Paralyze

The mayor swallowed loudly. He didn’t suppose D was going to leave
now, and he wasn’t the kind to be taken in by a lie. As Ming was about to
slowly take a step, his foot froze in place. An unearthly aura was filling the
room. So this is what a dhampir can do? he thought. This is the man called
D? So terrified it wouldn’t have been strange if his heart had stopped, too
scared to even shake, the mayor gazed at the Hunter’s gorgeous
countenance.

“Answer me. What did you ask the Knights to do? What did they
discover?”

“It was . . . ” the mayor panted. An incredibly powerful essence
threatened to crush his psyche. “It was . . . ”
At that very moment, the intercom on the mayor’s desk flashed red. With
the series of short, tension-filled buzzes, D’s unearthly aura dissipated
almost immediately. Wiping at his greasy sweat, the mayor grabbed the
intercom microphone. “What is it?”

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