An Angel Among Vampires by M. Cheykota

Author:M. Cheykota [Cheykota, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires
Amazon: B006XABQTU
Goodreads: 13562755
Publisher: M. Cheykota
Published: 2012-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The triumphant look on his face disappears instantly. “What is this about? Now what game are you playing?”

“This is no game Christien.” I reply without inflection.

“You will not harm me. We have already been through this. Now what is this about?” A touch of anger creeps into his voice.

“I have no idea, but it’s not my job to know why.” I throw him the spelled, silver shackles and tell him to put them on.

He lets the anger show in his face and eyes before snapping the shackles into place on his wrists.

I breathe a sigh of relief once the shackles are in place. The spelled, silver shackles prevent all types of others, except the fey, from using any otherworldly abilities and they siphon the strength of the wearer so they are unable to break them. They can run, but only at human speed.

“How much are they paying you?” He asks, breaking our strained silence.

“Enough.”

“I will double their offer if you release me.” He counters.

“Right, like that’ll go over well. What am I supposed to say to my client? ‘Sorry, I changed my mind. Oops, my bad. Here is your money back. No harm, no foul.’ Do you truly expect me to live another 24 hours beyond that after reneging on the job? Please Christien, save your breath and don’t bother.” I grab the phone that allows the people in the back of the limo to speak to the driver without lowering the window and shove it into Christien’s chest. “Tell the driver that plans have changed and we are going somewhere else. No games.”

He repeats the changes to the driver. I hand the address to the warehouse to Christien and request that he relay the address to the driver.

He looks at the address before reading it aloud to the driver. He bows his head then sighs, handing me back the phone.

I hang it up, still pointing the gun at him as a precaution. I can never be too cautious with this vampire.

He watches me as I am watching him.

Regret and doubt are flooding my emotions, but I hold firm.

“You do not want to do this, so why are you?” He asks, strain beginning to show on his face from his strength draining.

“It doesn’t matter what I want. I am just doing my job. Once I take a contract, I no longer have a choice but to complete it.” I admit, despite my own conflicting emotions.

“You always have a choice, ma chatte petite.” He replies softly.

Doubts plaguing my mind, I snap at him. “Says the man willing to double my fee and end my life to escape a fate that he, himself caused.”

“You are correct. Who am I to ask you to sacrifice your life for mine over a little squabble? I do apologize, ma chatte petite. Not another word will be said.” He stretches out on the limo seat.

“A squabble? What do you mean?” I ask, curious about why the client hired me for this job.

He closes his eyes, his face taut.

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