58 Blast from the past

[The first, the last and the only warning: gore.]

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After how well everything went, I was beyond unprepared for what had happened. Though I doubt it would've been any less traumatic if I had been.

I didn't even have time to gasp, much less react. As the room—as Sergey—exploded in front of me, I was already flying through a door in JJ's tight and cool, despite all the heat around, embrace.

Everything happened so fast that my brain processed it with a delay. I found myself standing on weak legs, supported only by JJ's grasp on me, back in the restaurant's main hall, and couldn't tell how much I stood like that.

I realised JJ must have used some vampire power to protect me from the blast. Despite the fire engulfing everything, I didn't feel in pain at all. It was either some strong shock, or strong magic, and I knew I will soon learn which.