smartest supernaturals I know. He’s not going to take too long to find us here. We need to leave, and we need to leave right now. You have ten minutes to grab everything you own and two weapons.”
“Even guns?”
“I have all the ammo you could need in my car,” I said before darting away. He followed, but I made it to the house faster and started grabbing weapons from their cases. I found my bag and shoved them into the weapon case. I had a thigh holster and slid a handgun in it. I grabbed a thigh sheath for the left and put a simple hunting knife in it. My talwar was sheathed in its case, and I threw the belt around my waist, securing it. Finally, I went into my back safe room and pulled out one of the vials of my venom. I couldn’t take any chances. If this was going to be a fight, I was going to kill every fucking one of them.
They really think they’re going to come to my house and cause a problem? I don’t fucking think so.
“Raphael, you ready?” I called, heading toward the garage.
“Yeah!” he called from inside. I found him next to my BMW. “I didn’t see it last night, but nice Aston Martin.”
“Thanks. We’re not taking it. Get in.” I grabbed the keys for the BMW and unlocked it. He threw his bag in the backseat, and I saw the gun tucked in the waist of his pants. I had to bite my tongue to keep from getting onto him for it. I hadn’t told him where to find a holster, so that was my fault.
I hit the garage door opener as I got behind the wheel and cursed as I saw headlights coming up the drive.
“Fuck. We’re in for it now,” I mumbled, revving the engine and pulling out at an alarming speed. Glancing to my right, I saw him grab the safety handle, his eyes going red.
“Who are they?”
“One of them is the witch who was in the SUV. They’re our biggest nightmare right now,” I answered, still flying backward. The vehicle coming up the drive quickly slammed on the brakes and turned, blocking the entire dirt drive. A gunshot shattered the back window.
“Raphael, neither car I have can go out into the desert. We’re going to need to move them.” I grabbed the gun from my thigh holster and looked back through my destroyed back window. “And we might need to get the Aston.”
“Might?”
“Yeah, let’s see how the BMW holds up first. The Aston is my personal drive, not my work car,” I answered, opening my door. Luckily, the BMW wasn’t in the way at all since the dirt parking area in front of my house was large, but I needed Sinclair off my road.
I watched as the vampire in question stepped out of the SUV.
“Leaving so soon?” he asked. I saw his arrogant smile, that cold, cocky thing I wanted to rip from his face and felt my temper growing. “A good host should never leave guests without at least a refreshment or hearing why they stopped by.”
“Nice ride,” I said, ignoring his attempt at an insult. “Looks familiar. Have I seen it around before?”
His arrogance turned angry, but the smile never left.
“Yes, I got the strangest report from one of my team. They say Mr. Alvarez…flipped the other. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you?”
“I do, but I’m not entirely sure it’s your business. You can afford a replacement, obviously. Or you can just bill me. I’ll replace it. No worries.” I grinned. “Nice visit, Sinclair. Now, Raphael and I are off to meet some friends.”
“You do realize because he showed off his abilities in public, he can no longer hide behind the shield of humanity, correct?” Sinclair leaned on the hood of his car. “Meaning the ten-million-dollar bounty on his head is completely legal.”
Yeah, I was really hoping that wouldn’t come up.
“And? Maybe I want the ten million. It’s not like you can kill me and take him. We both know that won’t turn out well.”
Raphael coughed from inside the car, leaning to look out my window. He was glaring, but then, I had just said I might want the bounty on his head.
“I don’t need to kill you, Kaliya,” Sinclair reminded me. “I just need to take him.”
“You can’t even attack me,” I snapped. “Don’t pretend you can beat and torture me like you did Paden and walk away