Glenn’s huff of laughter was strained.Really, was there anything Ross could not do when he put his mind to it?“Of course you did.Ever resourceful, my Ross.”
“You got my location yet?”
“Yes.”Glenn switched to hands-free, putting the call on the car’s Bluetooth.“Keane has a fix on you.We’re driving now, perhaps fifteen minutes out.Sit tight, please.Half the clan is with me.”
“I don’t know if there’s much of a fight here.I’ve literally seen only one henchman and Man-Shik.”
“If he’s operating like he has in the past, he’ll have a ring of defense around the building.Which is why I want you to stay where you are.There’s no escape going outside right now.”
“Shit.Okay.Wait, doesn’t that mean you’re driving right into an ambush?”
“Unlike the last time I did this, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.And no compunction about using all of them.Has he hurt you?”
“No.I’m bait for you.”
“Quite effective bait,” Glenn replied, a feral snarl to the words.“Nothing will stop me from coming for you.”
There was a hitch in Ross’s breath, as if Glenn’s sentiment caught him somewhat by surprise.Then a beat before he spoke again, the words husky, “Glenn.You know, I want to go on a date with you.”
Glenn’s own breath hitched.So the feeling was entirely returned.It was such an elating thought it felt like, for just a moment, the world stood still.He could almost forget he rode to the man’s rescue.For a moment, just a moment, he could bask in the knowledge that their hearts had been reaching for each other all this while.While he’d been uncertain of Ross’s feelings, there’d been no reason to hesitate at all.Ross felt the same.It put a brief smile on his face.“I’d like nothing better.”
“Yeah?”
“Why don’t I come kill that son-of-a-bitch who took what was mine, and then I’ll properly romance you.”
“I’m good with this game plan.How close are you?”
“Less than five minutes now.”Glenn could easily see the building.Even a blind man couldn’t miss it.Ross was correct, it was a hangar, standing in the open near an airfield, with a ring of minions surrounding it on all sides.Oh, Man-Shik was ready for him alright.He’d learned not to give Glenn any opening.But Glenn, too, had learned from their prior encounters.And he wasn’t going to play by the same rules as previous times.It was definitely time to end this.“You say you’re in the back?Stay there.We’re coming through the front.”
“Uh…I’m really going to need you to run your game plan past me on this.What’s your strategy?”
“Sorry, no time to explain.Sit tight.”Glenn rolled the window down and stuck his head out as he bellowed out a war cry, “AN Ó RIAGÁIN TO ME!”
His clan roared approval, fists coming out of windows and pumping in the air.
“Have to run.Hold tight, Ross.” Glenn hung up.
Alright, no time for strategy, and no room for it, either.There was no cover in this open stretch of land to take advantage of.And Man-Shik was clearly prepared for him.So, why not do the unexpected?
Glenn slowed the car, then parked it, before popping out and standing on the seat so he could address everyone.“Rig the cars to drive without you!Let’s break the building and his ring of protection!”
There was many a laugh from the dwarves, who apparently found this a fine idea, and the wolves were already starting to shift over.Glenn popped back in, reaching for the first heavy thing he saw in his trunk to weigh the gas pedal down with.He might not be able to cross that ward, but an unmanned vehicle could do so without problem.
All he had to do was break Man-Shik’s concentration long enough for the ward to falter.Just long enough to get Ross out.And then Glenn would end this.Man-Shik wouldn’t get a second chance or mercy from him.
Glenn’s priority was clear: He had a man to claim.
Astór Forever
Glenn was anxious.It wasn’t that he was uncertain, per se.After being changed into a vampire himself, and changing two others, he was well aware what went into the process.But this was different.
This time, it was his husband being changed.
Ross, for his part, seemed wholly unbothered by the idea that he would become a different species at the end of this.In fact, he seemed more nervous about his mother-in-law sinking fangs into his throat than anything else.
Which, granted, Glenn didn’t exactly blame him.
Glenn would dearly love to be the one who changed him, but he wanted Ross to be his equal in vampiric ability and power.And guaranteeing that meant a much older vampire should be the one to turn him.Glenn wasn’t quite old enough himself to have the ability.But his dam and mother would.
