I took aim at more vampires, firing away at will. “Know anyone who can drive a train? Like…now? I’m quite sure I can’t do it.”
Bel opened the door across from mine, wind rushing between our two cars, and stared at the empty space behind me, his brows furrowing low. “That is a problem. I’ll be back.” The door blurred shut, and he was gone in a blink.
Screams and gunshots were all around.
I squatted low, keeping my body behind the wall, and returned fire on every damned vampire that wanted this car to themselves. I was almost tempted to let one board if they could drive it. A gun to the head was a hell of a lot of motivation.
The door opened again. “Found one!” Bel shoved Aiko straight at me. I barely saved him from tumbling over the edge. “Get to work, man.”
The fuel car’s door slammed shut.
Aiko stood to his full height and brushed the wrinkles out of his clothes. He ground out between a tight jaw, “Your soul mate could learn some manners.”
I chuckled darkly and peered down the sight of my gun. “Yes, he could. But do as he said if you can.”
Aiko turned to the controls and sighed heavily. “I am able to do this. Try to not get me killed.”
“I didn’t kill the last engineer.”Aim, fire. Aim, fire.“Belshazzar did.”
“What?”
“The engineer tried to kill me first.”
“Ah, that does make sense then.”
I peeked to the side. It did seem like this vampire knew what he was doing. I turned my complete focus on the incoming hijackers. There weren’t many left between all of us killing them off. I sure hope someone saved my kidnappers for me.
Finally, I shoved my guns back into their holsters, needing new clips for them. I was completely out of ammunition. There was a lot of roadkill on the side of the railways now, plenty for the S’Kir creepy-crawlies to feast on for weeks.
“I’m going back to our car.” I stood and stretched, my thighs tight from exertion. “Anything you need?”
“No, I’ll be all right, Your Royal Highness.”
“Keep a lookout for any stragglers.” I pointed a finger at him as I left. “We need you.”
His laughter followed me as I walked away.
A smile brightened my face as I noticed the two fools that awaited me on their knees in our main train car. Belshazzar reclined on a chair next to his twin, both men holding guns aimed at my kidnappers, keeping them in place.
Their eyes widened at the sight of me.
My snicker was pure evil. “Hello there again. My, how the tides have turned. Would you like to see what someone does to hurt someone else?”
Both men stayed mute, their features blanking.
“Cat got your tongue? I’ll tell you the answer, Maon and Kyldan. Youreallytake away what they love the most, like a mate, for instance,” I murmured sweetly, taking the two guns from Belshazzar and Dorian. I pointed them at the idiots. “You should have taken my offer of land.”
I fired. And fired. And fired. And fired.
And fired.
I kept going, riddling their bodies with bullets, watching their physiques jump in place until the guns simplyclickedwhen I pressed the triggers again.
Belshazzar cleared his throat and held up another clip to me. I tossed him one gun and took the clip, reloading with extreme precision. I started firing again until I was bored. With one bullet left, just in case someone snuck on board, I lowered the weapon.
“I feel better now.” I glanced at my soul mate and shrugged. “Very cathartic.”
He nodded slowly, his lips twitching.
