Two of them shone bright flashlights into his eyes.
Talon cursed and ducked, covering his eyes as if the lights were searing to his senses.
"I really wish I had more time for this," Camulus said. "But I fear I'm bored now."
Talon turned toward Sunshine who grabbed the lamp from her end table and brought it down on the head of the first man who reached her.
"Damn you, Camulus!" he snarled.
"Och now, Speirr. It's you who are damned."
Talon tried to reach Sunshine, but one of the men opened fire on him. The bullets weren't lethal, but they were extremely painful as they lacerated his chest, back, and arms. He staggered and then fell.
Sunshine screamed as she saw Talon hit the floor. Terrified, she started for him and then felt a bullet rip into the back of her shoulder. All she could think of was saving Talon and herself. She didn't have a gun in her house, but she did have a baseball bat in her bedroom.
She had to get to it.
It was little protection against a god. Still, a slim chance was better than none at all.
As she ran for her bedroom, she realized it wasn't a bullet that had hit her.
It was a potent tranquilizer.
The room swam in front of her eyes as she struggled to walk. Her legs were heavy, hard to move, and felt as if she were trying to walk through murky concrete.
It was too much effort to move.
The next thing she knew, everything went black.
Bleeding and hurt, Talon fought as best he could. Every time he got up, someone shone another light straight into his eyes and shot more bullets into his body. His eyes burned like fire and he could barely open them.
He struggled to reach Sunshine.
Camulus hit him with a god-bolt and slammed him against the far wall.
Talon stared at him, his body throbbing and aching as he bled.
Nonchalantly, Camulus picked Sunshine up in his arms and stared at her. "She's a pretty little thing, isn't she? Even more lovely than she was the first time." He looked back at Talon with a sinister grin twisting his lips. "You have no idea what I intend to do with her." He kissed her on the cheek. "But I promise you, you will find out."
Talon roared with the weight of his rage. "So help me, Camulus, I'll kill you if you harm her."
Camulus threw his head back and laughed, then strode casually from the room.
Talon could barely breathe from the pain as Camulus lowered him and he fell to his knees. He was covered in blood, which made it even harder to move across the now slippery hardwood floor. But it didn't stop him from trying.
Keeping Sunshine safe was all that mattered.
Someone started ripping the blinds down from the windows, spilling sunlight into the room.
Talon growled as the daylight singed his skin and he lunged for the door where Camulus had vanished.
Three men rushed him, knocking him back.
He kicked and punched his way through them and followed Camulus.
He ran after them to the back door of the club where they vanished into the alley.
Thinking only about saving her, Talon didn't realize he was in the sunlight until he felt his skin catching fire. Cursing, he fell back into the club and watched helplessly as Camulus paused at the car and held Sunshine's head up so that Talon could see her face.