Part 24
"So David Harman is finally dead. Dusk Harman killed him, and Zach Harman wants to work for us." Hunter's hawk like eyes bored into Ashael's.
Ashael nodded, her expression calm and cool, though her insides were churning. It was the only plan she had been able to come up with. Extremely lame and obvious, she knew. But there was no way she could kill her sister's soulmate. So this was what they had worked out. "Yes."
Hunter leaned back in his chair, an amused smile on his face. "I have to hand it to the girl."
Ashael assumed he meant Dusk. Even she had to admit she had never expected Dusk to show up. She didn't even know how Dusk had managed to find her. She was impressed, and happy for the first time that Dusk was obsessively in love with her.
"But there is another issue. Willow and Ember told me that Isis and Raven Blackthorn are hunting us."
Hunter's eyebrows raised marginally. "The Blackthorn twins against the Redfern twins." He laughed out loud. "Well I don't see why you needed to come to me about that. The answer should be kind of obvious."
Ashael gritted her teeth. She had known exactly what Hunter would say to Isis and Raven. What Hunter would do about Zach was what they needed to know. "And what do I tell Zach?"
"I suspected the boy wasn't much of a do-gooder. I'll have to think of an assignment for him. But for now the task is deal with the Blackthorn twins."
Ashael sighed, though not exactly with relief. Maybe she was a little jealous because Evangeline had her soulmate and she had never found hers. She had Dusk, but Dusk annoyed her.
Right now, finding her own soulmate wasn't really her top priority. There was still Isis and Raven to take care of.
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Zach didn't understand how Evangeline could sit there so calmly. They were both outside Hunter's office, along with Dusk, waiting for Ashael to come and tell them Hunter's decision.
"I don't understand how you can just - just *sit* there so calmly!" He ran his hands through his hair several times in a nervous gesture, pacing up and down relentlessly.
"Will someone slip him a fucking sedative?" Dusk snapped.
"It's easy you, you've already found your safety net!" he snapped at her.
Dusk just smiled unpleasantly. "You could have got him any time," she said.
Zach didn't bother replying. It was taking most of his self control not to kill *her*. He didn't want Ashael on his case, for killing her latest conquest.
"Cut it out," Evangeline said with a roll of her eyes. "Growing up with you two must have been a breeze."
Zach eyed her. "Yeah, I could say the same about *your* sister," he shot back.
"Ashael's not so bad. She's saving your sorry ass." Evangeline's tone was cold.
"You weren't complaining about my ass the other night!" Zach protested, trying to pull her into his arms. Evangeline tried to glare at him, but couldn't hold the expression. She leaned against him, their lips meeting, their soulmate connection sending pleasant sparks through both of them.
"Get a room," Dusk sneered, making puking motions.
The door to Hunter's office opened and Ashael finally came out. Checking his watch Zach realised she had been in there less than twenty minutes. The wait had almost felt like twenty years.
"What'd Hunter say?" Evangeline asked, turning around, keeping Zach's arm around her waist.
"Hunter's cool with Zach working for him. Right now we have to deal with the Blackthorn twins."
Evangeline's eyes closed and Zach felt relief searing through him.
"Is there any sort of a plan?" Dusk asked.
Ashael shook her head. "That's up to us."
On some level Zach had pretty much expected that. He had the feeling he would have to prove himself some how. At least Dusk wouldn't be trying to kill him anymore, all well and good in that area.
The Blackthorn twins, on the other hand, wouldn't rest until their own targets were dead. "I have an idea," he offered.
* * *
"So David Harman is finally dead. Dusk Harman killed him, and Zach Harman wants to work for us." Hunter's hawk like eyes bored into Ashael's.
Ashael nodded, her expression calm and cool, though her insides were churning. It was the only plan she had been able to come up with. Extremely lame and obvious, she knew. But there was no way she could kill her sister's soulmate. So this was what they had worked out. "Yes."
Hunter leaned back in his chair, an amused smile on his face. "I have to hand it to the girl."
Ashael assumed he meant Dusk. Even she had to admit she had never expected Dusk to show up. She didn't even know how Dusk had managed to find her. She was impressed, and happy for the first time that Dusk was obsessively in love with her.
"But there is another issue. Willow and Ember told me that Isis and Raven Blackthorn are hunting us."
Hunter's eyebrows raised marginally. "The Blackthorn twins against the Redfern twins." He laughed out loud. "Well I don't see why you needed to come to me about that. The answer should be kind of obvious."
Ashael gritted her teeth. She had known exactly what Hunter would say to Isis and Raven. What Hunter would do about Zach was what they needed to know. "And what do I tell Zach?"
"I suspected the boy wasn't much of a do-gooder. I'll have to think of an assignment for him. But for now the task is deal with the Blackthorn twins."
Ashael sighed, though not exactly with relief. Maybe she was a little jealous because Evangeline had her soulmate and she had never found hers. She had Dusk, but Dusk annoyed her.
Right now, finding her own soulmate wasn't really her top priority. There was still Isis and Raven to take care of.
* * *
Zach didn't understand how Evangeline could sit there so calmly. They were both outside Hunter's office, along with Dusk, waiting for Ashael to come and tell them Hunter's decision.
"I don't understand how you can just - just *sit* there so calmly!" He ran his hands through his hair several times in a nervous gesture, pacing up and down relentlessly.
"Will someone slip him a fucking sedative?" Dusk snapped.
"It's easy you, you've already found your safety net!" he snapped at her.
Dusk just smiled unpleasantly. "You could have got him any time," she said.
Zach didn't bother replying. It was taking most of his self control not to kill *her*. He didn't want Ashael on his case, for killing her latest conquest.
"Cut it out," Evangeline said with a roll of her eyes. "Growing up with you two must have been a breeze."
Zach eyed her. "Yeah, I could say the same about *your* sister," he shot back.
"Ashael's not so bad. She's saving your sorry ass." Evangeline's tone was cold.
"You weren't complaining about my ass the other night!" Zach protested, trying to pull her into his arms. Evangeline tried to glare at him, but couldn't hold the expression. She leaned against him, their lips meeting, their soulmate connection sending pleasant sparks through both of them.
"Get a room," Dusk sneered, making puking motions.
The door to Hunter's office opened and Ashael finally came out. Checking his watch Zach realised she had been in there less than twenty minutes. The wait had almost felt like twenty years.
"What'd Hunter say?" Evangeline asked, turning around, keeping Zach's arm around her waist.
"Hunter's cool with Zach working for him. Right now we have to deal with the Blackthorn twins."
Evangeline's eyes closed and Zach felt relief searing through him.
"Is there any sort of a plan?" Dusk asked.
Ashael shook her head. "That's up to us."
On some level Zach had pretty much expected that. He had the feeling he would have to prove himself some how. At least Dusk wouldn't be trying to kill him anymore, all well and good in that area.
The Blackthorn twins, on the other hand, wouldn't rest until their own targets were dead. "I have an idea," he offered.
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