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Hostage Situation Part Two

As the tension in the tavern reached a breaking point, Xander glanced briefly at Carmella. "You didn't arrange this little ambush, did you?"

Carmella's response was a mixture of indignation and concealed shock. "Why would you even think that?" she growled, her voice betraying her nerves. In truth, she had planned a similar stunt, but these were not her men.

The leader of the assassins lunged at Xander with a dagger, snapping him back to the situation at hand. Xander's training as a Blood Mage had honed his physical combat skills to a razor's edge, but he was determined to keep his true abilities hidden. He deflected the attack with his forearm, using the momentum to deliver a swift elbow strike to the assassin's face, feeling the crunch of bone under his blow.

Another assassin swung a sword towards Xander's head, but he ducked low, sweeping the attacker's legs from under him. The assassin crashed to the floor, his weapon skittering away across the smooth stone.

Xander moved with a pre
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