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but for a corpse, the woman was deceptively quick. Before he even got close to anything vital she dug her nails into his side and held on as he tried to back away, dragging her mutilated legs through the sand like the tail of a crocodile. Startled by her strength and speed, he tried to shake her off and when that didn't work, he fell on his back and began rolling over and over. But the zombie was like some kind of noxious parasite. Not only did she not let go, she actually began dragging herself hand over hand up his back. When she reached his shoulders, the woman wrapped her arms around his neck and began gnawing like a mad beaver at the thick fur. When Cyrus realized that the woman was actually trying to bite his head off, he leapt high into the air, bucking and twisting like a wild mustang. |
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It was no use. The zombie was literally bursting with supernatural strength and fought back like a savage beast, ripping great clumps of hair from his neck with her teeth. Once more Cyrus rolled over on his back in hopes of crushing the woman under his weight, but this time she wiggled like a snake under his front leg and began inching up his chest. If he could just get one good shot at her head . . . But it seemed that nothing a mere werewolf could do was going to be able to keep those scummy teeth away from his throat. |
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As the woman pulled even with his face and stared down into his eyes, his nostrils were filled with the sour stench of watery death. |
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This is getting serious, he thought. |
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All at once she stopped clawing at him and a shadow seemed to pass behind her eyes. Her burning gaze changed and became cold and almost thoughtful. |
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"It is too bad it has to end this way, Mr. Trigg." The voiceeven bubbling up through a flooded throatwas too deep and devoid of human emotion to be a woman's. It made Cyrus's blood turn to ice. "You have learned well and are a truly magnificent creature. Oh well . . ." |
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The fires of rage ignited anew in the woman's eyes and she redoubled her efforts to gnaw through the skin of his neck. In |
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