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Night Vengeance

Chapter Fourteen

Salazar stared out the front room window, then turned and surveyed his surroundings. "You've done well," he said to his long time servant.

Mr. Leeds bowed and left the room.

The house was built in a secluded area outside the city, plenty of privacy for him and soon for Raelynn Yakomura as well. His eyes turned red with rage as he thought of her giving herself to someone other than him. She was his and would soon pay for her insolence.

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Outside in the alley, Rae let the image of the window slip away and rematerialized beside Justin.

"That was so amazing!" she exclaimed in delight and threw herself at Justin.

Justin caught her in his arms and held her tight. He understood her feelings, for he remembered feeling the same way the first time he'd shimmered.

"Let's get this back to Knight Industries, Dev can track down the neighborhood the address is in," said Justin.

Smiling, Rae nodded and winked out.

"Hey, you minx! Wait for me!" he exclaimed and shimmering he went after her.

Rae stopped beside a cop giving a citizen a hard time, she scanned his mind and her eyes narrowed when she heard him say, "Ma'am, you can't park here, it's against the law." He had a habit of giving women drivers a hard time, making them squirm.

"But officer, there's nowhere else to park! I'm certainly not going to park all the way down there," the citizen said as she pointed to the darkness down the street. "There are no lights; it's too dangerous for a woman alone."

Just as the cop raised his hands to push the woman back in her car, Rae grabbed his nightstick and pulled it out. The cop turned and stood there, mouth open as he stared at his nightstick seemingly twirling by itself, then it straightened and bopped him on the head.

Unnoticed, Justin came up behind her, grabbed the nightstick out of her hand and dropped it at the feet of the slowly sinking cop.

"What do you think you're doing?" he whispered in her mind.

"That cop was going to make her move her car down the street where it's dark. Doesn't he know there's a vampire on the loose and a woman alone is easy prey?" she said huffily and turned back to the cop. "He needs to be taught a lesson!"

"Assaulting him like that is not the way to do It," he sighed and replied. "Watch and learn."

Justin entered the man's mind; he was disgusted by what he read there. Rae was right, the man needed to be taught a lesson. He watched as the woman compassionately helped the cop to his feet only to be angrily pushed away. She landed hard against her car and winced in pain.

With a wave of his hand, he turned on the man's side walkie-talkie and changed into an old woman. He walked up to the slightly dazed cop and rapped him on the shoulder with his purse.

"Young man! I saw what you did," he shouted. "You are an officer of the law, you have no right pushing this young woman around like that," he said as he went around the cop and put his arm around the young woman. "I should report you to your superior! In fact, I think that's just what I'm going to do," he said and taking the young woman's hand, he began walking away.

Rae watched curiously as the cop grabbed Justin's frail arm and swung him around. "Lady, I don't know who you are but you ain't talking to nobody," he growled angrily. "You'll mind your own damn business if know what's good for you."

"Officer Stevens, you will unhand that woman instantly," said a hard voice from behind him.

Stevens froze and looked behind him. He paled when he saw Captain Carmichaels standing on the precinct steps along with a dozen other cops. One by one, each cop looked at him disgustingly and turned his back on him; he was no longer one of them, his career was over.

Justin stayed in the form of the old lady long enough to give his statement then left the precinct. Outside, he shimmered, grabbed Rae by the waist like he was carrying a football, and walked away.

Rae wiggled and struggled, "Let me go you big ape!" she exclaimed.

Suddenly Rae landed on the ground, "Ouch! What did you do that for?" she growled aloud as she reappeared, she got up and rubbed her sore butt.

"You told me to let you go," he said innocently as he too rematerialized. "I was only doing as you asked."

Rae frowned at him, not sure if he was serious or not, but she let it pass. "That was amazing what you did back there," she said. "I didn't know we could change into people though."

"It takes practice and lots of patience," he said and started walking.

Rae fell into step at his side. She didn't even notice when he took her hand and compelled her to shimmer with him as she listened to his tale in her mind.

"I remember one time, in 1842, I met this old prospector, his face was wrinkled but he looked timeless. He knew who and what I was and I would entertain him by shapeshifting into animals. One night, I decided to transform into him. It didn't quite work out though. My head changed but the rest of me didn't, where he was stooped over with age, I stayed straight and tall," Justin chuckled as he recalled that time a century ago.

Rae laughed, "Wish I could've seen that," she said. "In 1842 I was at a temple in Tibet learning how to fight with Master Tenzin. He was old and timeless as well. He also taught me how to find inner peace. He also taught me to perfect my witchcraft and use it for good not evil. I remember he always called me Duprug, meaning orphan. He died a few months after I left the temple," she said sadly then fell silent.

When he stopped walking, she looked up and was startled to see they had arrived at Knight Industries.

 

©2006 Romance at Heart Magazine.

©2000 Angel Young.

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