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“Gina,” he began, but further words stuck in his throat. He couldn’t speak of love when her eyes followed him as if he were a choice piece of steak.
Her mouth open in a canine grin, she stalked him. As a cloud danced over the moon, throwing that horrible human Gina gaze into shadow, she reminded him of a dog ready to play fetch a bone.
Then the cloud went away, and that gaze very clearly said the bone was him.
Matt had planned to face his death like a big boy, stare Gina straight in the eye; maybe that would reach her. But while the eyes were hers, the being behind them was not, and so he decided …
There was something to be said for turning away.
He spun around just as a tall, dark figure stepped from behind the nearest rock. Matt was so dumbfounded, he just stood there, staring into the barrel of a gun.
CHAPTER 25
“Get down!”
Considering the gun in Matt’s face, that sounded like a good idea. But as he hit the deck he realized what the newcomer intended, and Matt’s arm shot up, smacking the barrel of the rifle skyward before it could blow off Gina’s head.
“Dummer Arsch,” the man muttered, in a voice Matt recognized. “What have you done?”
Matt glanced over his shoulder in time to see Gina’s tail disappear into the gloom. “You can’t kill her!”
“I assure you, my boy, that I can.” Edward Mandenauer stepped over Matt and w
ent in pursuit.
Matt scrambled to his feet and followed. He caught up just in time to see Mandenauer take aim again, but Matt was too far away to stop him.
The gun went off. No yelp. No flames. But the silvery light of the moon began to turn gold, and the sky went from midnight to dawn.
“Did you see that?” Mandenauer murmured. “I shot that Arschloch right between the eyes, and it turned to smoke and disappeared. I hate it when that happens.”
“That happens to you a lot?”
“You have no idea.” Mandenauer peered at the moon, which now seemed a lot like the sun.
His hair had once been blond but had faded nearly to white. His blue eyes had faded, too, though their expression remained sharp. Edward was tall and achingly thin, but he didn’t stoop and he must still be fairly strong to be able to cart around the load of guns and ammo positioned at various points on his body.
Mandenauer turned his gaze to Matt. “Mecate?”
Matt nodded. “How did you find me?”
“Your cell phone.”
“Doesn’t work.”
“I discovered that when I tried to call. However, I was still able to track it by satellite.”
That seemed beyond the capabilities of NASA, let alone an ancient German man who liked guns. But Edward was here. How else could the man have found him?
“What went on here?”
“The Arschloch…” Matt paused. “What does that mean?” Matt was thinking maybe “brave one” or “strong beast,” even “wolf-man.”
“Asshole.” Mandenauer sniffed.
Matt decided not to ask what Dummer Arsch meant. He could figure it out.
“The Nahual brought the moon,” Matt said.
