Fated Origins: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Helena Hawthorn Series Book 4) by May Freighter

Author:May Freighter [Freighter, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Helena found spare clothes on her bed and changed into a pair of black jeans and a grey sweater. She made her way downstairs where the chatter was coming from. Once she arrived on the last step, the talking stopped, and she found eyes of five strangers on her.

An awkward smile tugged on her lips. “Hello?”

The youngest member of the group, Otto, smiled at her. He was the least fit of them all, yet his eyes were the only ones that didn’t reflect years of training and killing. His warm, chocolate gaze managed to soothe her building unease.

“Ben is in the kitchen. How are you feeling…er…” Otto trailed off.

“Helena.” She forced another smile and descended the last step. “I’m fine and thank you for the tissues.”

Before he could reply, a man with short black hair and a trimmed beard stood up from the table that was covered in weapons and ammunition instead of food. His arms and neck were marred by scars of what appeared to be old vampire bite marks. “We saw what you did at the gate. What are you?”

Helena swallowed nervously. “I’m…”

“She’s with me,” Ben replied, entering the room with his hands in his pockets. “Do you have a problem with that, Wagner?”

“She could be a threat to us. She opened that gate!” Wagner retorted.

Ben stopped next to her. “She is a good friend of mine. Without her, I wouldn’t be here.”

Freda’s upper lip curled in disgust as she flicked her blonde hair over her shoulder. “Is she a witch?”

“She has powers of one, but she’s untrained,” Ben explained.

From where Helena stood, this scene reminded her of the first time she came in contact with the undead. Everyone treated her as if she wasn’t there while they talked about her. She couldn’t allow for such treatment to go on. Not if she wanted to secure a shred of respect from these hunters.

She squared her shoulders. “I am Helena Hawthorn. Inside of me is an ancient fate that is trying to stop whatever came through that gate at Stonehenge. Yes, I have powers. No, I don’t know how to use them. And, I am not a threat to any of you unless you attack first.”

An athletically-built man with sky-blue eyes and a buzz-cut who sat between Wagner and Freda burst out laughing. He had to be around Freda’s age—mid-thirties—based on his tanned features and stress lines on his face. “She’s adorable.”

“Try to keep your distance, Burnell,” Ben warned him. “She is someone we need if we want to put that thing back in its box.”

Freda scowled at Ben. “And what exactly got through that gate? You forgot to clue us all in while you were busy hanging out with a witch and those Class 6 vampires.”

Ben licked his lips. Out of the corner of Helena’s eye, she noted that the pulse on his neck had spiked. “It’s not a what but a who. I believe Arthemis has been awakened—the original vampire.”

The room fell silent. Every hunter stared at Ben like he had sprouted an extra limb.

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