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"No," said Helen, a little too quickly "Go to my house instead It’s closer" She was a lot better equipped to handle these men than Miss Mabel was, even if that didn’t mean much At least Miss Mabel’s home of thirty years would be safe Maybe Helen would ask to move in with her after all of this was over
"Fine Which way?" asked Tho she wasn’t estHelen He wasn’t sure if it was because he was afraid that the pain would return if he did, or if it was because her skin was so incredibly soft everywhere he touched Either way, he was useless in a fight unless he found a way to detach hienda It wasn’t going to be easy et that sword back, and if they didn’t do it by sunrise, the whole de when they’d find another lead to its location
Kevin had been a fierce, proud warrior He’d died with honor and Drake owed it to hi it in the Hall of the Fallen To do that, he was going to need both hands
He kept a careful hold on Helen’s wrist, unwilling to break contact until absolutely necessary Maybe Logan would knohat to do to fix thisabilities when it ca that rong with the bodies of humans and Sentinels alike If anyone knehat to do to separate hian or one of the other Sanguinar
They pulled into Helen’s driveway and piled out of the van It was a nice neighborhood Older, but well h he was sure that most of the trees had been chopped dohen this developrow back up, serving to shade the houses fro dark, those sa the sidewalk and between the ho, thanks to Lexi Not a lot, but enough to bring every Synestryn within a an patched hi everyone near hilanced at her as they made their way up the concrete steps to her front door The curve of her cheek glowed pink in the fading sunlight and he could just make out a cluster of freckles on her left shoulder Her ar enough to fight off the demons headed this way She was too soft to face down the Synestryn, and if her reaction to that fire was any clue, she was too fragile as well Part of him wished he’d never even seen her, but the rest of hi in his pain-free state He didn’t knohat he was going to do with her anyto him
Thomas carried Miss Mabel up to the front door of Helen’s raised ranch, rather than riped about it, swatting ineffectively at his nored her
Zach was keeping watch over the group, guarding their backs, scanning the shadows for demons or any of the other Synestryn nasties that wanted a piece of thelow of her front porch light, ruoing to let her wrist go His stubbornness earned hih to take it
"It’s not going to kill you to give me ten seconds to find ht You want to take that chance?"
She actually paused a rief dulled her hazel eyes for a split second, then was gone, leaving behind bleak acceptance in its wake "Fine," she said, and shoved her purse against his ribs "You can at least hold it while I dig"
Drake stared at the top of her bent head Her brown hair was glossy in the glow of the porch light, and although her twin braids were getting a bit fuzzy fro him
Handles That’s all he could think when he saw the a o Surely she had to realize that Surely she had to know that between those braids and her soft, full o A wonderful, bad, bad place where she was naked and begging his And he’d do every one of theht now all he really wanted to do was grab hold of those handles, tilt her head back, and kiss her until he forgot all about his dead friend and the lost sword and Zach’s bloody ar in every nearby demon to come have a bite from the Theronai buffet
"Found the her keys
Thank God At least now they’d have a door to put between the if an attack ca out here in the open
Helen unlocked the door and they all spilled inside with Zach bringing up the rear Tho to the living room and set her down He held her steady until she’d taken a solid grip on her walker, which erous weapon in her hands--for which the throbbing lump on the back of his head spoke eloquently--and Thoet
Helen flipped on the lights, revealing a neat, sparse living rooray The walls were bare and a few sealedboxes were stacked in one corner Helen had either justready to move out He couldn’t tell which
A couple of library books sat on the glass coffee table Both of the with spontaneous human combustion Hell of a topic, and one he would definitely have to ask her about as soon as they got a spareshoes stood in the ht there Multiple fire extinguishers stood in bizarre readiness, three in the living roo on the hearth of a fireplace that had been couisher sat by the front door and he could see a fifth one on the kitchen counter
Apparently, Helen really didn’t like fire
"Thank you for seeing us home," she said "I don’t want to keep you" A polite disers he had clutched around her wrist