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“How many came after you?” Elias asked.
I quickly explained the visit to the cemetery and the hunters who tried to run us off the road. The deeper I got into the story, the more I could feel Elias’s anger. It was like a living thing, filling the hearse with a tangled mess of energy that made my pulse race.
When I was finished, I glanced over at him. He was facing forward, looking out the window with a stoic expression on his face.
“Elias?” I asked.
“I’m going to kill the queen.” His tone was determined, indifferent.
“I’ll help,” Xander said.
“Nobody is killing anyone. At least not right now. We talked about this already,” I said, guilt twisting in my gut. Hadn’t I just done the same thing? My fire should have killed the assassin who was currently unconscious in the back of a hearse. And that was on me.
The three of us together weren’t helping each other in the moral compass department.
I turned into Shelly’s complex. “Let’s just get this woman to Shelly then we can figure out what to do next.”
“You stay, we’ll carry her to the door,” Xander said.
I didn’t argue. Shelly had made it clear she didn’t want to see me again. I brought trouble with me anywhere I went. I was almost regretting bringing Xander and Elias into this mess. It was starting to feel like there wasn’t a way out for me.
I scanned the parking lot and the little grassy space near Shelly’s building. The place where Elias and I shared our first kiss. The least I could do was keep an eye out for any signs of hunters or vampires while the guys hauled the assassin to the door. I wished I could focus on good memories right now instead of using my time to keep my eyes open for threats.
I looked over toward Shelly’s and watched as Xander and Elias carried the assassin with ease. They likely only needed one of them, but it was probably faster this way. They carefully dropped her at the door.
Elias turned and started toward the car while Xander waited at the door. Xander wasn’t as unwelcome as we were. The door opened and I could see Shelly illuminated by light. Elias turned and stopped walking. She must have called him back.
I wondered if I should step out and say hello. Was it rude to sit here and ignore her?
My phone vibrated in my pocket and I jumped, startled by the feeling. I was honestly surprised the battery was still alive.
I pulled it out and glanced down at the screen and frowned at the name showing.Heidi. She shouldn’t be calling me. She was supposed to be on an airplane far away and not trying to lead hunters to her.
Oh shit.
My heart raced as I answered the call. Had someone found her? Was she in danger? Had I sent her away where I couldn’t help her just so she could end up in trouble again? I had to be the worst friend in the world. This was exactly why my dad told me not to make friends.
“Heidi?” I said into the phone.
“Hello, beautiful,” a smooth, sexy voice curled around me like smoke.
My whole body tensed. “Where’s Heidi?”
“The spell didn’t work, did it?” he asked.
“Where is Heidi?” I demanded.
“The woman who lives here?” There was a pause. “No idea. I didn’t realize people still had landlines. It’s sort of adorable, really.”
I let out a tiny breath of relief. He was in her apartment, not on the road with her. Heidi was the only person I knew who still had a landline. She had a tendency to lose her cell phone and used the land line while she’d wait for the new one to arrive in the mail. She’d lost three phones in the short time I’d known her. I had both numbers in my phone since you never knew where she’d call from.
“What do you want, David?” I asked, annoyance taking over my momentary relief.
“I wanted to finish our conversation from earlier,” he said. “Let’s meet.”
“Hell, no,” I said.
He chuckled. “I figured you’d say that. But tell me, what’s your new plan since the spell didn’t work?”
