‘Youlook sexy when you’re pissed,’he told me.
Thatgot me to smile. I needed to get over Kai’s past. He was my mate.
Our‘broken down’ van hid Max, Kai, Shamus, and I from view. The other wolves werewaiting back in the bushes along the deserted dirt road. It was about teno’clock and completely dark outside; perfect for vampires to come out ofhiding.
‘Getin position,’Kai told us. He tightened the string that held the nail stripalong the road that would puncture their tires. I could hear an engine off inthe distance. As it approached, I became nervous. The Mexican drug cartelwasn’t exactly known for being nice. We were constantly seeing them in thenews.
‘Thisis about to unleash a whole new slew of hell on our door step, Kai,’I told him.
Kaimet my eyes.‘That’s okay. When I die one day I want to say my lifemattered. That I did something good.’
Dammit.He had a point. I clutched a silver stake with my bare hand.
“Timeto piss off some vampires,” Max said as he crouched down. The truck’s enginewas close. I heard the tires roll over the nails with a loud pop and a hiss.The driver slammed on his brakes. He opened the door to get out and I smelledhim. Vampire. I could also heavily smell the metallic scent associated withheroin. Kai jumped out from behind the van and rushed at the driver, slamminghim onto the hood. I leapt up into the air and jammed the silver stake into hisheart. Poof. Ash littered the ground. A couple months ago, I would have beengrossed out by that.
“Huh,that was easy,” I exclaimed.
Theroll-up door to the side of the taco truck flew open and a vampire leapt outspraying bullets at Kai and I. Kai ducked behind the front of the truck andyanked me by the waist, pulling me down.
ThenI heard a snapping sound and a groan.
“Allclear,” Max called. We came out from behind the car to see Max standing over apile of ash, the vampire’s gun in his hand. A bullet wound was bleeding from hisshoulder.
Shamusand few Seattle pack members came out from behind a distant bush.
“Pushthis into the desert; we will deal with the cargo later,” Shamus told his guys.They put it into neutral and pushed it easily off the road.
“Max,that’s a silver bullet,” I told him, eyeing his arm.
Hereached inside the wound and dug into it with his fingernails. He winced, Iwinced and then he pulled the bullet out and threw it on the ground.
Thewalkie talkie beeped. “Two yellow school busses. Two vamps in each. The carsbehind them are human and taking the main road. So this must be the entireshipment for the night,” Kat told us.
Kaigrabbed the gun from Max’s hand and handed it to me. “The nails will take outthe first bus’s tires, you shoot out the second.”
Ididn’t want to split up, but I nodded.
Ijogged twenty paces away from the van and took cover behind a large bush.
Thelarge buses’ engines were approaching. I had been practicing my shooting inpack trainings, time to see if it paid off. The first bus passed me and I hearda pop and then he slammed on his brakes. The second bus slowed and I popped thetires with the gun.
Thedriver of the second bus poked his head out and inhaled. “Werewolves!” hescreamed, and gassed it. He slammed into the bus in front of him, pushing himover the nail tack strip.
Shit!I ran out from behind the bush as the two busses began to speed away. Even withflat tires and riding on rims, they were moving fast. Kai took off after thefirst bus in super speed. I did the same, but headed for the second bus. Noneof the other wolves could run as fast as Kai and me. We didn’t want the bussesgetting to their check point with backup.
‘Becareful!’ Kai roared as he leapt onto the driver’s door and pulled him outof the open window. The first bus rolled to a stop and the second bus crashedinto the back of the first. I followed Kai’s lead and leapt onto the driver’sdoor. But the driver was ready for me. He had a silver harpoon gun aimed at myhead, ready to take it off. The pointed tip was cutting into my chin. I didn’tbreathe. Everything was in slow motion. If he pulled the trigger, I was agoner. My head would come clean off.
Heinhaled, as he was about to pull the trigger, he scrunched his eyebrows. Thenhe spit in my face. “We can’t kill her! She is the one Queen Layla wants!” heroared to the vampire in the back seat. I didn’t even process the information.I acted on instinct. I used the distraction and grabbed the harpoon from himand shoved it under his chin pulling the trigger and taking off his head. Ashrained down on my hand as I jumped down onto the ground and ran to the back ofthe bus where the other vampire was escaping out the back door.
“Oh,no you don’t!” Kat shouted and threw a huge silver stake from ten feet away. Ithit his chest with a hard thud and he was ash.
Shehigh-fived me. “Good job.”
Itried to smile, but I was un-nerved by what that vampire had said about notbeing allowed to kill me.
‘Youokay?’I asked Kai.
‘Justa little dusty,’he replied.
