Chapter 4 #3
“So, what’s the plan, boss?” Toboe finally asked. I took a deep breath and started to lay it all out.
“You will meet with Genzo. Get him to supply us with some stealthy tech that will get us through the Venuti tower as quietly as we can. After last time, I won’t allow anyone other than you to come with me. Make that crystal fucking clear to the rest of the pack, you get me?”
“Fully fucking transparent, boss,” he replied.
“I’m serious. You and no one else.”
“You can count on me, boss,” he added and this time his tone was somber. I knew he would obey me on this, and I cleared my throat thoughtfully, trying to think of what else we might need.
“I also want some guns with wooden bullets at the very least. If the vamps are gonna shoot at us with silver bullets, we’re going to shoot right back at them,” I added. It wouldn’t be an exploding bullet of light, but it would be more than enough as long as we shot them in the heart.
“Definitely. They won’t know what hit them,” he answered.
“Oh, and Toboe?”
“Yeah?”
“When we’re through dealing with the Venuti, you’re going to assist in teaching my mate a lesson she won’t ever forget,” I snarled.
“Your mate, huh?” he asked.
I nodded once, my gaze hard and unforgiving.
“Once we get her back here safe and sound, I’m going to take her upstairs and make her truly mine. By tomorrow morning, she will bear my mark and tomorrow, I’m going to introduce her to the pack,” I said firmly.
He grinned widely.
“You got it, boss,” he responded, and I knew he meant every word.
* * *
In less than an hour, the two of us were on our way to the tower.
I had my driver take us to the entryway of the tunnel we’d broken into just a few days ago and I was surprised to find it mostly intact.
There were a few caved-in areas and several more that were slightly flooded even though it hadn’t rained all week, but we were able to easily jump over those and make our way through without much trouble.
Once we reached the blast area, we found that the Venuti had only just begun repairs.
Arrogant motherfuckers. I’d have dealt with this weak point days ago.
Maybe they didn’t expect to get invaded by wolves twice in one week. If it had been my turf, repairs and reinforcement would have been started the very next day. I would have had countless men stationed to guard it and protect it from attack.
Unexpectedly, there wasn’t a single guard inside the prison.
There were a number of captives still safely contained within the cells, but I made no move to break them out whether they were shifter or vampire.
I’d gotten Toboe out several days ago. No one else from my pack was down here so I wasn’t going to waste any time, especially with my mate still in danger.
Oddly enough, Ava wasn’t any of them either, but I was more than certain she’d been here at some point because there were at least half a dozen Venuti security guards lying headless on the floor, likely the result of her special anti-vamp light bullets.
Honestly, it was pretty impressive and quite arousing to behold.
Ava Winters was a little badass, but more important, she was my little badass. In a weird way, I was proud of her for it. I wasn’t used to feeling anything like it, so I tried to push it aside and just focus on finding her.
I keyed into the software on my phone, trying to pinpoint her location. The app indicated that she was several floors above us and when I turned to tell Toboe, he pointed down the hallway where there was another vampire lying dead.
“I bet if we follow her trail of deliciously bloody breadcrumbs, we’ll find her,” he said softly, and I snorted with quiet laughter.
“You know, that’s not a half bad idea,” I muttered.
“I know. I’m a goddamn genius. I deserve a raise,” he replied lightly.
I raised my eyebrow and stared right at him.
“It was worth a shot,” he muttered, and I shook my head, more than a little amused.
“It was a valid effort,” I snorted.
“So, you’ll think about it?” he asked hopefully.
“Definitely not,” I answered.
“I’m so undervalued and underpaid around here,” he complained, but I could tell he was smirking just from the way he said it.
“I know. I don’t even know why you’re still here,” I countered.
“I stick around in hopes that one day you’ll appreciate me. With a big fat paycheck,” he mused.
“I wouldn’t count on it,” I said with a wink.
He pouted in mock disappointment, but his expression turned serious as the two of us studied the mangled body she’d left behind. It was something of a bloody mess. No matter how many times I saw it, the gory scene her little weapon left behind was jarring.
“Come on. Let’s find my pretty little vampire slayer. I want answers and she’s going to give them to me,” I snarled. I took off down the hall, following the path of dead vamps around the corner into an open staircase.
“Damn right,” Toboe grinned, and I heard him take off after me.
“Guess she went up from here,” I observed, taking in another grisly sight of the mutilated remains of another headless torso. I took a deep breath, trying to get past the rancid smell of vampire until I got a firm hold on her scent.
I flew up the stairs and Toboe followed just like I knew he would.
* * *
In our search for Ava, we’d passed by at least three dozen dead vampires.
Toboe and I didn’t encounter anyone except for a few clueless guards that had probably been sired the night before.
Newbie vamps were strong, but not exceptionally smart, especially if they hadn’t undergone any training as to how to use their newfound abilities.
We made quick work of them and continued on without much delay.
Ava had made it all the way to the sixty-fourth floor where the security department for the entire building was housed.
We didn’t meet any resistance up here and when I finally approached the main office for the head of security, the door was wide open.
I sniffed the air, knowing that she was very close.
I turned the corner and leaned against the doorframe, catching sight of my spirited mate casually sitting at the computer.
There was another vampire dead on the floor, finely dressed and clearly well off.
He didn’t look like he’d given her much of a fight.
He’d probably underestimated the feisty little thing, but I knew better than to make that mistake myself.
I cleared my throat and she just glanced in my direction for a moment before she turned back to the computer.
“The head of security, I take it,” I said loudly, and she didn’t even flinch.
She didn’t answer me either. She just kept typing.
“What are you doing, little human?” I asked this time, addressing her directly although I was careful enough to keep my voice level.
I wanted to know what she was up to before I put her in her place.
She didn’t pause for even a second, but she lifted her arm and pointed a submachine gun right at me. She didn’t look, but there was little doubt in my mind that if she pulled the trigger, she wouldn’t miss her target. Her target being me.
Bad… bad… girl…
My palm twitched. I wanted to spank her. Hard.
“I thought you might come looking for me, so I brought a little something to make sure you thought twice before even thinking of touching me again. Every single round in this clip is silver-tipped, so I suggest you let me do my work in peace,” she replied curtly.
The open challenge in her voice was hot as fuck. The more I was around her, the more I was impressed by her and the more I wanted to teach her a firm lesson at the end of my cock.
I stared at her, studying the way she held her weapon and seeing the experience behind it.
She was wearing a bulletproof vest, but underneath that she had a black tank top.
I could see every line of muscle in her upper body.
She was strong, but extraordinarily feminine and I found it to be extremely sexy.
The gun never wavered and neither did I.
I was pretty sure that she’d actually shoot me if I made any sudden movements, so I waited by the door.
Patiently, I watched her typing one command after the next and before too long I was at least reasonably certain she was trying to guess a password so that she could get into their systems and find whatever information she was searching for.
Was she looking for information about her father?
Occasionally, she would glance my way, her face painted with fury and just the slightest hint of shame.
Was she thinking about the way I forced her to come for me four times last night?
Was she imagining how’d I’d torn her panties clean off and stuffed them in her mouth or how her virgin little body had gripped tightly at my cock as if her life depended on it?
Or maybe… just maybe she was thinking about my finger in her tight little bottom and wondering if my cock would hurt even more.
It would. No doubt about that. I was counting on it.
Out of pure curiosity, I sniffed the air.
Ahh…
Naughty little minx. She was wet. I could smell it.
I stared at her knowingly and her body language changed. She tensed slightly and met my gaze. She blushed before she managed to look away from me, but I’d seen the pretty pink hue all the same.
Was she challenging me on purpose?
She lifted her chin, glancing in my direction once again.
Oh, she was. She wanted her little bottom to get fucked.
Maybe she didn’t believe that I’d follow through, but I’d always been a man of my word. Tonight would certainly be no different.
Toboe stood back behind me, watching the entire exchange. I could feel his amusement through the link we shared, probably because he’d never seen anyone train a gun on me and live to talk about it.