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I wokeup to muffled voices outside. Charlie was sitting up already, his eyes huge and round.
“They’re here for us,” he said.
The fear in his voice made my hands burn with that unworldly feeling, and seeing him so scared made me want to unleash it. Damn anyone who got hurt. If they’d tracked us down here to hurt us, they deserved whatever they got.
“Who’s here?” I asked. I couldn’t make out anything they were saying, only hear the tone.
“Groza and her people. Kicks is out there fighting with them.” He watched me throw on my boots.
“You stay here. I’m going to go handle it. It’ll be okay.” So much for not lying.
He grabbed me before I could get off the couch.
“Charlie, I have to go. Kicks needs backup.” I had to get out there. I couldn’t let him defend us alone. Who knew how many people were out there?
Charlie wouldn’t let go, and every second counted. After yesterday, was I truly shielding him from anything? He’d seen them come after me. He’d seen me kill. The kid could hear everything happening out there even now.
“Okay, you can come, but you stay behind me no matter what, and you listen to everything I say.”
He nodded quickly.
We walked out the door together.
There was Groza, along with twenty of her people.
Half of them were carrying torches. The others were carrying fuel containers. They’d figured I’d find a shelter to hide out in and they’d burn us alive. I could feel a rage building in me, the likes of which I’d never experienced. It made every part of me sizzle. They wanted to see something burn? I’d show them.
I walked over to stand beside Kicks, the only thing that stood between us and them.
“You’re going to defend this monster?” Groza said, turning her stare on me.
“Who’s calling who a monster?” Kicks replied, the insinuation clear.
“We’re ending this now. You can burn with them or save yourself. The numbers are against you,” Groza said. She waved a hand. “Douse them.”
Her goons with the containers kept an eye on me as they fanned out. I wouldn’t be able to run without getting drenched in gasoline or whatever it was they held.
“No one is touching them,” Kicks said, letting out a growl so loud that everyone froze from the shock of the reverberation.
“No, let them come closer. I think that’s a great idea,” I said, taking a step toward Groza herself.
No one even twitched, waiting to see who’d make the next move.
Leaves and sticks crunching in the distance caught even my attention.
Buddie and Rastin appeared in the distance, approaching from behind Groza and stealing the limelight.
Would they go along with this, too? Were they here for me or her? Buddie and Rastin were no slouches, respected by many. They could swing the balance in either direction.
They reached Groza’s group and continued walking until they flanked us.
“I think these numbers look a little better,” Buddie said, giving me a wink.
“You might be the little sister I never wanted, but damned if I’m going to let anyone torch you,” Rastin said, looking a bit put out that he was out in the middle of the night having to handle this crap. “You hear that, right?” he yelled to Groza and her people. “No one gets to torch Piper and the kid.”
“You’re going to go against your alpha and side with this monster too?” Groza said.
Buddie looked at us and then back at her. “That sounds about right.”
