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“Five people are upstairs,” Ramiel said.“They’re probably more captives.One of them might be a guard.”

Another scream of pain made Caterina flinch.It had come from somewhere near the main entrance.“Screw this,” she said.“Those animals are torturing that poor girl.”

Seeing her resolve, Ramiel didn’t try to stop her.She held her hands out and four fireballs appeared on her palms.He strode along at her side as she marched down the hall to rid the resort of the vermin that inhabited it.

Filthy from head to toe, nine men surrounded a naked young woman.She was just as dirty as they were and she was covered in shallow cuts.Some were festering and she needed antibiotics or she would probably end up dying.

Caterina didn’t give the pigs any warning.She sent the fireballs flying and they smashed into four of the men.Ramiel leaped forward to attack the thugs who pulled guns from holsters.Dodging a knife that was thrown at her, the cambion sent her magic into their weapons.Screams of shock and pain came from the men as they dropped the boiling hot guns and knives.

Ramiel cut their remaining foes down, then turned to her with a grin.It faltered and turned to alarm just as she heard a gun go off.Pain slammed into her back and she staggered forward.Her knight roared in rage and sprinted past her with murder written all over his savagely handsome face.

Dropping to her knees, Caterina twisted her head to watch as her assailant was hacked to death with the magical gold and silver sword.The huge diamonds winked in the light that came from the camping lanterns the marauders had placed around the room.

Moans of pain came from the naked female.She’d curled onto her side and was shivering.Caterina used her power to extinguish the flames that were rapidly spreading before they could burn the victim.Ramiel caught her as she toppled forward.

“I’ve got you, my beautiful female,” he said, gently picking her up.“I need to remove the bullet.”

“Bathroom,” the victim croaked.“Down the hall.To the left.First aid kit.”

Ramiel placed Caterina on her stomach on the couch.“Did you work here?”the cambion asked, trying not to pass out from the agony.

“Yeah,” the female said, shivering even harder.“Should have run.Dying now.”

“You’re not going to die,” Caterina refuted, but she could feel the woman’s life force growing weaker.

“It’s okay,” the female said.“I’m ready.Been ready since they turned up.”

Her voice had become fainter with each word and Caterina had to strain to hear her.The young woman took a breath, then shuddered.Feeling the human fade from her radar, tears spilled over.Caterina cried for all of the victims who’d suffered brutality at the hands of the evil people who’d been left behind.

Ramiel returned a moment later with a first aid kit.“She’s gone?”he asked, sparing a look at the corpse.

“The poor girl,” Caterina sobbed.“We need to rescue the others who are upstairs.”

“I’ll handle that, female,” Ramiel said as he tore her t-shirt open.“Brace yourself,” he warned her, then inserted long tweezers into her bullet wound.

Clenching her teeth to hold in her screams of pain, Caterina didn’t want to freak the prisoners out even more.She passed out just as she felt the slug being extracted from her flesh.