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Trent’s left eye bulged out more than his right, and a gaping wound ran from the right corner of his mouth to his nostril. Several teeth were missing from bloodied gums, as if he had been in some horrible fight. Kai was frozen in horror, unable to react to the tiny part of his brain that screamed at him to run. In his peripheral vision, he saw Brandon come scrambling around the back of the truck and lunge toward him as well.
    Trent was only a few feet away when Brandon grabbed Kai by his shirt and hurled him back against the driver’s side door. Searing pain exploded in Kai’s rib cage where he struck the mirror, sending him crumbling to his knees, his lungs contracting savagely against the pain. Above him, Trent tackled Brandon, grabbing him by the neck and arm and slamming him into the side of the truck. The dealer was taller and heavier than Brandon, and pinned him in place easily. His brother swung his free arm at his attacker trying to break his hold, but Trent absorbed the blows as if they came from a child. One blow landed squarely on the bigger man’s nose, and Trent screamed in Brandon’s face, his eyes lolling in his head; then he sank his teeth into Brandon’s cheek. Kai heard his brother’s cry of pain mingle with Trent’s growls as he scraped his teeth across Brandon’s forehead and a strip of flesh came away, allowing a thick stream of blood to pulse out over his brother’s eyes. Brandon’s struggling turned to panic, and he thrashed against his attacker blindly, screaming for help. Kai watched from his knees, paralyzed, his own body screaming for oxygen.
    Finally, the first gulp of air reached his lungs, and he flopped forward onto his stomach. Brandon’s screams were getting louder, desperate; they nearly drowned out the sound of the metal truck caving to the weight of their bodies, Trent’s guttural howls, and his own gasping breath. Kai focused on the cries, shoving aside the searing pain in his chest as he reached out for the dealer’s leg; he wrapped his hands around Trent’s ankle and yanked with all his strength. A huge weight collapsed on top of him, and Trent’s skull cracked sickeningly against the curb.
    The air coming more steadily now, Kai heaved Trent’s body off him and scrambled to his brother, who was sinking to the ground against the truck. Blood covered his face, droplets hanging on his lips, quivering as he sobbed. Kai wiped some of the blood from Brandon’s eyes, trying not to panic at the sight of the horrific wounds.
    He tried to reassure his brother, but his mind was empty of words. All he could do was gape back as Brandon watched him with wild eyes, hyperventilating. His hands were shaking, clutching for Kai’s shirt, his mouth working as he let out tiny, terrified moans.
    “It’s okay,” was all Kai could manage to croak hoarsely.
    He didn’t hear Trent get back up, but suddenly the weight of another body crashed into him, pinning him against Brandon and Brandon against the truck. The sound of the dealer’s mouth next to his ear was terrifying; he snapped his teeth and growled like a rabid animal, flecks of saliva and blood spattering along Kai’s cheek. His brother screamed into his face as he screwed his eyes shut, and a fresh welling of blood oozed down his cheek. Trent latched onto Brandon’s neck as Kai set his hands against the truck and shoved, throwing Trent back onto the sidewalk. His brother screamed again as a piece of skin on his neck tore away in Trent’s jaws.
    Kai scrambled up to see Trent in convulsions on the ground, a choking sound coming from his chest. Whimpering, Brandon’s eyes rolled back, and he slumped to the ground as well, curling into a ball. Suddenly, another voice lifted in a howl of rage, and Kai fell to his knees next to Trent’s convulsing body, clasping his hands into one fist and slamming them against the dealer’s skull. The impact sent a jolt of electricity through his hands, rocketing up into his wrists and elbows, but