Battle

JAMES POV

We burst through the front door and were confronted. I skidded to a stop.

“Jacob Sawyer,” I acknowledged the Hunter in front of me. He looked surprised to see me.

“James Adler. I didn’t know you consorted with this sort.” He stood in front of me, looking relaxed, but I knew better. This Hunter has been credited with thousands of kills of my kind. He was strong and ruthless, and he had a serious hatred for anything supernatural, though he wasn’t above using them if they would help meet his needs.

I could see my warriors spreading wider around me, Toby flanking me to my left. I knew Bruce had slipped out the door behind me, probably to see if he could get to Addie another way.

Just then an earsplitting scream came from the floor below us. It was like a knife through my heart, and I grimaced.

Jacob looked at me with interest. “I misjudged you, James. I thought you were someone to be admired, a savvy businessman. But I see now. I don’t know how I missed it. You’re o