Page 106 of Reaper Unhinged
Grayson tensed beside me, but before he could speak, Dexter lunged at Cold Eyes. The super vamp spun, and a shot screamed into the night.
For a moment, there was only the rush of blood in my ears, the heave of my breath, and then Dexter’s gurgling death throes filtered through the whooshing in my head. My vision blurred, and I blinked back tears, maintaining eye contact with my Loup until the light in his eyes died.
Super vamp toed Dexter’s body and then moved up the line, skipping another Loup to stop at a Magiguard.
There was no preamble this time. He shot her in the head.
Brit bit back a cry. She was next. Oh, fuck.
He aimed the gun at her chest and then took a step to the left, coming to a stop in front of…Uri?
Oh, shit.
“No!” I lunged toward Uri, but Grayson snagged my waist and hugged me to his chest.
The super vamp’s mouth curled up at the corner. “Oh, you really care about this one, don’t you?” His eyes narrowed. “How does it feel to know you’re powerless to save him?”
“Please don’t.” I struggled against Grayson, but he held me firm.
“Fee, don’t,” Uri said. He shook his head. “Don’t… Don’t look.”
Grayson tried to force me to look away, but I fought him, and he had no choice but to settle for holding me to him.
“You ready, little woman,” super vamp said. He kept his gaze on me while I locked eyes with Uri.
The gunshot was like a slug to my chest, knocking the breath from my lungs and bringing fresh tears to my eyes. It choked me, squeezed my heart in a vise, but I didn’t look away, even as Uri toppled onto his side. I didn’t look away as the life bled from his eyes.
I didn’t look. Away. I… I couldn’t…I
A keening sound filled the air, surrounding me.
“Hush, hush.”
Grayson rocked me, and I realized that the low keening sound that filled the air…it was me.
Super vamp strode over and held the gun up to Grayson’s forehead. “Almost broken, but not quite,” he said. “I wonder if this will help.”
A chill swept over my body, and then a loud crack cut through the air.
I jerked, ice blooming on my chest as for a moment I thought he’d pulled the trigger, but he was looking off to the left, at the ground where one of his team lay dead, head at a funny angle.
A figure stood over the dead vamp, brushing off his hands as if he’d touched something unsavory.
Jasper looked right at me and smiled thinly. “Don’t worry,” he drawled. “The cavalry has arrived.”
Wait, if he was here, then—
The heat of my power exploded like a tsunami through my veins as my Loup roared to the surface.
The super vamp looked down at me, confused.
“You ready, little man.” My words were garbled as my mouth shifted to wolf fangs. “My turn.”
I attacked.
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Cora
