My anger was leashed. For now. But I knew I would need to find a way to release it. Preferably upon the witch that deserved it. Rhiannon deserved to die for everything she had done, the people she hurt.
My cell phone chimed. I ignored it, but Ava glanced over.
“It’s Callum,” she muttered. “You should probably answer it.”
I grunted, reaching out for the device.
“Yeah?”
Callum’s voice was hoarse when he replied. “Could you call off your pet witch please?”
I sat up, one arm still around Ava. “She’s with me. What are you talking about?”
“Let’s see, she has long curly hair, a vampire, and a wolf with her.”
To my surprise, I was able to smile. “You mean Kerry? She’s harmless.”
Callum groaned. “She has you fooled if you truly believe it. Please call her off before she kills us. We’re at the end of the driveaway.”
“On my way,” I replied, climbing out of bed. My body was still vibrating with anger and my thoughts were dulled by the rage. I would have to remain in control until the time was right. I consoled myself with the knowledge. “Callum and Marcus had a run-in with Kerry and the others. I need to go out there.”
Ava nodded and rose as well. “I’m going to check on Savannah,” she said as she walked to the bag in the corner that held the clothes Kerry packed for her.
I dressed in a blur of motion then approached her. She was still naked, but held an armful of clothing. I put my hands on her shoulders and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
“Someday soon, this will all be over,” I murmured. “And we will have a chance to discover each other again.” The promise of time with her still wasn’t enough to ease the ache in my chest completely, but it was a start. Only the knowledge that Rhiannon had been punished would be enough to remove it forever.
Ava lifted her hand and placed it on my chest. “We will.”
A shadow moved across her mind, but I didn’t have time to ask her what was bothering her. After two thousand years, a few minutes wouldn’t hurt.
I brushed her mouth with mine. “I’ll be back shortly.”
She nodded and I watched her face as I gathered my magic and focused on the point where Kerry’s power was the strongest. I was surprised that I hadn’t felt it earlier. It throbbed around her, ripples of magic reaching all the way to the house. Damn, the witch was more powerful than I realized. Almost as powerful as Ava.
Ava and I stared at one another as I traced out of the room. Her bright lavender eyes remained in my mind as I appeared at the end of the driveway.
Immediately my anger at Rhiannon was forgotten because my first instinct was to laugh. Kerry had used her magic to plaster them both to their car. While they could trace short distances, their ability wasn’t as strong as mine. They preferred to drive or fly, which I never understood. Flying wasn’t natural. There wasn’t a lot that could kill a vampire, but falling thousands of feet and crashing to the earth in a fiery explosion sounded like something that would manage the task.
Callum and Marcus stood facing their car, their bodies completely stuck to the metal. Their arms were up as though they’d lifted them to show they meant no harm, and their faces were squished against the roof of the vehicle. Callum’s phone sat on the roof, not far from his mouth.
Kerry and Finn turned to look at me. Harrison was in wolf form and he sauntered over to Marcus and lifted a leg.
“Pee on me, shifter,” Marcus growled. “And I’ll skin you and wear your fur as a hood.”
Harrison’s eyes narrowed and he growled back but he didn’t urinate on my offspring. I could swear he was smiling as he sauntered away, his wolf tail high in the air.
“Kerry,” I muttered as I approached the witch and her vampire mate. “Finn. What’s going on?”
Kerry glanced at me, a wicked smirk on her face. The witch was enjoying this.
“These two set off the perimeter wards. Instead of staying put, they drove further onto the property and activated the protection spells.”
“So you decided to glue them to their car?”
She chuckled. “That was the spell. It stopped their car and when they got out, it kept them, uh, close.”
It was difficult to hold back my laughter, but I managed it. “And how exactly did Callum call me?”
