[The Darkwing Chronicles 04] - In the Blood

Author:Savannah Russe
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Signet
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

We had a shot at finding those girls tonight, and we were going to go for it. When Rogue came back in, we talked about what we had to do. Our assault plan wasn't complicated: We'd leave from the roof of the Flatiron Building, five vampires in full flight. We'd come in low toward the bridge from the river. We'd bust through the gate to the tunnel, fly into the depths, and find the hideout. Then, having the element of surprise on our side, we'd swoop down on the terrorists, disarm or disable them. Kill them if we had to. Then we'd phone out to J that all was clear.

Then we'd fly out of there like bats out of hell, carrying any of the girls who were injured and needed medical attention. J would meet us on the surface with vehicles and backup to go in after the rest of the girls. We five would take off. Mission accomplished.

It looked good on paper, anyway. We all knew that the whole thing could go to shit in a New York minute. Contingency plans? We didn't have any. We just knew we would fight as hard as we had to, and we wouldn't leave any of us Darkwings behind.

We hurried up to the roof, where the air was clear and chill. A stubborn cold front moving in from the west refused to let winter be forgotten, although it was officially spring. I shivered as much from excitement as from the temperature. My hands were trembling. I was hyped as adrenaline rushed through my blood and I prepared to transform into the beast I was within.

The five us gave one another space and removed our clothes. I couldn't stand Rogue. I disliked him more each time I was with him, but I stole a glance in his direction. His body was worth looking at; I gave him that. Benny and Audrey were looking at him too. And he knew it. For the first time that night he met my eyes, and there was a challenge in his.

I moved my eyes away and focused inward, into my shadow self. I let the change begin. I gasped as a great whirl of energy obliterated my consciousness and wrenched me away from my human form. I lost myself and found myself in the same instant. Amid flashing lights and a vortex of wind, my skin became black fur, shining and slick, iridescent with the rainbows of fractured prisms. My nails extended into razor-sharp claws; my teeth grew into fangs.

Then a fearsome rustling began as wings sprang angel-like from my shoulderblades, but feathered they were not. They were bat wings: dark, deeply veined, and graceful, wings that fluttered, arched, and dove as I leaped into the sky.

Once we were all airborne, Benny called out to me that she had along her cell phone and, as was her practice, her purse on a shoulder strap. My golden eyes glittered as I grinned. My friend was a graceful tawny-colored

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