She glided effortlessly through the trees always ensuring she was far enough behind that the wolf wouldn’t detect her presence. A short time later thick leaves shrouded her as she watched the area around a secluded house high in the mountaintops.
The air was rife with the scent of vampires and wolves. Reasa had to remain totally still so as not to give away her hiding spot as she watched the heightened activity around the house. All it took was for one person to look up and she was dead before she’d be able to even try and flee. She had no doubt about that.
Something caught her attention and her eyes tracked to the left. She had to fight the need to hiss as a huge male appeared in her line of sight. Instantly she knew he was what she had been seeking. His scent was like nothing she’d ever experienced, a mixture of both wolf and vampire.
The tall redheaded male turned his gaze into the trees, his head cocking to the side as he perused the area. He appeared to be looking for something or someone, scenting the air like a wolf.
For a moment she was afraid to breathe, certain if she did the abomination would somehow hear her. But then the male scanned the other direction before heading back inside the house.
Reasa breathed out slowly and tried to relax her knotted muscles. She was gripping the branches in front of her so hard it was a wonder they hadn’t snapped from the force, alerting everyone to her position.
She had just seen one of her targets. Now she had to work out how to get close to him. Checking to ensure she had her weapon with the poisoned bullets safely at her side, Reasa positioned herself as comfortably as she could in the trees.
She would have to out wait her prey. If she stayed there long enough maybe he would come to her and when he did… well if she was only able to take out one of the abominations before she died at least she’d make sure it was a big one. The redheaded male was hers and the one she would die for to ensure she terminated.
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Liam rested his back against the door, an itch in the back of his head that he couldn’t quite place. He was worried for Lily and searched for her with his mind but she was keeping him out and there was no way to detect her when she didn’t want to be found.
But as he’d searched outside just now, he’d thought he’d detected something else… someone else, but it was so faint that when he reached with his mind to quantify the other mental touch, he was unable to find it. It had been there one second and gone the next.
Maybe he’d imagined it? He considered mentioning it to Karn but decided against it. Everyone’s emotions were heightened at the moment. They were all starting to react unpredictably and his feeling was most likely a reaction to that heightened emotion.
So why did his scalp itch? What was it that made him want to head out into the woods to try and track down something that probably wasn’t even there? He was tempted to do just that but Mac had ordered them to stay close to the compound.
For now he’d hold his peace, wait, and see if the feeling went away or became worse. If it didn’t subside then he’d mention it to Karn and Kal and get their thoughts on it.
To be continued…