“Come on, just one. It looks like you enjoyyour whiskey.”
Brian started to rise from his seat as sheturned back to the man. “Creepy stalker guy isnotattractive, and if you know my drink, then that makes you creepystalker guy.”
The man’s forehead furrowed as he seemed notto process her words. Given the glassiness of his eyes, Maggiesuspected he’d had more to drink than she had. “Only one,” he saidand placed his hand over hers.
Maggie snatched her hand away and turned itover to seize his palm. Pressing down between his thumb and indexfinger, she gave a firm squeeze. “Back off.”
The man’s knees buckled, and he nearly wentto the ground. “Let go!” he wailed.
Maggie released him. He gazed at her as ifshe were the antichrist before shaking out his hand and hurrying toa booth crowded with other young guys. They were all laughing athim.
She focused on the others once more.
“I don’t know why I’m here,” Brian said ashe sat back on his stool.
Vicky and Abby both grinned at her. “Wheredid you learn to do that?” Abby asked.
“You grow up as a foster kid, and you learnhow to defend yourself,” Maggie replied.
“You grew up in foster care?”
“I did.”
“Come, sit, tell us more about yourself,”Vicky said and slapped the stool. “It will help take all our mindsoff things.”
With no idea what else to do, Maggie sat,but she kept her phone in front of her as her uneasiness grew.
CHAPTER 38
Aiden ducked low and swung his fist out,driving it through the chest of the first Savage to come at him.His heart beat once in Aiden’s grip before he yanked it out andthrew it aside. Reaching into his coat, he pulled a stake free andthrust upward at the next vamp to lunge at him.
Unable to get in a killing blow against theSavage, Aiden propelled the stake straight up through the bottom ofthe vamp’s chin. The Savage stumbled back; his hands clawed at thestake in an attempt to pull it out, but Aiden had pushed it deepenough the vamp wouldn’t be able to remove it on his own.
The vampire who had attacked Maggie movedfurther back to stand protectively in front of Carha. Carha crossedher arms over her chest as the other two Savages charged him fromthe sides, coming at him low and hard. Snarls of excitementradiated from them as the one with the stake embedded in its jawrecovered enough to run at him from behind. The one blocking Carhamoved a little closer.
Carha edged away, creeping toward the dooron the other side of the warehouse. Aiden tracked her every move;she would not get away. When the two vampires charging him from theside were nearly on top of him, he jumped back. The buffoonscrashed headfirst into each other. Blood burst from the head ofone, while the other fell back, his broken neck causing him totwitch on the ground.
Carha’s smile vanished when he lifted hishead to meet her eyes. Aiden started toward her when the Savagewith the stake embedded in his jaw leapt onto his back. Aiden threwhis hands up to pull the vamp away, but before Aiden could grabhim, the Savage’s weight was yanked away from him.
Aiden spun to find Declan tearing the heartfrom the Savage’s chest. Behind him, Saxon ripped the head from theidiot who had split open his skull. The one with the broken neckmade a gurgled sound when Declan knelt over him with a stake inhand.
The Savage who attacked Maggie turned andfled to follow Carha toward the door. When she didn’t move fastenough for him, he shoved Carha out of his way. Saliva filledAiden’s mouth as the thrill of the hunt took over. Bursting intomotion, he chased after the Savage. The vamp was almost to the doorwhen Aiden pounced on his back, seized his head and yanked it tothe side.
The cracking of bone reverberated off thecavernous walls and high ceiling of the warehouse. The Savagewailed, his hands beat against Aiden’s head. When Aiden gaveanother twist of his neck, severing his spinal cord, the Savagefell out from under him.
He’d envisioned torturing this bastard for along time after what he’d done to Maggie, but Carha was stillfleeing toward the door. This piece of shit had hurt Maggie, butCarha had been the cause of it.
Aiden bellowed in fury as he wrenched theSavage’s head off and tossed it aside before jumping to his feet.The need to kill thrummed through him as he raced after Carha. Whenshe reached the door, he drew on the strength of Maggie’s bloodflowing through his veins and poured on the speed.
Carha was pulling the door open when hecaught up to her. Slamming his hand against the metal door, he toreit from her hands and shoved it closed. He wrapped his arm aroundher waist and lifted her off the ground. She kicked her heelsagainst his shins as she spat like a cat. Her fingernails, filedinto lethal points, peeled back the flesh on his hands, spillinghis blood.
Aiden ignored her thrashing as he turned andstalked back toward the others. He dropped her into the center ofthe Savage bodies littering the floor. Unprepared for her abruptrelease, Carha landed on her ass with a loudoomph. The endof her black braid slapped her in the face; blood splashed onto herblack leather pants and red corset.
Shoving her braid aside, she lifted her chinto glare at him. Kneeling in front of her, Aiden rested his fingersin the blood coating the floor as he met her fiery gaze. Smirking,Carha seemed to decide to try something new as she propped herhands behind her, leaned back in the blood, and spread her legs.Aiden recoiled when she revealed her crotch-less pants.
Keeping her legs open, she focused on Saxon.Sweat beaded Saxon’s brow as he stared between Carha’s legs. Aftera few seconds, he looked to the wall.
“Saxon wouldn’t have turned me down,” Carhapurred.
