Romance at Heart: Night Vengeance, Chapter 6 of a free rah read

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Night Vengeance

Chapter Six

Justin led the way out of his building through the back and into the alley.

"Where do you want to start?" he turned to her and asked.

"In the same place he got away," she replied and began walking, staying in the shadows.

Justin followed her, admiring her caution, her alertness, she was mindful of even the smallest sound. Centuries ago he'd lived with a clan of ninjas and had seen the things they could do, but she was better, more in control then they'd been. Her ability to stay focused was phenomenal, even he wasn't that focused. His mind so clouded with her he almost crashed into her when she suddenly stopped. He looked around, they were in the same alley they'd been in last night and she was scanning the ground.

"Do you smell it?" she turned and asked him.

Justin frowned, "Smell what?"

"The vampire's blood," muttered Raelynn, "and you call yourself a vampire."

If Justin heard her, he didn't let it show. He closed his eyes and sniffed deeply, he sifted out the garbage smells and continued sniffing, a sweet scent drew him and he stepped toward it, he remembered this scent. It was Rae's blood. His mind crowed with memories of her gasped of pain, his hands clenched into fists, she shouldn't have been hurt.

A soft touched on his arm brought him out of tormented memories and he looked at her.

"I'm fine now Justin," she said. "You hurt the vampire when you fought him, concentrate on finding his scent."

Justin nodded and Rae stepped away. She watched as he closed his eyes and start sifting through the smells again. He was amazing to watch, she wished she had his sense of smell but he was a vampire, she was not, so that put an end to that thought.

Instead her gaze was drawn to him…his black hair, which he'd tied back, his broad shoulder that seemed solid and strong, his chest was wide and she had a sudden urge to touch and trace it…she looked up at his face, his lips made her shiver as she thought of them kissing her…

Justin's eyes jerked open in shock as images of his own lips covering Rae's suddenly materialized in his mind. He turned his head and looked at her, her eyes were glazed and staring right at him. He could almost see the wanting in her eyes, he stepped to her and touched her shoulder.

Startled by his touch, Rae grabbed Justin's wrist and twisted his arm behind his back.

"What the hell were you doing?" she growled.

"Me? You're the one who was thinking of my lips on yours, kissing you!" he exclaimed and swept his foot back, hooking her leg and tripping her, they both fell to the ground, and rolled until his long length covered her.

Shocked and horrified, Raelynn froze and didn't fight back as she felt the evidence of his arousal between her legs.

She stared at him, how had he…he had repeated her own thoughts aloud, but how, she wondered, her mind all a jumble. She searched his eyes, scanned his mind, sure enough the images of her thoughts were there, he hadn't read her thoughts, she, herself must have projected them to him.

"Get off me," she whispered breathing heavily. "We don't have time for this."

"You're right, we don't. But know this Raelynn Yakomura, we will finish this," he replied succinctly and got up, holding his hand out to help her rise.

Raelynn looked at his hand as if it were a snake, she considered not taking it but the look in his eyes said he expected that, so she put her hand in his and let him pull her up. He let her go then and went back to sifting through he smells.

"There, I've found his scent," he suddenly said and opened his eyes.

"Can you follow it to where he went to ground?" she urgently asked.

Justin nodded.

"Then take the lead," said Rae and stretched her arm, indicating he should go first, "but remember to stay in the shadows," she cautioned.

Justin shot her an irritated look as if to say 'I know that' and took the lead.

They traveled in the shadows for about an hour, the vampire's tainted blood led them to a construction site on the other side of town. Justin let Rae take over then for he noticed she was good at finding the vampire's patterns in the dirt.

Her manner of searching fascinated him; she walked the perimeter and searched in grids, her eyes scanning for any abnormal or unusual disturbance in the dirt. She was very thorough and focused, letting nothing distract her from what she had to do. So instead of hampering her and offering his help Justin stayed alert for any intruders.

Half and hour later she motioned Justin to her side. "Here's where he emerged. See the slight displacement here," she said pointing to the raised dirt that formed a circle. "He's probably healed by now, but can you detect his scent anyway?"

Justin closed his eyes, sniffed deep and nodded. "I've got it. He didn't clean his clothes, there's still traces of blood on them," he said.

Raelynn smiled under her hood, he sure was good. Maybe this teamwork thing would work after all.

They followed the vampire's trail south to the abandoned Belue cemetery and came upon him just as he finished killing his victim. Fire filled Justin's eyes as watched the young teenager fall lifeless to the ground. He growled and charged the vampire just as a shuriken speeded by him and embedded itself in the vampire's leg before it could flee.

The vampire howled, grabbed his injured leg, hopping about. His eyes closed in pain he didn't see the body of his last victim and tripped over her, and impaled himself on the rusty, three-foot decorative iron grill fence surrounding the cemetery.

Justin watched in frustrated amazement at the ineptitude of this pathetic creature then turned his surprised eyes on Rae, "Did that just happen?" he asked.

Equally surprised, Rae only nodded. She couldn't believe the vampire had impaled himself.

Justin formed an energy ball, and threw it, completely destroying the vampire's remains. He turned his gaze to the young teenager and sighed with grief as he formed another energy ball. They couldn't leave the body to be found and he was very sorry about that. He threw the ball and they watched in silence, as the girl's body became ashes.

A few seconds later, Rae's lips twitched and she began to laugh.

Justin looked at her, "What's so funny?" he asked.

"You. The look on your face when you went charging after him, then when he fell on the grate and killed himself," she said.

"Well, I was really looking forward to fighting him!" he said. "I haven't had a good fight in weeks."

Rae bursts out laughing again, "Oh you poor baby, we wouldn't want to disappoint you!" With that comment she kicked out her foot, catching Justin unaware and swept his feet out from under him. As he crashed to the ground, Rae jumped on top of him.

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He'd finally found her and this time she wouldn't escape him, he thought gleefully. Whatever or whoever Knight's Security Corporation was, he'd have to thank them for putting him on her trail again. Now all he had to do was fly to this Columbia, South Carolina where she'd established herself and convert her, then he'd be able to control her, use her powers to destroy the one called Justin.

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