Bound by Revenge (Guardian Series) by Jennifer Thibeault Page B
Authors: Jennifer Thibeault
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humans in league with the demons and to bring down the demons that brought about all of his pain.
And in her honor, Leus trained, and he recruited. Yesterday he fought the first battle of this new war. It was a battle that became his first success as a leader. Gaining valuable property was always a top priority and the warehouse was valuable beyond belief.
Years of surveillance came down to this. This was the main housing of weapons that could kill their kind. A place like this should never have existed on earth. Immortals made their own weapons. Occasionally, they allied themselves with small groups of humans, but still the weapons shouldn’t have been in human hands without an immortal there to watch over the treasure trove.
Leus approached Arratta when he first found the warehouse. He explained how he’d found the cache, that he’d been tracking groups of humans who’d always seem to be around when there was a fatal attack on his kind.
These humans weren’t always the ones wielding the weapons but some of the same faces kept popping up between crime scenes and they never seemed to be injured in the process.
What originally seemed like a long shot, turned out to be the bread crumbs he needed. The humans led him straight to the warehouse.
Leus spent a few more weeks watching to see who went in and who went out before he finally selected one of the humans to kidnap. The weak human male spilled everything the second Leus started questioning him. The human had been so terrified of being tortured that the leanthans didn’t even have to make the threat.
It turned out everything Leus had expected was true. There were demons in the area who provided weapons to the humans and told them where to attack. The humans were clueless as to the existence of any immortals. The guy they had thought that he and his colleagues were in tight with some big time organized crime group. The small town criminals jumped at the shot to move up in the world.
The more jobs they did for the demons the more rewards they received. So far it had amounted to a huge supply of cash and immortal weaponry.
Yet, none of this information was good enough for Arratta. Leus’ great-grandfather had told him not to go forward with his plan and that they needed more time to confirm the threat. The confession of one human wasn’t good enough evidence to start a war. The best he got was permission to continue with his stakeout and a few extra bodies to lend to his effort.
Leus went ahead anyway, ignoring the dictate of the man who was not only the patriarch of his family, but the eldest ruling leanthan. He knew full well that once the war started, there would be no going back. Arratta would have to condone the war in order to save his own people.
Leus would have the chance to avenge Arriana. No matter the cost.
So he took the opportunity.
The day after his conversation with Arratta, Leus led his men into the warehouse to attack. He brought ten of his men straight through the front door. He expected more of a fight from the humans. They had been practiced criminals who’d taken out a lot of unsuspecting leanthans over the course of their regular activities but instead, the group completely rolled over. They willingly gave up their ground to save themselves. It had only taken a matter of minutes before the leanthans had complete control of the building and everything inside.
Leus was sure that this wasn’t the only place of its kind. It was just the one that he had found first. Hopefully it was the only one in Ruthers but if nothing else, this success built morale and helped him gain further allegiance of his soldiers.
He left a few of his men at the warehouse to keep it away from those who wanted to harm his kind. Just in case any of humans came back to try to fight for the property or its contents. With that taken care of, Leus just had to face the music and see what Arratta had in mind for punishment.
The clock before him flashed 9:30 and drew his
And in her honor, Leus trained, and he recruited. Yesterday he fought the first battle of this new war. It was a battle that became his first success as a leader. Gaining valuable property was always a top priority and the warehouse was valuable beyond belief.
Years of surveillance came down to this. This was the main housing of weapons that could kill their kind. A place like this should never have existed on earth. Immortals made their own weapons. Occasionally, they allied themselves with small groups of humans, but still the weapons shouldn’t have been in human hands without an immortal there to watch over the treasure trove.
Leus approached Arratta when he first found the warehouse. He explained how he’d found the cache, that he’d been tracking groups of humans who’d always seem to be around when there was a fatal attack on his kind.
These humans weren’t always the ones wielding the weapons but some of the same faces kept popping up between crime scenes and they never seemed to be injured in the process.
What originally seemed like a long shot, turned out to be the bread crumbs he needed. The humans led him straight to the warehouse.
Leus spent a few more weeks watching to see who went in and who went out before he finally selected one of the humans to kidnap. The weak human male spilled everything the second Leus started questioning him. The human had been so terrified of being tortured that the leanthans didn’t even have to make the threat.
It turned out everything Leus had expected was true. There were demons in the area who provided weapons to the humans and told them where to attack. The humans were clueless as to the existence of any immortals. The guy they had thought that he and his colleagues were in tight with some big time organized crime group. The small town criminals jumped at the shot to move up in the world.
The more jobs they did for the demons the more rewards they received. So far it had amounted to a huge supply of cash and immortal weaponry.
Yet, none of this information was good enough for Arratta. Leus’ great-grandfather had told him not to go forward with his plan and that they needed more time to confirm the threat. The confession of one human wasn’t good enough evidence to start a war. The best he got was permission to continue with his stakeout and a few extra bodies to lend to his effort.
Leus went ahead anyway, ignoring the dictate of the man who was not only the patriarch of his family, but the eldest ruling leanthan. He knew full well that once the war started, there would be no going back. Arratta would have to condone the war in order to save his own people.
Leus would have the chance to avenge Arriana. No matter the cost.
So he took the opportunity.
The day after his conversation with Arratta, Leus led his men into the warehouse to attack. He brought ten of his men straight through the front door. He expected more of a fight from the humans. They had been practiced criminals who’d taken out a lot of unsuspecting leanthans over the course of their regular activities but instead, the group completely rolled over. They willingly gave up their ground to save themselves. It had only taken a matter of minutes before the leanthans had complete control of the building and everything inside.
Leus was sure that this wasn’t the only place of its kind. It was just the one that he had found first. Hopefully it was the only one in Ruthers but if nothing else, this success built morale and helped him gain further allegiance of his soldiers.
He left a few of his men at the warehouse to keep it away from those who wanted to harm his kind. Just in case any of humans came back to try to fight for the property or its contents. With that taken care of, Leus just had to face the music and see what Arratta had in mind for punishment.
The clock before him flashed 9:30 and drew his
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