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“Marius, I just had a horrible vision about something that happened a couple of hours ago.” She looked around. “But what shook the cavern? An earthquake? We have them sometimes in Seattle.”
“No, not an earthquake.” He explained about his phone call to Rumy, about the strategies they’d discussed if Daniel became more aggressive and what he believed had just happened.
Shayna put a hand to her forehead. He could feel her distress, so he shifted to slide an arm around her shoulders. “Tell me about the vision. What did you see?”
“It was awful. Daniel already has the weapon in his possession. I wanted to discuss this with you earlier, that I had a feeling both the trip to Sweden and the one to Costa Rica were just lures, to try to get to you—or to us, maybe, I’m not sure.”
Marius felt as though he’d just been hit in the gut, hard. Daniel had the weapon and what came from Shayna felt like she’d witnessed the holocaust. “What did you see?”
“Quill fired up the extinction weapon.”
Because she was trembling, he set her in motion, guiding her back to the bed. “Why don’t you sit down and tell me every detail.”
He already hurt deep int
o his soul, knowing what he was about to hear.
She sat down and planted her hands on her legs for support. “I want to stream this for you, Marius. I think you should see it for yourself.”
He didn’t want to do this. He didn’t want to watch a massacre. But what he wanted didn’t matter. “Okay.” He sat down on the bed beside her and took her hand.
She closed her eyes. Ready? Her telepathic voice, full of her distress, made him flinch.
Yes. Go ahead.
As the first image showed up, he realized that her issue with the visions was gone, something in other circumstances he would celebrate. But not now.
The vision played like a movie. He was looking at the cave where Daniel had killed all those women in front of him.
This time, a large metal cage had been assembled in the center of the room and inside were females, all vampires. Sex slavery wasn’t human-specific. A lot of clients preferred vampires because they were much stronger physically, could take greater abuse, and could self-heal quickly.
The women looked confused but otherwise sat close together, some holding one another for support. Each bore bruises and cuts.
He felt nauseous and wanted to look away, but he had to stand witness to this horror.
Shayna panned back, part of her gift, and the weapon came into view with its red hood, silver main housing, and shiny black base.
He could see a simple metal flip switch. A human woman, shackled and very thin, with bruises all over her arms, waited close to the weapon. She glanced over her shoulder to look back and to her right, her eyes wide with terror.
Shayna panned back farther and there was Quill, a maniacal smile on his lips, madness in his eyes. He had his arms crossed over his chest.
The next moment Quill shifted to altered flight then nodded to the human.
She flipped the switch and the weapon hummed to life, making a sound that vibrated at first in the lower registers. The female vampires began to rise to their feet. He sensed their mass anxiety.
The vibrations grew increasingly higher-pitched and as his own eardrums began to ache, the women started to scream, holding their hands to their ears.
It all happened so fast, the women tearing around wildly, ramming into one another, screaming, followed by blood pouring from their eyes, noses, and ears.
They began to drop suddenly, one by one in quick succession, and he knew they died, just like that. Quill appeared to be safe while in altered flight. He nodded a second time to the woman, who flipped the switch once more and the vibration stopped.
As the vision ended, Marius opened his eyes. He realized he’d let go of Shayna’s hand to press his palms against his ears. The vision hadn’t carried the full measure of the vibrations, but his ears hurt and the pain extended through his skull.
“Are you okay?”
He felt Shayna’s hand on his back and nodded. “I’m fine, but they’re all dead.”
“They are and it was horrible for them and so fast,” she said. “I didn’t think it would be so quick.”
