Declan answered. Stay calm or you’ll be learning the final one tonight.
She drew a deep breath, knowing he was right. Breathe. Hold. Squeeze. She took out a few more before Wes reached her. He looked out over the parking lot, listening to whoever addressed him on the other channel.
“Zoey, Ginny, grab your gear and head to the armory,” Heidi said over their channel. “Our evacuations have been rerouted. The humans alerted the police; we can’t risk involving them in this. We’re moving the elders out of here ourselves while Olivia buys us time before the cops arrive.”
Chapter Seventeen: Zoey Unleashed
No sooner had Heidi said the words than Zoey was pulling the Professor to his feet. She stripped off any weapons that might hinder her movement and stuck with knives and her sidearm. She tossed the vest, until she wore only her leggings and the tight tank. On the other side of the building, Ginny was doing the same. Zoey fastened her belt and emplaced the extra weapons around her body using Velcro and straps then dumped a couple knives in the Professor’s pockets.
“I really don’t know how you survive this shit,” Wes said from a few feet away. He was looking her over critically.
“You’re about to find out with Lydia,” Zoey said and glanced up. “You ready to deal with what Declan’s dealing with?”
“Declan might be more diplomatic, but I’m more patient. The rite won’t be an issue for me,” Wes said.
Zoey almost laughed.
“Final count?” Ginny asked over the radio.
“Forty three,” Zoey replied.
“Forty nine.”
“Dammit. I owe you. Double or nothing next round?”
“Deal.”
Wes’s gaze lingered on Zoey’s breasts. She knew if she turned around, they’d go to her ass. She released a bit of the magic, and he met her gaze, sensing it.
“So predictable,” she said. “Cambions do the same thing. That’s how we survive.”
“Now I see why he told you rule three. Reckless, Zoey,” he warned, familiar interest on his face.
She held his gaze as she chambered a pewter round in the sidearm. Being a super-Incubus, he was more sensitive to the sex energy, and she wasn’t about to push someone with Declan’s level of power too far. She grinned at him playfully then turned her attention to the Professor, looping her free arm around him.
“We’re headed towards Site Z,” Wes said over the radio. Ginny waited for them at the stairs while Lydia trotted to them.
“No, Olivia said Site X,” Heidi countered.
“Declan says Site Z.”
Zoey exchanged a look with Ginny and Lydia, both of whom appeared uncomfortable as the Succubus and Incubus squared off. Heidi cocked her head to the side, listening to the earpiece for a moment. Her eyes swept over Zoey.
“Fine. Site Z,” she snapped and whirled, marching towards the stairs.
“Declan always wins,” Wes said with a wink at Zoey.
“Don’t I know it,” she muttered.
Zoey made her way with the Professor. It took her a little longer than the others to reach the bottom of the stairs, where the elders of the Benefactors had been gathered. There were thirteen elders, and all appeared to be there, along with several Hunters.
She wondered where the rest of Olivia’s IAB officers were, and why Wes was there at all, instead of letting the Sucubatti handle this. Heidi broke them down into four groups, with the Professor and Ginny in her group, along with the other four elderly Benefactors. Zoey looked again at Ginny, whose eyes lingered on the other three groups.
“Seem odd we’ve got all the Incubuses on our team?” Zoey asked.
“Very. Either it’s because we’re damned good or it’s a set-up.”
Zoey thought the same. She checked Ginny over for weapons, aware her fellow Team R partner was capable of fighting as well as Vikki. She handed Ginny one of the energy drinks Olivia supplied, suspecting they’d need them.
“Ginny, Zoey, you’re going south, through the worst part,” Wes said then paused. “You know to call for help, Ginny? Because I know Zoey doesn’t.”
“We don’t need help,” Ginny retorted.
“We’re good,” Zoey seconded. “In fact, I bet you we beat you to the site.”
“You should know now not to make a bet with an Enforcer,” he replied.
She flushed and turned away.
“I’ll send you the address to the site when you’re close enough,” Wes added.
Zoey motioned the Benefactors in front of her to start moving.
“Zoey, forward?” Ginny asked. “We can start moving towards our café.”
Zoey nodded, blood humming with adrenaline. She trotted out of the building and studied the situation expertly. The Cambions were swarming the campus, the Hunters engaged. Uneasiness broke over