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“I said he could leave!” Katie’s voice was commanding.
“Fine, all of you, get her,” Sariel sounded bored.
All the remaining vampires circled around Katie.
“How many of you will die before you capture me?” Katie proclaimed.
Some of the vampires looked afraid. One of the frightened vampires thrust out his sword trying to catch her off guard. Katie quickly turned the sword and removed it from his grip.
“Thanks, was hoping I could count on one of you fine gentlemen to give me a sword,” Katie teased.
“Just stab her, knock her out, something. Just don’t kill her.” Sariel commanded, he was more annoyed now.
Three vampires charged her with their swords out. Katie parried the first, then the second, the third caught her right side just above her hip. With a smooth motion, she removed the vampires head and the rest of the vampires took a step back.
“This will be your last warning!” Katie yelled. “My name is Kathrine Albet, Daughter of Mark, the Son of Michael. Leave now and I won’t even hunt you down. I only want to kill Sariel tonight. He’s just using you for cannon fodder.”
The vampires all looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Katie saw her chance. She ran at Sariel, the vampires in front of her raised their swords so she slid underneath them. She got to her feet at the end of the throne and crossed the baton and the sword she had stolen on Sariel’s neck.
“Don’t move. Tell them to leave.” Katie commanded.
“You can’t kill me. I have never taken a human life.” Sariel smiled with self-satisfaction. He was safe. “And don’t you think that name is a little long? Why not go with something shorter like Kate?”
“The rules have changed. You have murdered Nephilim and Asuune and even vampires. You are a demon walking the earth and you smell like sin, he did not!” Katie shouted then she removed Sariel’s head. Katie turned around to look at the rest of the vampires. “And I like Kathrine!”
All the rest of the vampires slowly backed up, nearly stumbling over each other then they all turned and ran for the door.
“And don’t come back!” Kathrine yelled after them then she fell to one knee. The vampire had cut her deeper than she thought. She looked down at the gaping wound and saw all the blood. He must have hit her liver. She was bleeding badly. The room started to get fuzzy then she heard someone behind her. With all her remaining strength she spun and at the last second stopped her sword at Paul’s neck.
“I told you to leave,” Kathrine said weakly as she collapsed again. Paul caught her before she hit the ground.
“I couldn’t leave. There’s something about you, I can’t quite explain it,” Paul said, but Kathrine wasn’t listening, she was unconscious. She had lost a lot of blood. Paul quickly ran down the stairs and tried find Mark. After a few blocks he finally caught up to Mark and Sarah. Mark had made it to Kathrine’s car and put Sarah in the back seat. He pulled out his blade when he saw Paul running up with Kathrine.
“What did you do?!” Mark yelled as he charged Paul.
“I saved her,” Paul said as he sat Kathrine down on the ground then turned and calmly walked away.
Mark forgot about the man and quickly snatched up his daughter. He put her in the passenger seat then took off for the settlement. Agnus could help. A normal hospital would have no idea how to treat two injured Asuune.
Chapter 19
Mark woke the morning after he had gotten them all back to the settlement. He had taken Sarah and Katie to Agnus who had treated them. Agnus said it might be a few hours for them to recover so Mark headed home and went to bed. He himself still had to heal from Kathrine shooting him in the chest. It wasn’t a serious wound and he played it off as nothing so he could talk to his daughter, but he had lost a good deal of blood from it. Overnight the wound had healed and he was feeling much better. He got some clean clothes and headed to Sarah’s house. Agnus had insisted that Kathrine and Sarah stay there so that Agnus could keep an eye on them while Mark went home to rest.
Mark was not worried about their health any more, Agnus would have Kathrine and Sarah back to normal in no time. He was worried about his talk with Sarah. This was going to be one of those talks that defines his future. If he could just convince Sarah that he was an idiot and had no idea, maybe she would forgive him. She might have changed her mind about loving him over the last five years but maybe he could still be in her life.
Mark walked the short distance between his house and Sarah’s, it seemed like miles. He was going over every word he might say. Maybe Sarah might hit him? He would deserve that. As long as she didn’t leave again. It may take years but he could make it up to her. He would be content being her errand boy, lackey, anything at this point.
Mark nervously knocked on the door.
“Who is it?” Sarah’s voice sounded annoyed. She knew who it was.
“Mark, can I come in? I want to talk,” Mark replied awkwardly.
“Go away,” Sarah replied. She didn’t sound angry but she did sound upset.
“Can I just come in for a minute? I just want to explain some things,” Mark pressed.
