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her, she could hear Raoul's moans of pain as he writhed on the floor. "Thank you." Her hands were shaking, and she could barely breathe.
"So? You going to stay now?" Jordyn casually walked over to Raoul and pointed the gun at his heart as he started to stand. She pulled the trigger, and he dropped to the floor, blood from his body pooling on the floor. Her move was utterly cool, without remorse, as if she'd taken down many men in her life.
"I wish I could stay, Jordyn, I really do. But this isn't over." Rhiannon picked up her bag, and looked down at her assailants. There was a bright red stain on each of their chests, but she knew it wouldn't last for long. "They'll heal that in less than a minute. I have to go."
Jordyn's eyes widened as she glanced at the man on the floor. "A minute? I hit them both in the heart. They should be whining about the injury for at least a half hour. It's not like they're rogue."
"It takes a lot more than that to hurt that kind of Calydon." Rhiannon hurried past Jordyn and started to run down the stairs.
Jordyn followed her, moving as quickly as Rhiannon. "Why do you have Calydons hunting you? I thought they usually hunted other Calydons. Rogues."
"Generally, yes. But these are different." She reached the front door and yanked it open, hurrying out into the rainy night. "These hunt me."
"Why?" Jordyn followed her to the street where Rhiannon tried to flag down a cab. It sped by her, not even slowing down.
Rhiannon shook her head as she tried to wave down another cab that breezed by her. Dear God, she had to get out of there now. She heard a crash in her apartment, and looked up sharply. Shadows were moving and she knew the men would be after her in seconds. "Jordyn. I don't have time to talk. José is alive. He's going to come find me. There's nowhere to hide. I have nowhere left to go that's safe."
Jordyn glanced up at the apartment, and her eyes narrowed. Not with fear, with focus.
"What are you going to do?"
God, she didn't want to say it. She didn't want it to be real. But there was no other choice. José was alive. And now he would know that she was alive. There was only one option.
"Rhiannon?"
There was another crash from upstairs, and then she heard footsteps pounding down the stairs of her building. "Oh, God. I have to go!" She started to run. She knew she could never outrun them, but there was no other option.
"Wait!"
She spun around toward Jordyn. "What?"
Her boss held up a set of car keys. "Want a ride?" She clicked the button, and the car right next to Rhiannon beeped. It was a Porsche, built for speed.
She didn't even bother to answer. She just lunged for the passenger door and yanked it open. By the time she had shut the door, Jordyn was already in the seat beside her, jamming the keys into the ignition.
As the engine roared to life, the two Calydons burst out the door to her apartment building. They spotted the Porsche immediately, and lunged toward it. Jordyn calmly shifted into drive and jammed the accelerator. The little car exploded forward, leaping out into the deserted street.
Rhiannon twisted around in her seat, watching as the two Calydons broke into a sprint, chasing after them. "They're coming."
"Is one of them a runner?"
Rhiannon glanced at her boss. "A runner?"
"A Calydon whose gift is speed," Jordyn said calmly, with the knowledge of a woman who had seen it all. "That's the only kind who could catch us in this pretty baby."
Rhiannon twisted around, and saw with relief that their two pursuers were fading into the night. "No, it doesn't look like it." She leaned back against the seat and watched her boss, a woman who shot men, drove a Porsche, knew about Calydon traits, and wasn't fazed by having an employee who could control plants. "Who are you, Jordyn? How do you know so much about Calydons? You didn't even blink an eye about what I can do. What are you?"
Her boss looked over at her, and her face was grim. "I'm half of what I used to be," she
"So? You going to stay now?" Jordyn casually walked over to Raoul and pointed the gun at his heart as he started to stand. She pulled the trigger, and he dropped to the floor, blood from his body pooling on the floor. Her move was utterly cool, without remorse, as if she'd taken down many men in her life.
"I wish I could stay, Jordyn, I really do. But this isn't over." Rhiannon picked up her bag, and looked down at her assailants. There was a bright red stain on each of their chests, but she knew it wouldn't last for long. "They'll heal that in less than a minute. I have to go."
Jordyn's eyes widened as she glanced at the man on the floor. "A minute? I hit them both in the heart. They should be whining about the injury for at least a half hour. It's not like they're rogue."
"It takes a lot more than that to hurt that kind of Calydon." Rhiannon hurried past Jordyn and started to run down the stairs.
Jordyn followed her, moving as quickly as Rhiannon. "Why do you have Calydons hunting you? I thought they usually hunted other Calydons. Rogues."
"Generally, yes. But these are different." She reached the front door and yanked it open, hurrying out into the rainy night. "These hunt me."
"Why?" Jordyn followed her to the street where Rhiannon tried to flag down a cab. It sped by her, not even slowing down.
Rhiannon shook her head as she tried to wave down another cab that breezed by her. Dear God, she had to get out of there now. She heard a crash in her apartment, and looked up sharply. Shadows were moving and she knew the men would be after her in seconds. "Jordyn. I don't have time to talk. José is alive. He's going to come find me. There's nowhere to hide. I have nowhere left to go that's safe."
Jordyn glanced up at the apartment, and her eyes narrowed. Not with fear, with focus.
"What are you going to do?"
God, she didn't want to say it. She didn't want it to be real. But there was no other choice. José was alive. And now he would know that she was alive. There was only one option.
"Rhiannon?"
There was another crash from upstairs, and then she heard footsteps pounding down the stairs of her building. "Oh, God. I have to go!" She started to run. She knew she could never outrun them, but there was no other option.
"Wait!"
She spun around toward Jordyn. "What?"
Her boss held up a set of car keys. "Want a ride?" She clicked the button, and the car right next to Rhiannon beeped. It was a Porsche, built for speed.
She didn't even bother to answer. She just lunged for the passenger door and yanked it open. By the time she had shut the door, Jordyn was already in the seat beside her, jamming the keys into the ignition.
As the engine roared to life, the two Calydons burst out the door to her apartment building. They spotted the Porsche immediately, and lunged toward it. Jordyn calmly shifted into drive and jammed the accelerator. The little car exploded forward, leaping out into the deserted street.
Rhiannon twisted around in her seat, watching as the two Calydons broke into a sprint, chasing after them. "They're coming."
"Is one of them a runner?"
Rhiannon glanced at her boss. "A runner?"
"A Calydon whose gift is speed," Jordyn said calmly, with the knowledge of a woman who had seen it all. "That's the only kind who could catch us in this pretty baby."
Rhiannon twisted around, and saw with relief that their two pursuers were fading into the night. "No, it doesn't look like it." She leaned back against the seat and watched her boss, a woman who shot men, drove a Porsche, knew about Calydon traits, and wasn't fazed by having an employee who could control plants. "Who are you, Jordyn? How do you know so much about Calydons? You didn't even blink an eye about what I can do. What are you?"
Her boss looked over at her, and her face was grim. "I'm half of what I used to be," she
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