[i]The cauterization was bad news for Irina, as now she only had a limited amount of blood that she could freely manipulate against an opponent that possessed what seemed to have been much more power than she had. In short, it was a bad situation, one that Irina would have usually retreated from to access her wounds and plan ahead for a separate encounter.[/i] [i]The first thing that came to Irina's mind was identifying Lucien's current location, as she then whirled around to where the man had laughed. The goal now? It was to get out of this situation as fast and as safety as possible. [/i]