Pulling the pipe out of my shoulder I saw Maximus leap and bite the head off a demon that was about to jump on Ivy’s back.
Trinity and Fred ran inside. “We’ve got to go. Guards are everywhere. I can’t hold them,” said Trinity.
“Where is the baby,” asked Trinity?
“The same place Kyra is. Trevor took them,” said Fred.
Two hours later, we reached the front lawn. Trinity had shifted into a dragon and set the capital on fire. Most of the guards were dead. I think she’s surprised herself on the true range of her power. It took seeing her friends die to turn her into a mindless dragon hell-bent on revenge.
“Look there’s Kyra and Trevor,” said Ivy. She shot a laser beam of light at them and the car next to them blew up.
Running over there I shot a laser bolt of electricity at Trevor that threw him into another parked car. I round kicked Kyra in the face and she dropped to her knees. I yanked Catalia from her arms and began running.
“This ends now,” growled Kyra. She shifted into a black bear and swiped me in the face. She turned to Trevor and roared and nudged Catalia toward him. Trevor scooped her up and wrapped the blanket around him making a pseudo carrier for Catalia against his chest.
I flew into the brick building. Blood poured from my mouth as my head cracked against the bricks. I slid to the ground. Stars floated before my eyes. My head pounded and darkness beckoned me closer.
“You’re so keen on telling me about my life. Well sis, let me tell you about yours before I kill you. Cade has the vamp virus and is dying. There isn’t a cure for the vamp virus. Don’t be so sad for him. He can join you in death, and maybe then you’ll tell each other how you feel.”
Trevor bent down to look at Catalia when she started screaming. He wasn’t watching his back and Cade ran at him with his sword high. Smiling my lips curve as I tune Kyra out. For once in my life, I can finally tune her out.
A beam of light touched down on earth and a naked beautiful woman appeared. She waved her hands and black vines came up from the ground and wrapped Trevor and Catalia in it and they both disappeared.
“Trevor. What have you done with my child?” said Kyra. She roared and charged toward the naked woman.
The woman grabbed Kyra by the throat and squeezed until Kyra’s stomach started moving. A tiny boy emerged from Kyra’s stomach. He had wings and green eyes. He waved his hands and a red aura appeared over Kyra. He waved his hands and screamed and the naked woman flew in the air several feet away from him. He picked up Kyra and ran.
Cade got to his feet rubbing the blood away from his head. He rushed toward me when a man emerged out of nowhere and grabbed Cade by his shoulders. He opened his mouth and sucked Cade’s soul from his body. The veins in Cade’s body turned blue and the color drained from his face.
Claire shot a beam of light at the guy and he dropped Cade on the ground. He ran toward Claire. She waved her hands but nothing happened and she falls to her knees. Ivy sees Claire and waves her hands and sends the man in the air then slams him down in the blazing fire that Trinity started.
Cade lay there amongst the carnage dying. He closed his eyes and his chest didn’t rise anymore.
Scrambling to my feet I pick Cade up. He didn’t seem like he was breathing.
Zane and Leonardo appear. Leonardo runs over to Maximus whose right leg is bleeding profusely and helps Orion keep the demons off him.
Claire gets to her feet. “Ivy look out.” She points behind Ivy. The mutagen man is back from out of the fire. He isn’t burnt or bothered by Trinity’s powers. He runs behind Ivy, with his knife poised to stab her in the heart.
“What’s wrong with Cade,” asked Leonardo? He started running over to him.
Zane grabbed him. “He’s dying from the vamp virus.”
“Ivy behind you,” I shouted but Ivy can’t hear us over the commotion.
“He can’t be dying; Rose gave him two vamp cures. He lied to me,” said Leonardo.
Zane threw his hands up. Everything stops except him. He grabbed Ivy and turns the knife so that it’s pointed at the mutagen and waves his hands again. Time started back up. He threw the knife at Zane, but he ducked and waved his hands. A force grabbed a hold of all of us and we fell into the black hole.
Cade
“How well do you know Cade?” asked Claire. She ran a hand through her hair. Her blonde hair fell over her shoulder as she fixed the intravenous line and drew some blood.
“I know him well. Why,” said Maximus.
“I gave him the vamp virus cure and his blood is not free of the virus. I can’t cure him because he isn’t a vampire,” said Claire. She put Cade’s blood in the test tube then dropped the vamp virus blood. Green bumps formed but the pink cells remained in the bloodstream.
“I think I’m understanding what you’re saying.”
Claire grabbed a fresh needle and stabbed it into Maximus’s finger. He frowned but watched as she placed his blood in a separate test tube then put some vamp virus on his blood sample. Green bumps formed and blue cells floated in Maximus’s blood sample.
“So, have I been exposed to the vamp virus?”
“No, the green cells are werewolf DNA.”
Maximus pulled her aside away from the window. “Tell no one of this. I don’t know who to trust. There’s a mole. You and I will never speak on this, not even to him.”
“As you wish,” said Claire.
“I like those words on your lips,” said Maximus. He winked at her and went to hold Cade’s hand.
She looked from the door to the room. “There have been two attacks here. Do you think this is the best place for him to be right now?”
Maximus turned to the door. Her eyes flew to the door. There were three knocks then Arianna walked through the door. Her shoulder was bandaged up and she had bruises on the left side of her face.
“How is he? Is he awake yet?” Looking at Cade in the light of day, he looked worse than he did lying on the cold ground last night. I’m not sure how that’s even possible. Something isn’t right. I don’t know what it is but something is wrong. Would they hide something like that from me?
“He’s still weak,” said Claire. She mopped his brow with a damp cloth and pulled the blue blanket up to his chest.
“Why is he so weak? Leonardo had the vamp virus and he’s bounced back one hundred percent.”
“I know you’re worried about Cade, but he needs rest and so do you,” said Maximus.
“I don’t care if she’s your new girlfriend or not. If something happens to him the next person to die is you.”
“Go get something to eat and come check on him later,” said Maximus.
“You get a new girlfriend and you don’t know how to act. I thought I’d never see the day when you would hang up your player’s card and settle down.”
“Wow. I need to set you straight. I’m not his girlfriend.” Claire put her hands up and shook her head.
“Are you trying to convince him or me? Girl you look at him like he’s a caramel molten lava cake. Decadent. Forbidden. But so good.” I pointed to both. “I’ll be back.”
“He needs rest and so do I. I’m beat,” said Claire. She headed for the door.
“It’s only a matter of time before you’re mine, you do know that.”
“Maximus, I told you that I don’t date outside my species. We have different cultures and things are so… different.”
“Claire our differences are why this relationship will work.”
“You’re wasting your time. I’m not going to date you.” She rushed out of the door before he could say anything.
Maximus looked at Cade again before walking out of the door.
Arianna
Two hours have passed. My neck muscles are bunched up and I can’t turn my head. It’s dark and I want to see Cade before I go to sleep. I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more going on than what I’m being told. I trust Maximus and Claire but I feel that there is something they ar
e not telling me. Opening Cade’s door, there was a werewolf feeding Cade blood. It wasn’t just any werewolf. It was the largest werewolf I had ever seen. It wasn’t part of Maximus’s pack.
“Stop!” I shoot a lightning bolt at the werewolf. It jumped through the window. Picking up the longest glass shard. I jumped through the window.
The werewolves’ fur looked blue-black. I couldn’t keep up with this neck-breaking pace for long. I threw the glass shard at the werewolf. It caught the glass shard in its mouth and threw it back at me.
Ducking I grunted and fell to my knees. A sharp pain ran through my chest as blood dripped from my mouth. My breath came in small spurts as I struggled to draw in breath. The glass lodged in my heart. A cold wave swept over me. My vision blurred as the werewolf stood over me, and my vision went black.
My eyes fluttered open. I was shackled to a steel beam. I was in a cave but why? How am I even alive? Looking down at my bloody shirt the glass shard had been removed. Something to the left moved which got my attention.
“You’re probably wondering who I am,” he said. It was the mutagen that had almost killed Cade.
“We can start with that question.”
“I’m Nathaniel Higgins. You killed my father.” He lit the stack of logs in the pit. The fire cast an orange glow through the cave and warmed her up. She began to sweat.
“I didn’t kill your father.” This psycho has me tied up, and I must pee.
“You won’t be peeing unless it’s on yourself.”
“What?” I hope he can’t read my mind.
“Yes. I can read your mind. The most important question is the one that you’re afraid to ask me”
“I was dying, so why did you bring me back here and heal me?”
“Your worst fear is being raped again, so I’ll start with that, eventually torture and then kill you.”
Cade
I opened my eyes. I was weak but I was alive. Flashbacks of the fight we had at the capital has been running through my mind. Sitting up I wiped the blood off my mouth. I guess they fed me while I was sleep.
Claire and Maximus came walking through the door.
“How are you feeling?” asked Claire. She looked down at my shirt then over to Maximus.
“I’m feeling like a new man. Thanks for curing the vamp virus.” I can’t believe I was sick. I haven’t felt this great in years. I owe Claire an apology. She worked a miracle on me for which I’m forever grateful.
“You’re welcome. Try to get some rest you’ve been through a lot,” said Claire.
“You gave us all quite a scare,” said Maximus.
“Can you get Leonardo in here?” Claire’s eye started to water but she turned away from me and acted like she was cleaning the counter, which was already clean.
“What? What has happened to Leonardo?” I sat up.
“He found out that there never were two vamp cures. When you flat-lined the third time he left the room. We found him two days later hanging from his closet,” said Maximus.
I covered my face. I sacrifice everything and he still committed suicide. Tears stung my eyes as they clung to my eyelashes.
“Get out. I need to be alone.”
“There’s more. We can’t find Arianna.”
“The attack on the academy left us with half of the students and the other half ran away. Liam might be dead and Arianna is missing,” said Claire.
Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
It has always been my life long dream since I was a little girl to become a published author. I want to thanks the wonderful sprint buddies, and my beta readers.
There are so many people that helped me along this journey to publish the novel. This book would not have been written without the support of my lovely mother Rose, and my loving family. Thanks so much to my wonderful editors Courtney Galloway, and Amanda Williams.
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