Heart of the Hunter by Alex Foster

Author:Alex Foster [Foster, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

It took almost an hour to lose the van following them.

Callie fidgeted in the passenger seat while Dixon navigated dark and narrow back roads, at times more than thirty miles an hour over the speed limit. He stayed away from the Parkway or any major road, driving in wide expanding circles that only increased his familiarity with the area and forced the much more cumbersome van chasing them to burn fuel.

The bright headlights of the van behind them had filled the car for most of the chase, casting shadows over the road ahead of them. Mindful of the mage’s range, Dixon kept moving so the wind control magic couldn’t gain enough of a purchase on the air around them to overturn the car. Large raindrops splattered against the windows but he didn’t slow.

Scared for Reina more than herself, Callie could only stare into the passing darkness and think up horrible situations she and Dakota might be in right now. Was Kane targeting them too? By scattering were they giving him exactly what he wanted?

She played with her seatbelt and tried to reassure herself that Dakota was with Reina and she was a trained hunter, a fact she’d pointed out just the night before, fully capable of keeping someone safe.

They were halfway to Trenton when their sedan finally outlasted the van. Callie watched in the mirror as the headlights behind them pulled off the road and faded into the distance. Her resolve vanished almost as fast. "We have to go back to the dock," she said. "Turn around."

"Absolutely not."

"But—"

The glow from the dashboard reflected in his glasses. "No. She’s with Dakota and fine. They are long gone from the area by now. Dakota knows standard protocols."

"There are protocols for ambushes like this?"

He glanced at her. "Yes, there are. Dakota’s a trained mage and knows what to do — Reina will be fine. We’ll meet up in the morning and Dakota and I can figure out where to stash you two until this is over."

Callie sighed and leaned back. She wished she shared his conviction.

Dakota had said Kane was targeting former Circle agents and she had a list of people he’d already killed. That meant not only could he overpower other mages but that Dakota was in danger too.

Callie adjusted her seatbelt again and bit her lip hard enough to draw blood. She didn't care. It would heal the cut.

Dixon guided the car away from the dark county roads and back toward the Parkway. He put the gas down to the floor and quickly accelerated. She felt his gaze on her again. "Dakota will be okay, too."

"Yeah, I know. I didn't say I was worried about her."

"Okay," he said slowly, disbelievingly. "Is there anything else you’d like to tell me about last night? Anything she might have said or—"

"There’s nothing. I hadn't spoken to her in a year and she just showed up at our door out of the blue, trying to protect us I guess. She didn't even bother contacting me after the article was published.

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