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thigh and forearm.
Surquyn twisted her arm, making Riyzan lose his grip and jumped,
twisting around. Her kick hit the side of his face and he loosened
his grip on her thigh as she landed on her feet.
    “Why are we
fighting? I thought you were teaching me to control my hunger?”
    Riyzan
straightened from his stance. “Are you hungry?”
    Surquyn tilted
her head to the side. “I am now.”
    Riyzan smiled.
“But you were not.”
    No I
wasn’t. Surquyn smiled. “Good point.”
    “I always make
a point.”
    Surquyn
chuckled when Riyzan attacked. She ducked quickly and twisted on
her heels. Riyzan jumped but Surquyn stood and quickly jumped,
twisting at the same time. Riyzan grabbed her thigh and pulled her
forward until their lips were only inches apart.
    Surquyn held
her breath as Riyzan pressed his lips softly against hers before
moving away.
    “You are
improving.”
    “I should hope
so,” she breathed. “After all the hours we spent fighting.”
    Riyzan smiled
and moved away. “You will be back to your old self in no time.”
    Surquyn pursed
her lips. “I doubt I will ever be back to my old self.”
    “No, but you
will be able to protect yourself without my help.”
    “But that
doesn’t solve the problem of my hunger.”
    “No, but as
we’ve already found out that fighting makes you forget about your
hunger, for now, that is what we will be working on. Once I think
you are ready we will work more on controlling your hunger.”
    “Are you sure?”
Surquyn asked, worried.
    Riyzan framed
her face. “Of course I am sure. We will get through this, my love.
You have nothing to fear.”
    Surquyn smiled,
then the ground began to tremble. She spun around, backing into
Riyzan and watched with horror as the pictures of Layla and Akila
dropped from the wall and smashed. The walls cracked and bits of
rock from the ceiling rained down on them.
    A loud rumble
sounded throughout the mountain and suddenly, Riyzan shoved Surquyn
away when the ground crumbled and caved in on itself.
    Surquyn rolled
to her feet when the wall behind her collapsed on top of her,
making her fall to the floor and hold her hands over her head,
curling into a ball to protect herself.
    The noise was
deafening and then suddenly, the sound was gone and everything
stilled. Surquyn shoved the rocks off her and slowly climbed to her
feet. Her hands were cut and she could feel blood slide down the
side of her face as she surveyed her wrecked home in shock.
    “Surquyn, are
you okay?” Riyzan asked, brushing himself down.
    Surquyn glanced
at him, still in shock, unable to answer.
    Obviously
seeing her distress, Riyzan slowly made his way towards her, and
then stopped suddenly, his red eyes flashing with anger.
    Surquyn
stiffened, sensing others in the room with Riyzan and herself. How dare they enter our home! Before she could act, she
noticed a red beam shining on Riyzan’s chest. “No!” She ran
forward.
    Shock flashed
across Riyzan’s features and his eyes widened briefly as he jumped
forward in time to grab Surquyn and spin her around.
    She struggled
against him, fighting to free herself but couldn’t break out of his
hold when the human standing on the other side of the room fired
the gun he had pointed at Riyzan. No!
    A large bolt
shot out of the weapon and then expanded in midair, splitting into
five bolts connected by wire. They hit Riyzan in the back and he
convulsed against Surquyn.
    “Step away from
him or I up the voltage.” The human smirked. “Believe me, it will kill him…eventually.”
    Surquyn growled
when the human smiled and Riyzan convulsed even more, dropping to
the ground. “Stop!”
    “Step away from
him.”
    Clenching her
hands into fists hard, she stepped back. Instantly humans appeared
behind her, handcuffing her hands behind her back, pulling her away
from Riyzan.
    The human who
fired stepped over the mess and stopped when he reached Riyzan.
“Ah, the famous vampire I’ve been hearing a lot about.” He leaned
in