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Chapter Twenty
Skylar
I moved forward, my knife in hand. The sirens had their gazes fixed on me and I let Elias take on the vamps. I was a little worried he’d use his exploding vampire thing on them, but it was a chance I was going to have to take. I knew I was good in a fight, but I would struggle with using nonlethal force on four vampires.
The sirens were another story. They were more like humans in their anatomy and a good blow to the head would knock them out the same as it would a human. The problem with sirens was that they could get in your head. If you let them. Which I was not going to do.
I didn’t know the names of either of my targets, but both were males who looked a few years older than me. One had dark hair and dark skin. He was dashingly handsome and probably didn’t even need the siren magic to get a woman in his bed. Or a man. Dude could get whatever he wanted. I had to admit, even I had to do a double take. The second male was younger, he looked like he was barely twenty. He had tan skin and bleached blonde hair. No way he was here on his own.
“You really shouldn’t have brought your apprentice,” I said. “You have heard of my reputation, haven’t you?”
“It’s good practice,ma charie,” he said with a thick French accent.
I nearly melted right there. I was in trouble. “You’re French? That’s not even fair.”
He laughed, showing a stunning smile with straight white teeth. Everything about him was designed for attraction. He was a perfect example of why sirens were deceptively dangerous. “You’re not bad yourself, at least not for a wolf.”
I growled, reading the insult for what it was. Then I remembered, I could shift. With a grin, I carefully set my knife down, then I shimmied out of my pants.
“Right here?Mon petit loup.” There was a hint of seduction in his voice.
I ignored it and pulled my shirt over my head.
“What the fuck are you doing, Skylar?” Elias called.
“I got this under control,” I said.
“By falling for the siren?” He shouted.
I didn’t even turn to look at him. He needed to trust me. I’d more than earned that at this point.
My inner wolf roared to life, clawing against my chest and I called it forth. My body shook, my bones cracked, I winced in pain as I tried to suppress a cry. I was mostly successful.
The sirens stared at me in complete confusion as I changed. By the time they realized what was happening, it was too late. Their eyes widened and they fled, running away from the parking lot.
With a growl, I chased them. My wolf reveling in the freedom of running and the thrill of the hunt.
“I thought you said she was half wolf,” the apprentice called.
“She is,” the master said.
“She can make fire and shift into a wolf? I didn’t sign up for this.” The apprentice sounded like he might pee his pants. Any seasoned hunter could see he wasn’t cut out for this job. If he didn’t quit after tonight, he wasn’t going to live past his first solo hunt. Some people just didn’t have the ability to do this job.
My new skills made me even more lethal than I was before. I charged forward, reaching the pair of sirens with ease. With a leap, I took down the sexy siren, knocking him to the ground.
He squirmed under my paws and I eased up enough to let him rotate so he was facing me. His apprentice was still running. He’d left his master here to die.
“I’m out,” he said. “I’m out. No bounty is worth this.”
I growled and snapped my jaw at his face.
He covered his face with his hands and his body started to shake. Was he crying?
I batted away a hand and could see the tears streaming down his cheeks. Holy shit. He wasn’t cut out for this job either. I’d never once cried when pinned by a mark. It was pathetic.
My upper lip curled in disgust and I let out another low growl as I backed off him. He scrambled away from me, moving like a crab on his hands and knees a few feet before turning and standing.
The siren took off at a run, going in the same direction as his long gone apprentice. I’d been very wrong about him. He wasn’t a good hunter. He was probably very skilled in seduction. It was likely most of his hunts had been done in seedy bars with drunk marks. I shook my head. I guess I can’t fault him for using his skills, but it felt empty and disingenuous. Then again, I was the one who had just turned into a wolf.
