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Chapter 37
There was an arm around her waist. It was an odd way to wake up, but as Jo came back to consciousness, it was the first thing that registered. Before she even opened her eyes, she was aware that she was being held. It wasn’t a strong grip at the moment, nothing to be leery of. No Vampire had snuck in during the night and waited patiently for her to open her eyes before squeezing the life out of her. No, whoever it was, they were being kind with their loose grip, not trying to end her.
A few more seconds of wakefulness quickly led her to the conclusion that this person was also male. Again, she didn’t have to be fully conscious to know that. For a moment, it entered her mind that perhaps Ryker had felt badly for being such a jackass the night before and climbed into bed with her, but then she realized she knew the scent well. It wasn’t the human--and as interesting a conversation about why he was there as it might’ve been if Ryker
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The opening to this cave was much larger than the last one. Standing back at the tree line, which was about a hundred paces from the entryway in question, it appeared that Jo would be able to run inside without doing much more than ducking. That should be a plus compared to last time when they’d had to slide down into the opening. This would be more treacherous, though. With an opening that wide, Jo could send more people in at a time, but it was clear there was some sort of a barrier, a door of sorts, several feet into the entryway, something they’d have to blast their way through. Unless the Vampires were kind enough to open up and let them in, which she doubted.She had a couple of regular grenades, the kind one would use to blow a hole into such an obstruction. A silver nitrate grenade wouldn’t affect the area around it, just the Vampires. Mila and Mikali would need the other kind to get through that door. Even then, it would be tou
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“I’m going to try a shield!” Cassidy shouted, stepping through the fray and holding her hands up. Jo never would’ve thought to ask her to do that; she hadn’t been on enough hunts with her aunt to remember she had that capability. As soon as her hands were in the air, what looked like a bubble of light formed between the advancing Vampires and the LIGHTS forces. The Vampires continued to fire, their bullets hitting the shield and either bouncing back at them or falling to the ground. One of the Vampires was standing too close and ended up having his own bullet bounce from the shield and hit him in the shoulder. He shrieked but it wouldn’t end him, unfortunately. Vampires could kill each other, but they couldn’t kill themselves.“Where are we going?” Mikali asked.“Head back that way, toward the brook we crossed earlier. Hopefully, we can put enough distance
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“Well?” Cassidy asked, a slow, wicked grin taking over her face. “Ready?”“Let’s do it.” Jo nodded.“All right. Stay behind me, and wait to toss that bitch until I tell you to.”“Got it,” Jo said. She sucked in a deep breath, assuming she’d forget to breathe for the next few minutes, and readied herself to infiltrate the Vampires’ lair.Cassidy threw her shield up in front of them. It wasn’t something Jo could see, but she could tell by the way her aunt had her hands up that it was there just the same. As soon as the pair stepped out from between the trees and started walking toward the cave opening, the Vampires above them opened fire. As if hitting a giant bubble, the bullets collided with the sides of the shield and bounced away, falling harmlessly to the ground all around them. The bubble itself wasn’t large,
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On the other side of the gate, she began to understand his reason for doubting the level of difficulty. Dozens of armed guards took up positions on either side of the Jeep, escorting it toward the large house at the end of the lane. Their eyes glowed amber, an indicator that all of these people were Souled Vampires. She hadn’t gotten the impression from Cassidy and her parties visit that they’d been quite so amassed, but then, perhaps Jo hadn’t been paying quite enough attention.Slowly, Jo eased the Jeep along, awaiting instructions from these greeters, should they bark them. It wasn’t until she was near the house that one of the men signaled for her to stop and shouted something she didn’t understand. This time, it wasn’t in Russian, but his broken English was uninterpretable to her.“He said turn it off,” Zane said. He always was more attuned than she was.She did as s
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