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“To your left,” Kyla screamed, and I dove to the right, barely dodging a poisonous tail.
They were playing with me, but I was outnumbered. I couldn’t risk using my Beretta. Bullets would likely ricochet off their armor, and that was a stupid way to end up dead.
“Move,Evie!”
I slashed out with my knife.
Missed.
I was surrounded on three sides, Kyla at my back.
“Free me,” she snarled, her voice more wolf than human.
“This wouldn’t even be fucking happening if you hadn’t rushed off alone half-cocked.”
“Maybe after your temper tantrum, I couldn’t trust you to have my back.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
“You told me to stay the fuck away from you.”
Three scorpions danced toward me, and I shied away, rolling beneath the one to the right, slicing through its chest.
“Temporarily!” I snapped. The scorpion leaned closer, sharp teeth snapping at my face. I shoved my knife in deeper. “While I came to terms with the fact that you’d been lying to me every day while we were working together.”
“How was I supposed to know it was temporary?”
Blood splattered my face, and the scorpion screeched. I kicked it away, but another had already taken its place before I could even get to my feet.
And then Kyla was there.
“What the fuck?”
She slashed out, only using one clawed hand. Another screech sounded as razor-sharp claws separated the scorpion’s head from its body. I dropped down, slicing into another neck.
Something dug into my thigh, and I screamed, turning. It wasn’t a poisonous tail, but one of the scorpion’s claws had gotten lucky.
Kyla kicked it in the head. The scorpion flew, hit the wall, and ended up on its back like a dead cockroach.
Three left. God, it felt like this would never end.
“Get up,” Kyla demanded.
I stumbled to my feet, blood dripping down my thigh. Her left arm hung unnaturally by her side. She’d dislocated it to get free of the last rope.
“Get behind me,” she said.
I shook my head. Kyla cursed, but this time, she didn’t wait for the scorpions to attack. She launched herself at one of them, claws gleaming.
Her one-armed attack was a thing of beauty.
Two left.
One for each of us.
Except, my vision was blurring. I blinked furiously. The scorpion danced before my eyes. It was in front of me with my next blink. I had no choice. I pulled my Beretta and dropped back to the floor, shooting up into its belly.
Its scream turned into a gurgle. Kyla turned to me, her eyes wide. She’d dispatched the last scorpion.
