Kai sat up quickly and grabbedhis head. Raj looked at Kai murderously. “I’m going to kill that witch.”
I stepped forward. “No, you’renot. She has my protection and since I found your daughter’s mate. I figure youowe me.” I smiled a little for good measure. I was sure deep down past the Alphabullshit, that he was a nice guy.
His father looked pissed for asecond and then appraised me with pride. “She is your perfect match.” Then hemet my eyes. “Welcome to the family, Aurora.”
He stood and left with the restof the council.
I ran to the door just in time tosee a few pack members driving a truck full of water bottles up the driveway. Kaifollowed after me.
“What happened?”
I shifted.‘I’ll tell you onthe way.’
Alliance
Kai didn’t question. He shiftedinstantly and followed my fast pace down the mountain towards the small town ofSandy. After explaining to Kai that we had sent a message to all wolves aboutthe water, I also explained about the call from RAIDOS.
‘So we are meeting the humans atthe Sandy water plant to fight vampires together?’ he mocked.
‘Yep.’
‘Well they better not get in myway.’Hesped past me, dashing through the trees. We could get there faster in our wolfform. People would mistake us for a blur of an animal. Sandy was a 20 mile runas the crow flies. If we had taken a car it would have been a 50 mile windingroad drive. After about twenty minutes of relentless running, we made it downthe mountain and out into the heavily populated area. We slowed near a gasstation. A black helicopter could be seen landing in the distance, in thegeneral area of the water facility. We weaved in and out of a few cars and backonto a side street void of people.
There we sprinted to the waterfacility gates. It was dark out but my werewolf eyes could see a commotion justinside. The black helicopter had landed near a side entrance and the RAIDOSteam had trickled in a gate that had been blasted open. A few of RAIDOS agentswere perched on the roof and were using crossbows to shoot at the vampires.There must have been fifty of them. They were protecting six large drums ofliquid silver. A few pack members had already arrived and were fightingalongside the RAIDOS team. A female vampire rose into the air and flew on topof my back. I rolled quickly hearing the satisfying crunch of her bones beneathmy big wolf body. I twisted out of her grasp and turned to face her. It wasthe vampire queen from that night in LA, Layla. Kai was preparing to pounce onher. She looked right at him and whispered, “Freeze.” He didn’t move. He barelybreathed. It was like he was made of cement.
‘Compulsion,’he said into my mind.
Then she looked at me. “You willchangeinto your human form and offer me your blood.” I could hear strange sounds inher voice. Were those hummingbird wings? However, I felt no desire to do as sheasked. Her compulsion didn’t work on me. I lunged for her throat with my teethbared. I got in one good bite before she ripped my body away with a grippingforce. I felt a few ribs crack, and I howled. A flaming arrow cut through thesky and landed in her shoulder. She hissed and her face took on a predatorylook. Her strawberry blonde hair singed with the flame. All of a sudden Kai wasbroken free of his compulsion and lunged at her abdomen. Layla yanked thesilver-tipped flaming arrow out of her shoulder and in one quick movementrammed it into Kai’s hind leg.
“No!” I screamed andinvoluntarily shifted into my human form. Mist began to pour out of my hands. Icouldn’t stop it. I could hear fighting behind me. The mist was swirling aroundmy body like a funnel. It was like it was waiting for me to tell it what to do.Kai had retreated a few steps.
“Attack!” I screamed and put allof my intention into the mist. Like it was a living guard dog. Like I couldcommand it. The mist suddenly turned into thousands of bees. They coveredLayla’s body like a coat of black fur. The buzzing was deafening. The sky shudderedand lightning crackled. Layla began to fumble backwards but the bees moved withher. I turned to Kai who was dragging his hind leg, the arrow still in it. Iyanked the arrow out and we both turned to the entrance. There were fivebarrels of silver untouched. RAIDOS and our pack had taken care of most of thevampires but a dozen or so remained. Seeing their queen covered in a blanket ofmagic bees, they began to advance on us.
“Shit.” I breathed and shiftedinto my wolf. Kai stood in front of me and growled. His back leg was quiveringwith the weight of him standing on it. The bees began to dissipate, as Irealized one of the people I mistook for a vampire, was in fact the dark witchfrom LA. She raised her hands and black smoke began to leak from her palms.
‘Don’t breathe it in!’I told Kai.
Just as the wave of black smokecame towards us, I felt a cool mist at my back. I turned to see Sylvia and hercoven. Their arms outstretched, white mist rolling on the ground making theblack mist retreat. Layla was nowhere to be seen.
“All alone, Prudence?” Sylviascreamed at the dark witch.
Prudence laughed and it raisedthe fur on my back.
“I don’t need a coven. I am morepowerful alone!” She roared and sent a blast of hot air at us. Kai and I retreatedto the side parking lot, while Sylvia and her coven threw spell after spell atPrudence. I could see Kai was hurt badly from the silver arrow. We were snakingour way along the trees towards the front door, when Layla and two vampiresjumped out. Two of the vampires distracted Kai, while Layla grabbed my back furand yanked. I yelped out in pain. I couldn’t do anything. I was hanging midairfrom her arm by my back skin, yapping with my teeth at nothing. I shiftingquickly to my human form and grabbed Layla’s arm and snapped it in half. Shescreamed but quickly smiled.
“Atta a girl.” Then she pouncedon me, taking a hold of my hair in her hand and exposing my neck. I tried towiggle out of her gasp but she was fast and strong. I felt her teeth sink intomy neck before I could even try to get free. Pleasure and disgust explodedinside my belly. It felt like I was eating the most delicious meal in theworld. My mouth salivated. On the other hand I was being bitten by a vampire! Ishuttered. These two feelings warred inside of me. Finally, I felt myself beingtorn away from her. Dr. Tavern held a long sharp samurai sword. Layla’s mouthwas dripping with my blood. Oh God.
Dr. Tavern advanced on Layla. ButLayla smiled. It was the creepiest, blood-coated, sharp-toothed smile. Then sheran. She fled fast into the woods and my stomach dropped.
I looked at Dr. Tavern. “Shedrank my blood! That means she is fertile for the next few days! She can have achild.”
I shifted into wolf form andbegan to go after her. Dr. Tavern said something over an ear piece and I heardhelicopter blades above me. Two RAIDOS members hung from ropes that dangledfrom the helicopter.
I heard foot steps behind me. Itwas Kai. I glanced back, happy that he was helping me pursue Layla. Together wecould take her down. Just as I glanced back, his back leg gave out with a snapand I saw him roll. Twigs and leaves scattered in the air. I skidded to a halt.
‘Kai!’
‘I can’t run that fast with asilver injury.’
