Semua Bab The Clandestine Saga: Bab 561 - Bab 570

Osceola, Kansas, wasn’t too far from headquarters at the speed Aaron was driving, and Cadence spent most of the time silently monitoring the situation in Melbourne. Paul had done a great job leading his team, and having Margie there was extremely helpful. By the time they were rolling up on the warehouse where they believed at least fifteen Vampires were camped out, planning an attack on their own facility, Paul had just finished inserting the needle into the fifth Guardian to start the blood transfusion. It hadn’t been easy with all of the convulsing, but Jamie and Sicilia both seemed to think clean Guardian blood, along with the aspirin Margie had forced down their throats, might be enough to save them. The only one who didn’t look like he was on the mend was Stanley, but his heart was still beating, and Paul was using what little Healer power he had to bring the man back from the brink. It was too bad they didn’t have any Transformation serum on them. It s

Elliott pulled the SUV to a halt at the far end of a lengthy parking lot. “Okay, kids. Welcome to Walley World. Looks closed. If only there was a forest creature out front who could’ve given us a heads up.”“Dad, you’re the lamest person I’ve ever met,” Brandon groaned as he unbuckled his seat belt.“Why are we so far away?” Cassidy asked, and Elliott immediately regretted bringing the two kids.Two other SUVs, each carrying six Guardians from Roatan, pulled into spots nearby. Meagan and Smith, an essentially useless Guardian, sat in the back and Elliott looked at them for confirmation about how ridiculous “kids these days” were but only found a concerned look on Meagan’s pretty face and an absent one on Smith’s. He should’ve looked to Jamie for support, but then he was probably watching Ashley’s hunt and wouldn’t have noticed Elliott’s plea for support either.

Aaron tried to relax but his shoulder still hurt like a son of a bitch, despite Martin’s ability to stop the bleeding and begin the healing process. The kid was good, but he was no Jamie.“So… she just shot you?”“I think she thought I was someone else. A Vampire. Apparently, Holland is concentrating all of her efforts to screw up Cadence’s IAC. I can get flickers of her from time to time, but I don’t think she can use it much at all, and she can’t hear or see anything.”Martin nodded. “About a half an inch lower, she would’ve hit you right in the heart,” Martin said, repositioning his hands.“I’m lucky she was still rattled from whoever she was battling then. She usually doesn’t miss.”Martin snickered, as if he was trying to be polite, and repositioned his hands. Aaron got a quick flicker of Cadence’s IAC in the parking lot, but something didn&r

“Well, if it isn’t Dr. Sanderson. Is this a case of physician heal thyself or what?” Sam croaked in his gravelly voice. Meagan was bleeding badly from both arms and legs, and she looked like Sam had been using her as some sort of pin cushion without the pins.His strength continued to return so that now his eyes were open and things were beginning to come into focus. “You think this is some sort of a sadistic game, Sam? Pretty sure I owe you a bullet to the head.”Sam chuckled. “I know I can’t kill you, but it’s a shame you managed to get up. Maybe I can kill her.”Before Elliott could react, Sam turned the gun on Cassidy and fired a single bullet in her direction. How Elliott had managed to let her walk out there with no cover, without even a weapon drawn, was beyond him, but he couldn’t move fast enough to react, and Brandon was across the room. Sam’s laughter mixed with the sound of his own scr

Cadence supposed Aaron was right. She sould be proud of her team. She could only imagine how those teams who had lost someone might feel, though. At least she knew her sister was safe. “Thanks. Did Elliott get Sam? Did he show up?” She had a feeling once she’d killed Laura that Holland must’ve somehow figured out where she and Aaron would be and that Sam was likely headed for Elliott’s location.“No, he didn’t,” Aaron replied, and Cadence’s forehead crinkled, wondering if there was more. “Meagan did.”A smile spread across her face as she thought of her friend getting revenge on the bastard who’d haunted her dreams for far too long.“Are we ready to load up?” Alex asked. “I believe the other Guardians are finished speaking with the authorities.”Cadence hadn’t even considered who was running interference in Elliott’s absence but was glad Aaron had f