GRAYSON WATCHED AS GABRIEL'S EYES CLOSED, his face hardening into an expression of extreme pain. Then Gabriel stepped backwards and to the side, leaving room for Killian to escape.
Then, everything seemed to happen at once, in a sequence of actions that Grayson would have never expected to occur.
Killian, making a hissing sound akin to glee, took off at a run towards the tunnel exit a few yards away. He was a solid figure transitioning into a blur to the human eye when he leapt into action. But to a werewolf, he could see his muscles flexing and pumping, straining as he attempted the getaway.
There was a flicker of movement as someone dropped down from above the tunnel. She has been waiting there, ready to ambush Killian.
It was Atia.
She landed directly in front of him, and he screeched to a halt. The following two seconds happened in slow motion:
