Vampire Cadet by Nikki Hoff

Author:Nikki Hoff [Hoff, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pyramid Moon www.pyramidmoon.com
Published: 2014-05-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The rest of the night passed without any excitement. While Bryce slept, Shannon patrolled the area. As she was returning to the willow trees while the first rays of dawn dappled through the thick canopy of the trees, she stopped. Far away, she heard the sound of running feet. Someone was running away through the thick jungle's underbrush, coming in this direction.

Maybe their patience had paid off. Could Ra’ad be returning to collect the things he or his underling had forgotten? If it was Ra’ad, and if he was a vampire as they suspected, any little movement could alert him to their presence. She stood still as a rock against the broad trunk of a tree as her ears detected the pounding of feet against the forest floor. As the enemy neared the ruins, she gnashed her teeth. The thumping of a human heart betrayed the fact that it wasn’t Ra’ad. This was a mortal person, probably a man, near to thirty years of age. She could tell all that and more just by the thump thump of the heart that beat in his chest.

Whoever it was would not be able to return the way he'd planned. She tracked him through the sounds of his movement and breathing as he neared her hiding place. Suddenly, she was aware of another presence. Shannon put her finger on her lips when she saw Bryce staring at her from behind the underbrush where he had taken refuge. Clearly, he had been disturbed by the new arrival.

They waited, still as stone, while the man ran into their view. He stopped at the entrance as if he wanted to make sure that he was indeed alone. After a few moments, he felt reassured because he stepped into the ruins, his movements stealthy. When he was standing between them, all his avenues for escape cut off by the two of them, Shannon leapt in front of him.

For a few seconds, he stood still as if unable to believe his eyes. To him, it must have looked as if she was a ghostly apparition who had materialized out of nowhere. But then suddenly, he thrust his hand inside his pocket and drew out a gun. He fired at her even as Bryce lunged from his hiding place and tackled him to the ground. To Shannon’s naked eye, the bullet travelled slowly as it pierced the air, aiming for her chest. Just in time, she stepped aside and the bullet buried itself in the tree behind her.

“We need him alive,” she reminded Bryce who had the man pinned against a wall, his hand around his throat. The prisoner’s eyes were popping out and his tongue protruded from his mouth as Bryce slowly crushed his windpipe.

Bryce removed his hold and the man fell down. Shannon squatted next to him. “What’s your name?”

He skidded back until he was pressed against the wall. “James,” he muttered.

“You’re not American?” She detected an eastern European accent to his voice. “Where are you from?”

“I haven’t done anything wrong.

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