"Leave."
The archer lowered her bow.
One of the men whispered, "She is one of them."
Bai Li heard him.
"One of who?"
The man did not answer.
Yan Cijin looked amused.
"Probably trying to decide what kind of monster you are."
"That is rude."
"You did catch an arrow."
"Still rude."
The gang broke.
Two ran down.
Three rushed upward.
One pulled a knife.
Bai Li stepped forward.
She moved so fast that the knife never finished coming up.
A strike to the wrist.
A knee to the stomach.
A twist.
The attacker hit the ground gasping.
Yan Cijin caught another man by the collar and threw him down the stairs without even looking back.
He rolled past his companions.
The rest finally understood.
These two were not survivors who had gotten lucky.
They were the danger.
The creature behind the door growled again.
Bai Li looked at it.
"We should probably deal with that before more people come."
Yan Cijin nodded.
"Agreed."
Bai Li drove her palm into the steel.
