I was about to close my eyes when I saw a familiar shape move in the background, vibrating bright blue eyes that were wide and angry. Celine.
I felt the magic in the air shift, almost like all the moisture was sucked out as she ran towards us, sliding underneath the table of drugs like a slip and slide, only to pop up right behind Yank and Hamish.
Like a snake, she struck out at Yank first, a thin blade slicing right through his neck. His hand immediately dropped his gun and went to his neck, clutching at the blood that was pouring out like a waterfall.
Hamish turned his head to look, and Celine got right in his face, calling out with her melody-laced voice, “You will take that gun, point it to your head, and shoot as many times as you can.” His eyes glazed over, taking on that vacant doll face as he carried out her words. He pointed the gun up to his chin and hesitated. Celine wasted no time getting right up to his ear, singing out, “Shoot. Shoot. Shoot. Now!”
His finger pulled the trigger three times, the bullet erupting his head like a fucking piñata, spreading all of his brain matter across the drugs like he didn’t want, and I smiled.
I heard two shots next to me, looking over to see Duce finishing off Yank before looking up at Celine. “Cupcake, you are going to get all the orgasms tonight. All of them. So many you won't know what to do with them.”
A creepy assassin's smile slid across her face as she looked at the two dead vampires on the floor. She turned towards Hamish and stomped on his balls a few times as she growled, “Don’t. Fucking. Touch. My. Wolves.”
Duce looked at me and smiled wide as he mouthedmy wolveslike it was proof of everything he had said earlier. I didn't have the energy to fight with him, still in shock that I had escaped death a second time, and, this time, it was because of the deadly beauty in front of me.
She straightened up, ran a hand through her hair, and looked at us with a normal smile on her face. “Are you guys ready to get out of here? I’m done with my part.” Duce and I nodded.
Duce grabbed her arm and yanked her into his chest, taking in a deep whiff of her hair and a handful of her ass. “Have I told you how sexy you are when you kill people?”
She looked up, smiling brightly at him. “Not today.”
“Well, then…” He kept her in his arms, telling her in detail how divine she looked, taking down those two assholes, and leaving me trailing behind.
Even I had to admit that maybe she wasn't going to be the death of us. Maybe she was going to be our avenging angel.
Chapter 21
AsIwassittingin the car, Rabid raced down the freeway. I was still shaken by what had just happened. I could hear Rabid on the phone with Killian in the background, playing the “you set me up” card, but my hands were shaking so hard I had to keep them fisted in my lap.
They almost died. Duce and Dino. Their brains were almost splattering against the cold hard concrete floor of that dingy, disgusting warehouse. I can't stop playing it over and over in my mind. If I had been a second or two later, it would’ve been too late. There would’ve been nothing I could do.
I knew that I was starting to like these guys. I knew that it was a little bit deeper than just a fuck like I kept telling myself. However, to be this shaken up? This meant it was much, much worse than that.
“No, you fucked up, blood bag. I’m not going to send my men in to go investigate your fucking warehouse. That's your dog shit bag to pick up. If I knew you were going to be this unorganized, I wouldn't have signed the Moon Raiders up for this. Fuck, Killian.” Rabid’s angry voice in the background was convincing, I almost wanted to cheer him on, but all I wanted to focus on were the two bodies sitting next to me.
Dino was looking out the window, his mind lost in thought, which was completely understandable, and Duce was currently sniffing my neck and rubbing circles on my back. It was like he could feel my distress even though I was trying to keep a lid on it.
It didn't help that Bricks kept looking back at me, asking me if I was okay with his non-verbal communication. I thought he would be satisfied when I nodded and smiled at him, but it was almost like he could tell I was lying and frowned at me. Even Rabid, on the phone screaming at Killian, kept looking at me through the rearview mirror. Shit. I needed to pull it together.
Just breathe, Celine. It's not that big of a deal. You were there. You took care of those pieces of shit vampires.
I felt Duce nuzzle me next to my ear as he softly said, “Will you stay in my room tonight?”
This was my moment to be normal, to act like nothing was wrong. I turned towards him, smiling wide as I cupped his cheek. “Of course. I still need to cash in on that orgasm promise for saving your life.”
I felt Dino stiffen behind me, and I almost felt bad for saying it, but when Duce’s face lit up and he gave me a huge kiss, I knew that was more of a him thing than anything.
“All we saw was the S carved in the neck of the guy at the gate and saw the building burning. I think you know what that S means, and I don't want an elite assassin on my tail. Figure it out, Killian.” Rabid hung up the phone and immediately called, “What the fuck do you mean saved your life? What the fuck happened in there?”
I was surprised when Dino cut in quickly, “Duce and I got ourselves caught up by some Fangers, and Celine took them out.” I mean, he left out quite a bit of detail, but that was the gist of it. Then Duce had to chime in.
“Yeah. We had guns to our heads and everything. I thought we were both goners, then Celine slid into action, literally. Like a fucking superhero and shit, popped up between the two fuckers, slit the weaker one's throat, and siren-songed the other one to blow his own brains out.” He was so animated as he was telling the story. Even I was captivated. “I, of course, helped my savior out by finishing off the weaker one, and then she cursed out the dead man while stomping his balls, saying, “Leave. My-” I put my hand over his mouth before he could finish.
“No need to thank me, just doing my job, okay, Pumpkin?” I turned to him and gave him a look that said you better shut up now, or I’m finding another bed to sleep in, and he shut his mouth real quick.
When I said that, it was in the heat of the moment. I was coming down from a killing high, just finishing up murdering three other guys playing cards in the back of the building, when I heard their situation over the comms. I focused only on the threatening voices. Getting to them was first priority, and I barely reached them in time. Everything happened so fast, the need to keep them alive took over, and I didn’t get to make the kills slowly and painfully, to get out any of the vengeance that filled my veins when I first showed up. So, I just did and said the first thing that I felt at that moment.
All of the emotion that I’d been feeling since I killed those two Fangers was telling me that I was a liar. That I meant every word I said and would do it again because these men were mine. My wolves.
