He swung at me and because I was expecting it I barely had time to duck out of the way. I rolled away from him and threw one of my fireballs at him. He dodged it easily.
"Just tell me where he is!" I screamed as he lunged for me. With his super speed, I didn't have time to dodge his attack and he pinned me against the wall. He held my wrists and in one hand and held them above my head. He pressed his body against mine to keep me from moving too much.
"Don't make me kill you," he breathed.
"Why? Are you afraid?" I taunted.
He pressed his body closer against me. "I'm not afraid of anything," he growled. He was only inches away from my face and his breath smelled so sweet like candy with the subtle hint of blood, coppery and salty.
Before either of us knew what was happening I closed the short distance between us and kissed him. The moment our lips touched an electric current starting running throughout my body. It was unlike anything I had ever felt before. He stiffened for an instant then relaxed against my body and began kissing me back. His lips felt good against mine. He pressed me against the wall, lifting my feet off the floor. I moaned softly against his mouth and he growled in return. In that moment it didn't matter that I was a vampire hunter and he was a vampire. The only thing that mattered was the feel of his lips, his body, against mine.
He pulled back first, leaving me gasping for air. He let go of my wrists and stepped back. "You should go," he said, looking out the window toward the starry night sky.
I shook my head. I was one stubborn little girl. "Not until I get what I came for. I know you know where he is and I'm not leaving until you tell me."
"Persephany, I don't know where he is. I don't work under him anymore," he sighed.
He was lying; I could feel it. I conjured an athme in my hand and started toward him. It was a silver athame and vampires were allergic to silver, so to speak. I meant to plunge it into his shoulder and force him to give me the information-and if he wouldn't give me the information then I would just have to kill him-but he turned on me and had a knife of his own in his hand. Everything happened so fast I didn't have time to react. He knocked the athame out of my hand and plunged his blade into my side, burying it to the hilt.
I cried out in pain and crumpled to the ground clching at my side. The floor disappeared from under me and I was vaguely aware that Raidyn was picking me up. I heard glass shatter and felt a stinging sensation in my arms. It was then that I realized that he'd thrown me out the window and I was now falling toward the ground. The fall wouldn't kill me but it would hurt…a lot.
My back hit the ground hard, knocking the breath right out of me. I was on the verge of passing out when Jayde came running out the front door and saw me there, broken and bloody, in the front yard.
"Oh my God! What happened?" She ran over to me and fell to her knees. Her hands hovered over my body like she wanted to help but was afraid to actually touch me.
I opened my mouth but no sound came out.
'"Persephany!" Kaige and Shayne yelled as they ran across the street. They pushed Jayde aside and hovered over me. Darkness was beginning to cloud my vision. I was losing way too much blood. If they didn't do something fast I was going to bleed out right then and there.
"Ok, Persephany," Kaige said. "We're going to lift you now. We have to get you to a hospital."
Yes, a hospital sounded good right about then. I couldn't exactly tell them that though; I was in so much pain. Kaige's arms slipped underneath my body and gently he lifted me off the ground. The slow movement hurt like a bitch and I let them know it. I cried out as the pain in my back shot through my entire body as well as the pain from the stab wound.
The walk to the car-apparently, they had driven and parked at the end of the street when I'd gone into the house-was pure agony. With every step that Kaige took, my body suffered. Pain shot through my body over and over and over. I wanted to pass out. I would have welcomed the darkness that threatened to take me over, but my brothers wouldn't let me close my eyes. Finally, we made it to the car and they slid me into the back seat. Shayne sat in the seat with my head in his lap.
"So…c-c-cold," I managed to gasp out when we started down the road. My eyes started to close but Shayne shook me gently to keep me awake.
"How much farther?" he asked and I could hear the panic in his voice. Shayne never panicked.
It was then that I realized that I was going to die. I was willing to sacrifice myself only as long as I knew that my brothers would find and kill Blane. But we didn't even know where Blane was. I was going to die for nothing. It wasn't fair.
"At least ten miles," Kaige replied. His voice was calm. He was trying to be brave even though he knew truth. I wasn't going to make it another ten miles.
This time when I started to drift off not even Shayne could keep me awake. I gratefully let the darkness suck me under.
