A few minutes later, Alec slowed the car and pulled onto a dirt road. In the beam of the headlights, I could just make out a small dock at the water’s edge.
“Should I be worried?” I asked.
Glancing in my direction, he grinned. “Maybe you should be.”
Killing the engine, Alec opened the door to get out of the car. “Sorry, but I don’t have a flashlight. We’ll have to make the trip in the dark.”
I followed him out of the car. “I guess it’s a good thing you can see in the dark better than I can.”
Beneath the light of the moon, I could make out the shape of an airboat bobbing on the surface of the black water. A large rope tethered it to the dock so that it wouldn’t drift away with the current.
“It’s time to change our mode of transportation,” he said point to the boat.
I’d figured as much.
Alec wrapped a hand around my arm to help steady me as I stepped into the boat. The boat rocked and I nearly lost my balance, which wouldn’t have been good. Falling into a gator-infested swamp could get ugly.
“Why didn’t you just fly us here?” I wanted to know.
He chuckled, obviously amused by my question. “We have traveled quite a ways. Not only would it be too much for you to handle, but it would drain my energy, which I will need when I confront Omar.”
Alec untied the rope and the engine came to life. Slowly, the boat drifted away from the dock.
When we were several yards from the shore, Alec accelerated, but only slightly. We were moving so slowly that we could as well have been drifting. At the rate we were going, it could take us half the night to reach our destination, wherever that was.
Of course, plowing through a dark swamp probably wouldn’t be a good idea either. It would be too easy to hit something then we’d be in the water with all the swamp critters. I didn’t relish the idea of that one bit. I would take facing a vampire any day over a gator or snake. Just the thought made my skin crawl.
Fortunately, it didn’t take as long as I’d imagined. We’d only been on the water about thirty minutes when Alec cut the engine. We drifted toward an old shack that was built on stilts above the water. The shack had a makeshift dock, as well as a little wooden walkway that led to the shore, but there was nothing but swamp in that direction.
The boat bumped up against the rickety old dock and Alec reached over and secured it with the rope.
Anxiety bubbled inside me, as I eyed the little shack. Even in the dark, I could see that the structure was in a severe state of decay.
“Let’s go,” Alec urged.
I didn’t move. Instead, I stood there eying the dock as I tried to decide if it was sturdy enough to hold my weight, as well as Alec’s.
The sounds of night creatures added to the eeriness of the moment. My imagination went wild to the point that I could almost see the predators beneath the water’s surface, just waiting for the dock to give way so they could eat us. There were probably gators, snakes, and who knew what else.
Holding my breath, I stepped onto the dock, fully expecting it to crash into the water below. The wood beneath my feet creaked, but it held.
Alec stepped up behind me. His weight rocked the dock, which caused me to lose my balance. He quickly wrapped an arm around my waist to keep me from falling.
The sudden jolt of fear sent my heart into overdrive. When I looked up at Alec, I saw hunger shining in his eyes. It was that look again, the one that said he wanted me in all ways. His hunger set my pulse racing even faster.
I should have been afraid, but I wasn’t.
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