This bodyguard needed special protection himself.
CLEMENT
Sometimes it seemed as if he were leading a double life.
HENLEY
With him for a friend one didn't need an enemy.
HELEN RAMSEY
Her father had made her a virtual prisoner.
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It was a life-and-death struggle—cruel, remorseless, one-sided. Corriston was breathing heavily. He was in total darkness, dodging the blows of a killer. His adversary was as lithe as a cat, muscular and dangerous. He had a knife and he was using it, slashing at Corriston when Corriston came close, then leaping back and lashing out with a hard-knuckled fist.