Blood Trial Supernatural Battle (Vampire Towers #1) - Kelly St. Clare Page 0,118
a lane branching off the main street.
Was it help?
The vampire who’d hurt Rhys sprinted back from across the street, barrelling into the shadowed lane after the main fight.
“Miss Tetley, we need to get out of here.”
Mouth ajar at the barely comprehensible scene before me, I lifted my gaze.
“Laurel,” I said hoarsely.
She bodily picked me up. “Did they touch you?”
I shifted to look at my bare chest. “R-Ripped my dress.”
“And put their scent all over you.” She broke off to swear long and hard.
Rhys.
“Rhys!” I shouted in her face. “Where is he?”
“One of my colleagues is taking him to the hospital.”
She’d brought friends.
My hands shook. “Is he alive?”
An Indebted I didn’t know opened the door of the black SUV. He was dressed from head to toe in black like Laurel.
“He was still alive when the car left, yes,” Laurel answered, expression grim.
My breath hitched. Still alive?
“How bad is it?” I clutched at the front of her Dark Angel get up. He’d only been hurt because of me. Because I’d been so fucking stupid.
“Right now, my priority is getting you and my team to safety. We can’t possibly know more on the status of your friend yet. When you’re safe, I’ll get more information.”
Exhaling, I let go of her leather jacket.
“Lie in the back seat.”
I didn’t object. My head sparking and echoing.
I didn’t move as Laurel arrange the scraps of my dress over my chest again. I focused on breathing in and out to control my sudden urge to throw up. Was it the meds, the champagne, or fear?
How had the night taken such a turn for the worse?
We’d been laughing and joking five minutes ago—two young humans having a good time.
The nausea faded. The trembling in my legs and hands ebbed. And my mind began to sharpen. Enough to realise the car was moving.
“Sir,” Laurel said. “There has been an incident with Miss Tetley.”
I covered my face with both hands. “Please don’t, Laurel.”
There was another vampire in the passenger seat, so when she ignored me completely, I didn’t press the issue.
My eyes widened at the roar audible even through her phone speaker.
She flinched and yanked the phone away. She listened for a full minute.
“Yes, sir. Two minutes.”
Was that the ETA to the tower? Getting attacked wasn’t enough? Now I had to get attacked for getting attacked in the first place.
Gingerly, I sat, holding the pieces of my dress up. I blinked over the seat at two more Vissimo in the back seat. “Kyros is in a shitty mood, I take?”
Laurel cut me a flat look, but the male in the passenger seat grinned out the window.
“He’s not pleased,” my bodyguard said.
“Yeah, heard his roar. Shoot, Laurel. I’m sorry for dragging you into that.”
Her lips pressed together. “It’s my job.”
But she was a slave. Would any of tonight’s events come back on her? I really hoped not. “I had it handled. A few more seconds and they were going down.”
Laurel choked on a laugh, and the male fully turned to look at her.
“What?” Laurel flung at him. “You try being professional in her company.”
The male glanced back at me, appearing to consider that. He nodded and faced forward.
“Do we really have to go back to the tower?” I whispered as the tower in question came into view.
I’d managed the better part of a week without running into him. Things were finally starting to feel normal.
Normal, like going home with a handsome man I was into.
Normal, like being attacked by three members of the enemy clan.
Kyros’s enemies.
I groaned and lowered my head into my hands, dropping the top of my dress. These people were immortal. They’d seen boobs before.
None of this was normal. I’m not normal anymore. I just played pretend for a few hours. And now Rhys was in hospital.
Tears stung my eyes. How could I ever get out of this?
Laurel’s voice cut across my misery. “Are you okay, Miss Tetley?”
I laughed, drawing my forearm across my face. “Okay? Yep, sure. Just the champers I drank. And shouldn’t I be asking you guys that?”
The man peered at Laurel again. She met his gaze and arched a brow.
I straightened. “Were any of you hurt? I forget you guys can be injured and—”
“It’s fine, Miss Tetley. Stop babbling. We’re all okay. It was seven against three.”
Three terrifying Vissimo who’d been powerful enough to send me into a panic.
Laurel directed the SUV into the garage of Kyros Sky, and I peered ahead, swearing under my breath when I spotted a certain pacing Vissimo ahead.