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floor. Every fiber of his body ached as he watched the brunette officer grab Susan from behind. The thug took the bat from her hand and shoved it into her stomach. She cried out before doubling over in pain.
Screw this. He was through playing with them. As a Dark-Hunter he wasn’t supposed to ever attack a human being, but then humans had never been all that high in his estimation and he wasn’t about to die and let these bastards live to do whatever they wanted with Susan. Pain though she was, she was a Squire and that brought with it a certain degree of protection.
Not to mention, it wasn’t in his genetic makeup to go quietly into that good night and since one of these assholes was part Apollite… well, he knew of one way to rejuvenate his weakened powers. Apollites and Daimons liked to feed on Were-Hunters so that they could not only steal the Were-Hunters’ souls but claim their psychic powers as well.
That channel worked both ways…
His rage swelling, Ravyn kicked out at the officer holding him. He felt the beast inside him snarl as it rose to the forefront. His eyesight changed from human to that of a vicious predator.
Lowering his head, he ignored the bullets that riddled him as he rushed toward the half-Apollite and caught him about the waist. “You stupid fool,” he snarled as he turned the man so that his back was against Ravyn’s front. “You should have brought a Taser.”
“Shoot me!” the blond officer screamed at the other two who were still standing. “Quick!”
Susan froze in her struggling as she caught sight of Ravyn. He held the blond cop in front of him, but that wasn’t what stunned her. It was the fact that his eyes were no longer black. They were a deep, insidious red. He tilted his head back, opening his mouth so that she could see long, sharp incisors. The other men in the room froze as if they were every bit as terrified as she was.
And before she could release her pent-up breath, Ravyn sank his teeth into the officer’s neck.
I don’t believe in vampires. I don’t believe in vampires
… The litany repeated itself over and over again in her mind as she watched the blood pour down the officer’s shirt while he struggled to get away from Ravyn, who effortlessly held him with one arm.
Suddenly, the two thugs opened fire on both Ravyn and the cop he held. The cop’s entire body shook in response to the bullets pummeling him as his eyes turned glassy and dull. Ravyn laughed evilly as he released the lifeless body to sink slowly to the floor at his feet.
He threw his hands out and some kind of invisible wave went through the room, knocking the two men off their feet. His eyes matched the red blood that still dripped from his chin as black clothing appeared on his body.
“You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boys, unless you want him to answer,” he said, his voice deep and evil. He wiped the blood from his chin.
“Th-they said you wouldn’t attack us,” one of the thugs said in a frightened tone.
“
They
lied.”
Some unseen force ripped her out of the arms of the officer who held her. Ravyn rushed the thug closest to him and hit him so hard that he was knocked off his feet, and three feet up, into her wall, which shattered as the thug hit it. The brunette officer rushed at Ravyn, who spun about and caught him a powerful blow to his jaw. The sound of bones breaking echoed in the room as the officer fired more bullets.
Ravyn’s eyes turned an even brighter red before he waved his hand in the air. The bullets stopped dead in the air, hanging there for two heartbeats before they reversed direction and struck the cop.
Susan couldn’t breathe as her gaze scanned the carnage of the four men who’d entered her home. Now the only one standing was…
The male stripper.
“Please, please tell me that I’m having an acid flashback.”
His eyes faded back to black. “You drop acid?”
All she could do was shake her head no as some foreign coldness invaded every
Screw this. He was through playing with them. As a Dark-Hunter he wasn’t supposed to ever attack a human being, but then humans had never been all that high in his estimation and he wasn’t about to die and let these bastards live to do whatever they wanted with Susan. Pain though she was, she was a Squire and that brought with it a certain degree of protection.
Not to mention, it wasn’t in his genetic makeup to go quietly into that good night and since one of these assholes was part Apollite… well, he knew of one way to rejuvenate his weakened powers. Apollites and Daimons liked to feed on Were-Hunters so that they could not only steal the Were-Hunters’ souls but claim their psychic powers as well.
That channel worked both ways…
His rage swelling, Ravyn kicked out at the officer holding him. He felt the beast inside him snarl as it rose to the forefront. His eyesight changed from human to that of a vicious predator.
Lowering his head, he ignored the bullets that riddled him as he rushed toward the half-Apollite and caught him about the waist. “You stupid fool,” he snarled as he turned the man so that his back was against Ravyn’s front. “You should have brought a Taser.”
“Shoot me!” the blond officer screamed at the other two who were still standing. “Quick!”
Susan froze in her struggling as she caught sight of Ravyn. He held the blond cop in front of him, but that wasn’t what stunned her. It was the fact that his eyes were no longer black. They were a deep, insidious red. He tilted his head back, opening his mouth so that she could see long, sharp incisors. The other men in the room froze as if they were every bit as terrified as she was.
And before she could release her pent-up breath, Ravyn sank his teeth into the officer’s neck.
I don’t believe in vampires. I don’t believe in vampires
… The litany repeated itself over and over again in her mind as she watched the blood pour down the officer’s shirt while he struggled to get away from Ravyn, who effortlessly held him with one arm.
Suddenly, the two thugs opened fire on both Ravyn and the cop he held. The cop’s entire body shook in response to the bullets pummeling him as his eyes turned glassy and dull. Ravyn laughed evilly as he released the lifeless body to sink slowly to the floor at his feet.
He threw his hands out and some kind of invisible wave went through the room, knocking the two men off their feet. His eyes matched the red blood that still dripped from his chin as black clothing appeared on his body.
“You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boys, unless you want him to answer,” he said, his voice deep and evil. He wiped the blood from his chin.
“Th-they said you wouldn’t attack us,” one of the thugs said in a frightened tone.
“
They
lied.”
Some unseen force ripped her out of the arms of the officer who held her. Ravyn rushed the thug closest to him and hit him so hard that he was knocked off his feet, and three feet up, into her wall, which shattered as the thug hit it. The brunette officer rushed at Ravyn, who spun about and caught him a powerful blow to his jaw. The sound of bones breaking echoed in the room as the officer fired more bullets.
Ravyn’s eyes turned an even brighter red before he waved his hand in the air. The bullets stopped dead in the air, hanging there for two heartbeats before they reversed direction and struck the cop.
Susan couldn’t breathe as her gaze scanned the carnage of the four men who’d entered her home. Now the only one standing was…
The male stripper.
“Please, please tell me that I’m having an acid flashback.”
His eyes faded back to black. “You drop acid?”
All she could do was shake her head no as some foreign coldness invaded every
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