rabid animal. But Eddie McDaniels was his .
The coward that he was, Eddie was trying to make an exit out the back door when Lucas caught up with him. Grabbing him by the shirt collar and yanking back hard, he threw Eddie onto the kitchen floor. “Going so soon? Stay awhile, the party is just getting started.”
Eddie was faster than Lucas had anticipated, something that would only happen once. Eddie stood quickly, facing off with the Ranger. He threw several punches at his opponent, leading with his left, then quickly switching to his right.
Meredith watched all the fighting going on all around her. She had waited and hoped she would get an opportunity like this. No one was paying any attention to the women. Eddie and his boys obviously felt they were no threat at all to them. Carefully stretching her arms, she maneuvered until she could reach into her boot and grasp the pocket knife she had hidden there. She hadn’t felt safe up until now to even try to retrieve it. She was smart enough to know when to choose her battles. When Eddie and his goons had stormed the place earlier, she just went along meekly, accepting the abuse they bestowed upon her. But she knew just as soon as help arrived, she would be going after Eddie herself, because she was sick of him dictating her life and controlling her through fear.
Within a few minutes she had the blade opened and was sawing through the cords that bound her hands. Another minute and she had her hands free. She moved to cut the ties that bound her feet. Once free of her bonds, she ducked back behind the other ladies to free them, hoping no one would realize she wasn’t sitting beside them. Another minute and she had the three untied.
Eddie’s goons had roughed up Susan before tying the four of them up. Now, gently cradling the injured woman’s face, Sissy looked up at Meredith. “Give them hell, girl. Don’t let them get away with what they did to us. Betty and I will stay with Susan. You go get the rat bastard and show him what a pissed-off female vampire is capable of.”
Meredith instructed Sissy to keep her knife, as she quickly picked up a wicked-looking dagger that had belonged to one of Eddie’s goons, who was currently lying off to the side with a stake through his heart. She fought her way through to the other side of the room where Lucas and Eddie were squaring off.
Lucas countered each blow with moves that were so fluid it looked like a well-choreographed dance. Lucas smiled as he watched his opponent go from offensive to defensive mode when Eddie spotted the shiny blade strapped to Lucas’s thigh.
Panicking, Eddie kicked out, raising his left foot high in the air, aiming for Lucas’s face. Lucas let out a shocked yell as he realized too late that Eddie had some type of blade on the bottom of his shoe. The blade went across his cheek, now pouring blood down his neck and front, but he couldn’t worry about it. This criminal who had gone loose for two years had to be stopped. No one would truly be safe in their city otherwise.
When Eddie aimed his fist at Lucas’s face, it was met with the blade in Lucas’s hand. Eddie let out a howl of pain as blood spurted out from the gaps where two fingers were now lying on the floor. Lucas had no time to relish what appeared to be a victory as Eddie came back at him like a madman.
Eddie’s head met Lucas’s midsection as the rogue vampire charged him like a bull. The force sent both men back into a wall, and Lucas heard the drywall crack. He shoved Eddie off him, needing a moment’s reprieve, and was relieved when he sent the other vamp scrambling backwards. What neither man was anticipating was Lucas had managed to shove Eddie right into Walter’s line of fire. The Ranger shot off a close range round with his own 9mm, which was enough to slow Eddie down. And then, before anyone could react, Meredith flew up to Eddie and in one wide arc of her blade, cleanly removed the rogue’s head from his body.
Meredith
The coward that he was, Eddie was trying to make an exit out the back door when Lucas caught up with him. Grabbing him by the shirt collar and yanking back hard, he threw Eddie onto the kitchen floor. “Going so soon? Stay awhile, the party is just getting started.”
Eddie was faster than Lucas had anticipated, something that would only happen once. Eddie stood quickly, facing off with the Ranger. He threw several punches at his opponent, leading with his left, then quickly switching to his right.
Meredith watched all the fighting going on all around her. She had waited and hoped she would get an opportunity like this. No one was paying any attention to the women. Eddie and his boys obviously felt they were no threat at all to them. Carefully stretching her arms, she maneuvered until she could reach into her boot and grasp the pocket knife she had hidden there. She hadn’t felt safe up until now to even try to retrieve it. She was smart enough to know when to choose her battles. When Eddie and his goons had stormed the place earlier, she just went along meekly, accepting the abuse they bestowed upon her. But she knew just as soon as help arrived, she would be going after Eddie herself, because she was sick of him dictating her life and controlling her through fear.
Within a few minutes she had the blade opened and was sawing through the cords that bound her hands. Another minute and she had her hands free. She moved to cut the ties that bound her feet. Once free of her bonds, she ducked back behind the other ladies to free them, hoping no one would realize she wasn’t sitting beside them. Another minute and she had the three untied.
Eddie’s goons had roughed up Susan before tying the four of them up. Now, gently cradling the injured woman’s face, Sissy looked up at Meredith. “Give them hell, girl. Don’t let them get away with what they did to us. Betty and I will stay with Susan. You go get the rat bastard and show him what a pissed-off female vampire is capable of.”
Meredith instructed Sissy to keep her knife, as she quickly picked up a wicked-looking dagger that had belonged to one of Eddie’s goons, who was currently lying off to the side with a stake through his heart. She fought her way through to the other side of the room where Lucas and Eddie were squaring off.
Lucas countered each blow with moves that were so fluid it looked like a well-choreographed dance. Lucas smiled as he watched his opponent go from offensive to defensive mode when Eddie spotted the shiny blade strapped to Lucas’s thigh.
Panicking, Eddie kicked out, raising his left foot high in the air, aiming for Lucas’s face. Lucas let out a shocked yell as he realized too late that Eddie had some type of blade on the bottom of his shoe. The blade went across his cheek, now pouring blood down his neck and front, but he couldn’t worry about it. This criminal who had gone loose for two years had to be stopped. No one would truly be safe in their city otherwise.
When Eddie aimed his fist at Lucas’s face, it was met with the blade in Lucas’s hand. Eddie let out a howl of pain as blood spurted out from the gaps where two fingers were now lying on the floor. Lucas had no time to relish what appeared to be a victory as Eddie came back at him like a madman.
Eddie’s head met Lucas’s midsection as the rogue vampire charged him like a bull. The force sent both men back into a wall, and Lucas heard the drywall crack. He shoved Eddie off him, needing a moment’s reprieve, and was relieved when he sent the other vamp scrambling backwards. What neither man was anticipating was Lucas had managed to shove Eddie right into Walter’s line of fire. The Ranger shot off a close range round with his own 9mm, which was enough to slow Eddie down. And then, before anyone could react, Meredith flew up to Eddie and in one wide arc of her blade, cleanly removed the rogue’s head from his body.
Meredith
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