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Her whole world was collapsing in on itself. She squeezed her eyes shut as terror threatened to strangle her.
    “ Stop .” A loud voice cut through the laughter.
    Nora opened her eyes and found Hunter standing a few feet away, feet spread in an aggressive stance, staring right at them. All four of the guys glared at him.
    “What did you say?” Brady’s tone was ominous as he rounded on Hunter.
    “I told you to stop.” Hunter spoke simply, his voice deathly calm.
    “Or what ?” Brady glared at Hunter.
    “Or I’ll make you.”
    “Really?” Brady’s tone was incredulous. “Boys, this guy here thinks he’s going to stop us.”
    That caused another roar of laughter from the three guys still surrounding Nora.
    “We’re probably scaring his girlfriend ,” Brady continued derisively. The words stung, despite everything that was happening, because they came from Brady.
    “Hey, isn’t it that new kid?” The guy holding Nora squinted in Hunter’s direction. “Yeah, Brad, I think it is.”
    “ And you’re new?” Brady asked, walking right up to Hunter. “Well, new kid, I think you better get on your way. We wouldn’t want to see you get hurt.” He shoved Hunter in the chest. Hunter staggered back, but made no move to counter. Mark still held Nora’s arms twisted behind her. Pain radiated down her arms, and her shoulders screamed in protest.
    Brady turned around, back to face Nora and his crew, satisfied that he’d dealt successfully with the nuisance.
    But then Hunter spoke again, his calm monotone a stark contrast to the fire burning in his eyes. “Last chance, Brad . Tell your friends to back off.”
    Brady spun around furiously and started toward Hunter. “Nobody ever calls me Brad, ” he spat, “except for my teammates!” Without slowing his forward motion, he threw a punch at Hunter’s head.
    Hunter stepped aside, easily avoiding Brady’s fist. Brady lost his balance and staggered forward. Hunter swept a foot out, tripping him. Brady’s momentum carried him to the floor.
    Jimmy charged at Hunter. Just as he was about to slam his shoulder into Hunter’s side, Hunter raised a knee hard. Jimmy’s chest rebounded against it. He gasped, having the wind knocked out of him, and fell back to the floor.
    Brady jumped up and aimed a sucker punch for the back of Hunter’s head. Nora screamed. Hunter twisted around just in time to block the blow with his forearm. Brady looked stunned for a moment, but that expression quickly turned to pain as Hunter clubbed him in the midsection with a fist. Brady fell down, clutching his stomach.
    Growling, Mark released Nora’s arms and ran at Hunter. So did his friend. Nora collapsed to the floor, massaging her shoulders to relieve some of the pain. When she looked up half a second later, the guy she didn’t know had his hands at his face, trying desperately to stop the blood flowing from a vicious gash on his nose. Mark writhed on the floor, his features twisted with pain.
    Hunter stood there over the four bodies. He didn’t have a scratch on him. He wasn’t even breathing hard!
    Just then, Jimmy decided he hadn’t had enough yet. He got up and ran at Hunter from behind.
    “Watch out!” Nora screamed, but Hunter just gracefully – majestically – swung his left leg back in a roundhouse kick. Hunter’s foot struck Jimmy in the jaw, and he collapsed heavily to the floor.
    Hunter glanced at Nora before walking over to Brady, who lay face-down against the floor. Gruffly, Hunter kicked him over onto his back, dropped to one knee, and pinned both of Brady’s shoulders to the ground. Brady’s grimace suggested he was in enormous pain.
    “Listen to me, Brad ,” Hunter began, “I don’t want you doing that to her, or any other girl, ever again. Do you understand?”
    Brady whimpered and nodded his head in agreement.
    “In fact, Brad .” Hunter released one of Brady’s shoulders and pointed a finger at his face. “I don’t even want to so much as hear of