you shouldn't have come here. I'll just slow you down."<br/>
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Luca shook his head. "Don't do that. It's the middle of the day, we still have plenty of time to get out of here and get into the safety of the main street. I came here fully expecting to find a corpse. And since you're clearly not dead, we're leaving exactly like that. All of us."<br/>
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The male looked over to Aries and frowned. "Are you sure?"<br/>
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Luca glanced at his lover, then nodded firmly. "Definitely. Trust me. Come on, I'll help you up. I'm Luca, this is Aries."<br/>
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"Seth," the hunter replied as he reached up and allowed Luca to pull his arm up over his shoulders. Stepping back, Luca pulled Seth up to his feet, bracing his weight easily enough. "Thank you."<br/>
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"You're welcome. Now let's get out of here," Luca said and started for the door. "Aries, would you mind leading? I'm right behind you," he assured the vampire with soft words and a warmer smile.</span>