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-Sonya
Chapter 10
The second her elbows cleared the ceiling, Tanith thrust them back into the chest of her attacker.
They stumbled back the last few steps, succeeding in pulling her through, but she was on her feet, punches and kicks flying before they could even explain.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Tanith demanded, slamming a boot into the man's side.
He went down, shoving his sunglasses back up his nose, panting.
"Aw look, lil lady, you made me bleed," Billy-Ray Sanguine complained, dabbing at his split lip.
"Serves you right," Tanith spat, backing away towards the door. Though she would never admit it, her knee was rather sore where Sanguine had kicked her.
"Now, now," Sanguine drawled, getting to his feet. "I've got a reason for bein' here, believe it or not."
Tanith planted her hands on her hips, sneering at him. "My boot wants to get to know your face," she said by way of reply. "Talk fast and maybe you can convince it to wait for some other time."
Sanguine chuckled. "Feisty. Always liked that in a woman. An hey, you get that top in a smaller size since the last time we ran into each other?"
Tanith snarled, and lunged at him, ignoring the sword at her side. She wouldn't go to that until Sanguine's strait razor made it's debut.
Tanith threw a punch for the side of his face, but it was easily caught, and then man twisted her wrist painfully.
She hissed in pain, and dropped to the ground, letting Sanguine think he got her, but it was a feint, and she swung her legs around and knocked him off his feet.
They continued to fight on the stone floor, Tanith struggling to get her hands around the American's throat, and said American just continuing to annoy the attacking Englishwoman.
The door to the room flew open, and Skulduggery, Valkyrie, Ghastly, and Fletcher stared down at the two wrestling on the floor, kicking and punching and yelling some quite colorful things.
"Are we interrupting something?" Skulduggery cut in, and Tanith and Sanguine looked up, both with hands around the others throat.
"No," Tanith said icily, scrambling off Sanguine.
Fletcher snickered, and Tanith turned her glare to him.
"I'm in a bad mood, spike," she growled.
No one had ever seen Fletcher shut up faster.
"Did he hurt you?" Ghastly asked as Tanith came to stand by his side, leaving Sanguine lying before them.
"Ha! Not a chance," she replied, tousling her hair into a more acceptable mess.
Before any other questions could be asked, Sanguine sat up, shaking his head.
"Damn," he said, "that is one sexy bouncer you got there."
Tanith growled and lunged for him again, but Ghastly caught her arms and held her back as she snarled and struggled to get at the hired assassin.
"Jus' sayin, lady. Jus sayin."