Page 28 (2/2)
The leader rocked backward, clutching his broken, bleeding nose The scent of blood jacked up Wraith’s testers at the rear zeroed in on the scent, heads snapping around
Vamps One black y jeans, hoodies, and ratty sneakers
Jackpot, baby Wraith was going to get soht, after all
Before any of the stunned humans could recover, Wraith sprinted down a side street
Angry shouts followed histers in Ni up to a rooftop and waited until they passed Their fury left a scent trail he could follow blindfolded, but instead, he dropped to the ground, used his infrared vamp vision to see the any of his vath, but vision was the one he truly despised
Despised, because he hadn’t been born with it Instead, it had come twenty-two years later, with the eyes Eidolon had transplanted into his head nearly eighty years ago Every time Wraith looked into the mirror at the baby blues, he was reminded of the torture and pain that had preceded the new peepers
Kicking hi the past distract him, he silently started the hunt Normally, he’d take out the va and trailing far behind the others
He pounced, squeezed the breath out of the squat human, and left his unconscious body behind a pile of boxes Next, he tracked thearound behind Wraith
Wraith feigned distraction, standing in the open beneath the bright glare of a street light as the vamp crept forward Closer… closer… yes Wraith spun, pummeled the massive male with a flurry of fists and feet The vale punch, and once Wraith had hauled him into the darkness beneath an overpass, he took hiut and one hand curled around his throat, Wraith drew a stake from the weapons harness beneath his leather jacket
“What,” the asped, his eyes ith shock and terror, “what… are… you?”
“Buddy, sometimes I ask myself that same question” He slammed the stake home Didn’t wait around to watch the show as the varated There was another one to take out
Anticipation shih side streets and alleys Like the , and Wraith caught her off guard as she crept in the shadows behind a building He shoved her into the wall, lifting her by the throat so she dangled off the ground
“This was too easy,” Wraith said “What is the Vas these days?”
“I’” Her voice was a low, seductive purr, and even as she spoke, she lifted her legs to wrap them around Wraith’s hips “I’ll show you”
The scent of lust ca and heating, but he’d rather kill hih he had different reasons for not bedding human females
He leaned in so his lips brushed her ear, which was pierced all the way around “Not interested,” he growled, but still, she arched against him, affected by his incubus pheromones
You shouldn’t play with your food Eidolon’s voice rang in his ears, but Wraith ignored it the way he ignored prettyhis brothers said to hi a meal of this female
“Could’ve fooledher hps into his erection
“Maybe you need soave her an eyeful of wooden stake
Her eyes ild “Please…” She sed, her throat convulsing beneath his pal flower, and that fast the teone “Please Just… do it quickly”
He blinked He’d expected her to beg for her life He aze, and sloith a sick sense of dread, he shuffled his fingers on her neck A raised pattern peeked from beneath the collar of her hoodie Damn
He shoved his stake into his pocket and tugged her sweatshirt aside to reveal a welted pattern the size of his fist
A slave mark Not just any slave mark The cross-bones brand of Neethul slavemasters, the cruelest of the demon slave traders This fe So… and now she was doing what she had to in order to survive
She’d suffered Was probably suffering even now
Sout, and it wasn’t until he lowered her to the ground without realizing it that he identified the strange feeling Sympathy
“Go,” he said roughly “Before I change my mind”
She got the hell out of there, and so did Wraith Rattled by his uncharacteristic display of et back on track He needed to feed He needed to cause some pain
The punks had split up, and one by one, he tracked them doith almost mechanical efficiency until only the leader was left So out, a familiar sound in this part of the city, so familiar he doubted the cops would even be called