MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
"Don't do this!"
He didn't answer. He swung the blade, coming withinmillimeters of my throat. His speed was superhuman, fueled by the serum and the Ascendancy’s direct overrideof his brain.
He no longer hears you, Ruby," the voice said. "He is theultimate weapon now. The Shield has become the Sword. And you are his first target."
I dodged another strike, my senses processing his everymove before it happened, but my human body was tooslow to react in time. He threw me against the wall, hishand crushing my throat with a force that threatened tocollapse my windpipe.