“Christian Henry, as I live and breathe. What the hell could you possibly want from me?”Eliza was sitting in a conference room along with several other members of her team, going over a strategy to locate the blonde Vampire from the other night and see if they could bring her down. Mila continued to talk about tactics, and Eliza pretended to listen, but curiosity had the better of her, so when her old pal who’d ended up getting her in a hell of a lot of trouble, popped up on her IAC, she had to find out what he could possibly want.“Well, if it isn’t the Rambo of Guardians. That video everyone’s been passing around is pretty impressive. When did you learn the type of skills it takes to end six Vampires all by yourself, and the long-lasting kind, for that matter?”She tried not to laugh since it likely wouldn’t fit with whatever Mila was currently talking about. “I don’t know. Afte

Brandon pushed past Elliott into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge, downed it, and tossed the plastic into the recycling that also needed taken out. “Okay. What’s going on? You’ve been bumming around here for the last couple of days. I ain’t seen our little sunshine much either. You two have a fight?”“I don’t wanna talk about it.” He rested his head on the refrigerator, wondering if Cass would even care if he got sucked up by another portal.“Well, I do. So what’s going on?”Brandon turned to look at his dad whose features were much softer than his tone at the moment. The teen ran a hand down his face, wiping away sweat and angst. “We had a fight a couple of nights ago. We’ve been civil to each other since, but not like before. I thought when I got back from the portal, everything would be easy, like we’d never argue or be apart again becau

Eliza knew where Christian really was, too, but she wouldn’t say anything. Thanks to the information Cassidy had passed to her through him, Eliza and her team had managed to take out two of the six thugs on the list on consecutive nights this week, and that night, they planned on heading after Honey herself. Christian wished Eliza every bit of success and that she would serve as a distraction to Daunator so that he wouldn’t see Christian coming or be prepared when he showed up.The cityscape turned to forest and mountains quickly, and Christian checked his IAC to make sure he was still headed in the right direction. Finding Daunator might be the most difficult part, or the easiest. Either way, nothing about this adventure would be simple, but it needed to be done.A woman’s voice crooned at him in Czech over the radio. Rather than fiddling with the knob until something came through in English, he decided to leave it be. There was something soul stirri

Eliza’s team was parked outside of the bar Cassidy had identified, just down the street far enough that the black SUV wouldn’t draw too much attention from anyone, hopefully not the Vampire they were after, at any rate. While it would’ve been nice to have Cassidy’s ability to jump into Honey’s head and make sure she was still close by, Eliza had to take her word for it, at least until she asked the Hybrid to help out again, if she dared to do so. She couldn’t blame the teen for hating her guts, but she did seem willing to help them out, despite the history between Eliza and Cassidy’s sister, which was likely due to the fact that there wasn’t much going on in Kansas City these days, not because Eliza had proven herself to be worthy of help.“You’re sure this is the place?” Sergio asked from the driver’s seat.“I’m sure it was the place,” Eliza replied. “I have no way of knowi

Sounds on the rooftops one either side of them caught Eliza’s attention, but not enough to draw her eyes off of the Vampire. Mila called for the other two members of their team to get there in a hurry, and then more gunfire rang out, but Eliza was so caught up in ending Honey, she still didn’t pull her eyes away long enough to understand what was going on. The Vampire was pressed back on her heels, and Eliza wanted to get rid of her now.Honey began to laugh, even though Eliza’s next swipe with the dagger caught her in the chest. It wasn’t deep enough to cause too much damage, and the monster got free before the Guardian could drag the knife to her heart, but the laughter was alarming. “You won’t end me before it’s too late.”“What are you talking about?” She brought the knife around again, but this time, it was a distraction as Eliza’s leg swept out on front of her. She caught Honey’s ankles and k