walls?
“He can tell what’s in the
house—animals, humans, Ravens, corpses,” Liam muttered.
“There are nine humans in there and....”
He dropped his hands. He narrowed his brows and parted his lips before going
on. “And seven Ravens.”
“Seven?” Mark asked. “Is one of them
Julie?”
“I can’t tell.”
“Well, at least if she’s not still
there, there’re seven others who’ll be saved tonight,” Liam declared. “Nathan,
take the boys through the back and see if you can get them out. Are they all in
one place?”
“The Ravens are all in the basement and
the humans are scattered on the first two floors.”
“Kendra and I will sweep the woods, and
we’ll meet you inside.”
They started out the way most raids
began, trying to keep things quiet and under wraps. They never intended to
kill, but things worked out according to plan. They could easily incapacitate
humans, but when it came to the human hunters, it was kill or be killed. Those
who didn’t die today came back tomorrow to hunt and kill the Ravens
responsible.
The men silently ran around to the left
to ambush the house. Liam and Kendra went right. Liam traveled in bounds across
trees, landing on branches but never staying on one limb long enough to allow
it to break beneath his weight.
Kendra allowed the Ravenous energy to
surge through her, to take over, as she embraced the power. The squirming
beneath her skin no longer sickened her. In fact, it felt good. If this weren’t
such a serious situation, she could slow down and enjoy the beauty of it all;
the wind in her hair, the weightless glide over the earth, and the calmness of
her heart; but this was a rescue mission and they were the hunters tonight.
The house was only a few bounds away
when they paused, landing on mossy ground. Liam heard something, and Kendra
picked it up as well. Her senses were sharpening, although he smelled the human
before she heard him.
Chapter Eleven
Kendra glanced down from over the small
cliff, searching for the source of the sound. She slipped on the moss, becoming
an easy target. A gunshot rang. A bullet headed for her chest.
Liam grabbed Kendra by the waist, raised
her off her feet, and swung her around to his left side. Her heart pounded
until it ached, and terror rocked her gut. The bullet barely missed her. Energy
felt great, excitement was nice, but she faced the truth, and this wasn’t a
game.
Liam held her against his side and
grumbled, “You better stay close to me, sweetheart. I’m not losing you.”
He released her, and concentrated on the
noise and movement at the bottom of the hill. He found the lone human sentry
without trouble.
The heated energy sparked in his eyes
and rumbled through his flesh. Before the power could gather in his tightened
fists, Liam flicked his wrist back and opened his palms. The energy engulfed
his hands in white electricity. In another quick movement, he raised his arm
with an open palm facing the hunter, and unleashed the heat. It coursed through
the air in a blaze of white glory and found the human with little effort. The
man’s screams echoed through the woods when the heat attacked, rampaging
through his flesh, and crawling into his internal organs. Burned alive was a
horrible way to die.
“Gig’s up!” Liam called out to no one.
Gunshots sounded as a first alarm, and
the guards’ cries served as a confirmation to his friends inside the house. The
Ravens no longer held the advantage. Liam could only hope the others made it
inside and eliminated enough humans to allow them to save the imprisoned Ravens
without personal loss. Saving a Raven was great, but losing one of his own for
someone he didn’t even know wasn’t.
“C’mon!” Liam ordered Kendra as he ran
to the house, his feet beating sodden ground.
These hunters weren’t messing around.
They didn’t care if Kendra, or anyone else, was a new arrival or here by
mistake. All they knew, and cared about, was that they were Ravens,
“He can tell what’s in the
house—animals, humans, Ravens, corpses,” Liam muttered.
“There are nine humans in there and....”
He dropped his hands. He narrowed his brows and parted his lips before going
on. “And seven Ravens.”
“Seven?” Mark asked. “Is one of them
Julie?”
“I can’t tell.”
“Well, at least if she’s not still
there, there’re seven others who’ll be saved tonight,” Liam declared. “Nathan,
take the boys through the back and see if you can get them out. Are they all in
one place?”
“The Ravens are all in the basement and
the humans are scattered on the first two floors.”
“Kendra and I will sweep the woods, and
we’ll meet you inside.”
They started out the way most raids
began, trying to keep things quiet and under wraps. They never intended to
kill, but things worked out according to plan. They could easily incapacitate
humans, but when it came to the human hunters, it was kill or be killed. Those
who didn’t die today came back tomorrow to hunt and kill the Ravens
responsible.
The men silently ran around to the left
to ambush the house. Liam and Kendra went right. Liam traveled in bounds across
trees, landing on branches but never staying on one limb long enough to allow
it to break beneath his weight.
Kendra allowed the Ravenous energy to
surge through her, to take over, as she embraced the power. The squirming
beneath her skin no longer sickened her. In fact, it felt good. If this weren’t
such a serious situation, she could slow down and enjoy the beauty of it all;
the wind in her hair, the weightless glide over the earth, and the calmness of
her heart; but this was a rescue mission and they were the hunters tonight.
The house was only a few bounds away
when they paused, landing on mossy ground. Liam heard something, and Kendra
picked it up as well. Her senses were sharpening, although he smelled the human
before she heard him.
Chapter Eleven
Kendra glanced down from over the small
cliff, searching for the source of the sound. She slipped on the moss, becoming
an easy target. A gunshot rang. A bullet headed for her chest.
Liam grabbed Kendra by the waist, raised
her off her feet, and swung her around to his left side. Her heart pounded
until it ached, and terror rocked her gut. The bullet barely missed her. Energy
felt great, excitement was nice, but she faced the truth, and this wasn’t a
game.
Liam held her against his side and
grumbled, “You better stay close to me, sweetheart. I’m not losing you.”
He released her, and concentrated on the
noise and movement at the bottom of the hill. He found the lone human sentry
without trouble.
The heated energy sparked in his eyes
and rumbled through his flesh. Before the power could gather in his tightened
fists, Liam flicked his wrist back and opened his palms. The energy engulfed
his hands in white electricity. In another quick movement, he raised his arm
with an open palm facing the hunter, and unleashed the heat. It coursed through
the air in a blaze of white glory and found the human with little effort. The
man’s screams echoed through the woods when the heat attacked, rampaging
through his flesh, and crawling into his internal organs. Burned alive was a
horrible way to die.
“Gig’s up!” Liam called out to no one.
Gunshots sounded as a first alarm, and
the guards’ cries served as a confirmation to his friends inside the house. The
Ravens no longer held the advantage. Liam could only hope the others made it
inside and eliminated enough humans to allow them to save the imprisoned Ravens
without personal loss. Saving a Raven was great, but losing one of his own for
someone he didn’t even know wasn’t.
“C’mon!” Liam ordered Kendra as he ran
to the house, his feet beating sodden ground.
These hunters weren’t messing around.
They didn’t care if Kendra, or anyone else, was a new arrival or here by
mistake. All they knew, and cared about, was that they were Ravens,
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