Harvey’s beautiful eyes narrowed as he cocked his blond head.“Have you ever heard his voice in your head before today?”
She blinked and licked her dry lips on a gulp.“No.Never.”
Nina was up and on her feet before Dom could say another word.“Then let’s go see Grandpa.”
With that, she scooped Dom up and hurled her over her shoulder, making a run for the front door.
When she took a step outside, the vampire leaned back on her haunches and shot into the dark night like an attack dog launches at their victim.
Then they were in the air, climbing and climbing until puffy clouds wafted past her head and the temperature dropped even further.
All while Dom squeezed her eyes shut and hung on for dear life.
ChapterSix
When Nina dropped her at the front door of her grandfather’s facility, Dom had to latch onto one of the rocking chairs sitting out front to steady herself.Her legs felt like a jar of jelly and her stomach likely wouldn’t ever be the same.
She spat the debris of their flight from her mouth, wiping her lips with the back of her hand.
Yeah.That just happened.
Nina picked her up like a sack of potatoes, threw her over her shoulder and flew her to her grandfather’s facility.
Flew.
And Fletcher had flown right beside them as though they were on a day trip to the skies.
She didn’t have the time to devote to how insane all this was.Instead, she’d just be grateful they’d made it here in record time, far less time than an Uber would have taken.
“Psst!Dominique!Over here!”
She heard MC’s now familiar, cultured voice calling to her, but her eyes flew open wide when she saw him sitting under a nearby bush.“How the heck did you get here?”
“Not quite the way you did, m’dear” he joked.“But where you go, I go.Now, all you have to do is call my name and hold out your hand.I wasn’t quite ready to begin lessons, but it seems we must hasten our start.”
Dom hesitated, but Nina nudged her before gripping her shoulders, forcing her to look at the vampire.“It’s time to be a big, brave girl.Call him.Let’s do this and go check on your grandpa in case he needs you.Stop fucking wasting time.”
“Hold out your hand, Dominique,” MC insisted.
She did as she was told, holding her hand out, palm up, but what did she call him?“What do I call you?Do I summon you like they do on that cartoon—by the power of greystoke or whatever?”
She didn’t watch He-man, she was more of aSmurfsgal, but her friend’s brother in middle school had loved it.
“It’s the power of Grayskull, dingbat,” Nina groused with a roll of her eyes.
“Calling me MC is fine, Dominique.Now hurry along.Oh, and brace yourself.”
Widening her stance, Dom wanted to yell out MC, but what came out was, “Thor!”
She heard the words “oh shit” just before MC landed in her hands like a ton of bricks, flattening her against the front walkway with a solid crunch of her bones.
Dom crumbled to the ground like a house of cards, but she’d caught his handle just the same.
“Victory!”she murmured, rolling to her side with a groan as her bones creaked and her muscles screamed.
MC snickered.“We’re going to have to work on my entry.I’m far more suited to a beefier grip, my dear.My apologies.For now, this will do.Now off you go to find your grandfather.Up, up!”he encouraged.
With Nina’s help, she rose to her feet, looking toward Fletch, who sat on a bush.She gave the top of his head a stroke with her fingertip.“You wait here, buddy, okay?I’ll be right back.”Fletcher spread his wings and settled in.
