Susanna’s POV“Please get out of my head,” Susanna cried, curling up on the hospital bed. Her entire body was trembling; the woman, the leader of the Slayers, was placing thoughts in her mind. Telling her she needed to use her powers for bad; hurt people she didn’t want to hurt.She wanted Susanna to get rid of both Gavin and Erin.“I’m begging you,” Susanna cried again, placing her hands on her ears, and trying to keep her body steady. “Just leave me alone.”Up until that point, they gave Susanna some free range. But now the Slayers were done playing games and they intended to use Susanna as a full vessel.“I’m not leaving you alone until you either complete the mission or die trying,” the woman hissed.She didn’t know the woman’s name, or what she looked like. But the woman was channeling herself into Susanna, giving the powers she never thought would be possible.“What do you need me to do?” Susanna asked as tears escaped from her closed eyes.“We are getting you out of this hospit
Erin’s POV“It was you the entire time?” I breathed, staring at Susanna who stood before me.Her fingertips were on fire, but it didn’t seem to be phasing her. Her icy eyes narrowed at me, and I took an unsteady step away from her. I wasn’t afraid of her, but I was insanely confused as to how I didn’t know it was Susanna the whole time.She killed so many people, including her best friend.“I don’t understand… why are you doing this?” I asked, narrowing my eyes at her.She stared around my face for a short while, a small smile creeping on her lips.“Because of Gavin…” she hissed. “You took him from me, and now I’m ending you.”“You burned down the hospital for what?” I asked, shaking my head with dismay. “What could you possibly gain from that?”“Maybe I knew that Gavin would end up being blamed for such a heinous crime. He doesn’t deserve his freedom! He broke my heart and now I’m going to break him by taking everything that he loves away. Including his precious Erin.”“You are mista
Erin’s POV“Gavin, you can’t be serious,” I said, approaching him.He glared down at me and I saw the resentment in his eyes; it turned my stomach.“She committed a lot of crimes, Erin. I can’t let that go unpunished,” he explained; he turned away to walk in the opposite direction, but I grabbed his arm, stopping him quickly.“That isn’t fair though. She wasn’t herself. She was being controlled,” I argued.“The world isn’t going to see it like that. Until we can prove she was under the control of the Slayers, we need to keep her locked away,” Gavin said with finality in his tone. “Besides, if they got her the first time, they could get her again.”“What about Bane?”“Bane didn’t kill anybody.”“No, but he could if they decide to use him again,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “If you are worried, they are going to take control of Susannah again, then you should be worried that they will take control of Bane as well. There could be more vessels as well—”“For right now, until
Erin’s POV“You don’t have a team yet?!” I shouted, staring at Theo in disbelief.“We need to be trained for this kind of thing,” Theo said in return. “I have people, we just aren’t ready. Neither are you.”“I’m more than ready, Theo,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “The fact that they aren’t is concerning to me. We can’t wait any longer. We need to get the show on the road, today.”“We have to be—”“I know…we have to be smart about it. I’m sick of being smart about it. I want to go into action.”“You need to take a step back,” Theo growled in a low and threatening tone as he stood slowly to his feet.He was much taller and more intimidating than I am, but I wasn’t backing down. I was furious. If we didn’t do something about the Slayers and quickly, then Gavin would be running head-first into the danger zone, and I couldn’t allow that to happen.Henry stood a little distance away from me with a mournful look in his eyes.“You also need to calm down,” Theo said, keeping his e
Erin’s POV“How’s your meal?” Henry asked as he often did from across the table, staring at me with a loving curiosity in his eyes. It was like old times, and I would be lying if I said this wasn’t nice.“It’s delicious,” I tell him honestly. “Thank you, Henry.”He beamed at my feedback and went back to eating his food. We ate silently for the most part; we exchanged some words here and there, but mainly we didn’t have much to discuss. We had said everything we needed to say earlier, and I had run out of words for him.Henry doesn’t know what I am planning, and I wanted to keep it that way. He would only try to stop me if he knew the truth.I was going to find the Slayer hideout and defeat their leader, tonight. I couldn’t risk anybody else finding out about this.I knew where they were hiding; I had the coordinates in my backpack, which I had shoved under my bed to hide it from Henry’s viewing.As soon as he saw that it was packed, it would all be over for me.Gavin was planning on g
Erin’s POV“You’re a vampire,” I said, staring at the man before me. It wasn’t a question, but he answered it anyways.“It looks that way,” he sneered, taking a step toward me. “And you must be Erin; the pesty werewolf who can’t seem to let things go.”“How do you know who I am?” I asked, furrowing my brows together.“Oh, trust me… we’ve all heard who you are,” he laughed. “You are all the organization talks about.”“You mean the Slayers?” I asked. “I thought this was where their hideout is. Where is everybody?”He laughed again, only his laugh was dark and chilling.“I can’t believe you fell for that. Did you really think it was going to be that easy?”“What?” I asked; I didn’t like where this was going and suddenly, I started to feel vulnerable.“Bane… you really think we’d let you meddle in his mind and have him reveal our secrets? Not even your Alpha’s abilities can do that.”My heart fell into my stomach.Was he saying what I think he was saying?“Are you saying that Bane is stil
Henry’s POVThe meeting with Henry’s recent client seemed to be going on forever.She was a middle-aged woman, human, with fair skin and curly blonde hair. She sat across the table with tear-filled eyes, wiping them with a white handkerchief.They’ve been going back and forth over the recent settlement she received from her soon-to-be ex-husband, but it doesn’t seem to be enough for her. It was obvious to both Henry and the judge that she had only married this man for his fortune and now that she was getting divorced, she was trying to milk every penny out of him. He had agreed to pay a certain settlement, something Henry had agreed upon with him directly, but it seems his client is reluctant to take the money knowing that there is a chance that she could get more.“Ms. Conrad—”“Judy,” she clarified. “I would prefer if you’d call me Judy.”She didn’t want to be called by her maiden name or her married name.“Judy,” Henry corrected. “This is a large sum of money that he is offering y
Erin’s POVIt was like I was never stabbed; the wound that was once on my chest was completely gone.But how was that possible?It was a silver dagger that plunged into my chest; even if my wolf had been able to heal me from it, it wouldn’t have happened this quickly. I touched my chest and felt no pain; my breathing had strengthened.I stared up at the night sky with a racing heart.I sat up, searching around my perimeters and that’s when I saw him.I couldn’t help the gasp that escaped my lips. My entire body trembled as I realized what had happened.It was Gavin!He healed me.But how? I scrambled to my knees so I could crawl over to him; he was completely unconscious and there was a gaping wound on his chest. His clothes and the dirt surrounding him were filling with his blood at a rapid speed.He was hardly breathing.“Gavin…” I spoke in a broken whisper.I ran my fingers over his chest and attempted to stop the bleeding with my hands.“He transferred your injuries to himself,”