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ready for use, then he
turned the gun around, holding it by the barrel. “Keep this with
you. Shoot anyone who isn’t a vampire.”
“Wait… what ?” I backed up, holding my
hands up in the air. “I don’t know how to use that damn thing.”
“Put your finger on the trigger,” he
instructed, pulling me by the hand. He placed the gun in my palm
and folded my fingers around the grip, but kept my index finger
straight out. “Release the safety first. Point then shoot. That’s
it.”
“What if I miss?” I gasped, looking at the
gun like it might go off and shoot me .
“You won’t,” he assured me.
“You have a lot of faith in me,” I chuckled,
nervously.
“It’ll signal to me that you are in danger,”
he admitted. The corners of his eyes crinkled with worry and
stress. His whole body changed in an instant. He went from mate to
warrior right in front of my eyes. “I’ll be here before you can
shoot the gun a second time.”
“Okay,” I nodded, because that was all I
could think to do at the moment.
“Lydia,” he said, taking my face with his
hands. “I want you to lock yourself in, and I’ll come back for
you.”
“No…no, no, no,” I shook my head repeatedly.
“Dragus said that to Charity once, and he came back hurt. So,
no…no… no !”
“You don’t have any choice,” he paused to
reach out with his senses. “They’re here, love. I have to go. Just
do as I tell you.”
Before I could argue, Ashby had locked me
away in my own safe room, with a loaded gun and no fucking clue
what the hell was going on outside my house.
Immediately, I laid the gun down on the
table by the vaulted door, pointing the business end away from me,
but where it would be easily accessible if I needed it. I couldn’t
hear anything that may be going on outside of my house, due to the
thick concrete walls of my safe room.
My hands shook as I thought of him being
outside, alone, with those stake wielding humans. Why were they
after me? What did I have that was so special that they were back
to try and take my blood? Obviously, I was not the only one they’d
attacked. And why the hell were we afraid of humans anyway?
Vampires were a thousand times stronger!
The Krieger were even more powerful.
I only knew of one special talent Ashby had as a Krieger .
Dragus had the ability to do several different things. Could Ashby
have other powers he didn’t tell me about? Oh, damn! Did he
actually read my mind the other day?
I really wished I could read his mind right
at the moment. Then I’d know what the hell was going on outside of
my room, my house.
My only saving grace was a monitor I had
installed when I bought this house. It only had two cameras, one
was outside the room and the other was on my porch. I made a mental
note to add more cameras to this damn thing, if I made it out of
here alive.
Pulling up the feed, there was no one
outside the safe room. All I could see from the front door camera
was the back end of the SUV Ashby was driving when he arrived at
the house earlier in the evening. An occasional shadow would pass
outside the range of the camera or a pair of headlights would
bounce off the porch, but other than that I had nothing to go
on.
It was a good thirty minutes that I watched
the camera. There was nothing other than flashing blue lights just
off the camera to tell me that I wasn’t alone and Ashby’s fellow
warriors had shown up to help.
A knock sounded on the door, and I reached
for the gun, hoping to hell I didn’t shoot anyone that didn’t need
to be shot. Switching over to the camera outside the door, I saw
Ashby standing there. He came up so fast that I didn’t even know he
was there, until he knocked on the metal door.
“Lydia,” Ashby said from the other side of
the door, his voice was so loud, I had no problem hearing it. I
opened the door and dropped the gun as if it had burned me. I
launched myself into his arms and began my assessment. He laughed
as I searched his body
turned the gun around, holding it by the barrel. “Keep this with
you. Shoot anyone who isn’t a vampire.”
“Wait… what ?” I backed up, holding my
hands up in the air. “I don’t know how to use that damn thing.”
“Put your finger on the trigger,” he
instructed, pulling me by the hand. He placed the gun in my palm
and folded my fingers around the grip, but kept my index finger
straight out. “Release the safety first. Point then shoot. That’s
it.”
“What if I miss?” I gasped, looking at the
gun like it might go off and shoot me .
“You won’t,” he assured me.
“You have a lot of faith in me,” I chuckled,
nervously.
“It’ll signal to me that you are in danger,”
he admitted. The corners of his eyes crinkled with worry and
stress. His whole body changed in an instant. He went from mate to
warrior right in front of my eyes. “I’ll be here before you can
shoot the gun a second time.”
“Okay,” I nodded, because that was all I
could think to do at the moment.
“Lydia,” he said, taking my face with his
hands. “I want you to lock yourself in, and I’ll come back for
you.”
“No…no, no, no,” I shook my head repeatedly.
“Dragus said that to Charity once, and he came back hurt. So,
no…no… no !”
“You don’t have any choice,” he paused to
reach out with his senses. “They’re here, love. I have to go. Just
do as I tell you.”
Before I could argue, Ashby had locked me
away in my own safe room, with a loaded gun and no fucking clue
what the hell was going on outside my house.
Immediately, I laid the gun down on the
table by the vaulted door, pointing the business end away from me,
but where it would be easily accessible if I needed it. I couldn’t
hear anything that may be going on outside of my house, due to the
thick concrete walls of my safe room.
My hands shook as I thought of him being
outside, alone, with those stake wielding humans. Why were they
after me? What did I have that was so special that they were back
to try and take my blood? Obviously, I was not the only one they’d
attacked. And why the hell were we afraid of humans anyway?
Vampires were a thousand times stronger!
The Krieger were even more powerful.
I only knew of one special talent Ashby had as a Krieger .
Dragus had the ability to do several different things. Could Ashby
have other powers he didn’t tell me about? Oh, damn! Did he
actually read my mind the other day?
I really wished I could read his mind right
at the moment. Then I’d know what the hell was going on outside of
my room, my house.
My only saving grace was a monitor I had
installed when I bought this house. It only had two cameras, one
was outside the room and the other was on my porch. I made a mental
note to add more cameras to this damn thing, if I made it out of
here alive.
Pulling up the feed, there was no one
outside the safe room. All I could see from the front door camera
was the back end of the SUV Ashby was driving when he arrived at
the house earlier in the evening. An occasional shadow would pass
outside the range of the camera or a pair of headlights would
bounce off the porch, but other than that I had nothing to go
on.
It was a good thirty minutes that I watched
the camera. There was nothing other than flashing blue lights just
off the camera to tell me that I wasn’t alone and Ashby’s fellow
warriors had shown up to help.
A knock sounded on the door, and I reached
for the gun, hoping to hell I didn’t shoot anyone that didn’t need
to be shot. Switching over to the camera outside the door, I saw
Ashby standing there. He came up so fast that I didn’t even know he
was there, until he knocked on the metal door.
“Lydia,” Ashby said from the other side of
the door, his voice was so loud, I had no problem hearing it. I
opened the door and dropped the gun as if it had burned me. I
launched myself into his arms and began my assessment. He laughed
as I searched his body
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