Blood and Blade (Goddess with a Blade #6) - Lauren Dane Page 0,101
my friend Carey. I hope she never gets over your loss. Because I plan on dancing in the street once you’re dust, you piece of shit.”
“I don’t know who you are.”
She stood, feet slightly apart, braced for violence as Brigid spoke through her. “I am Rowan Summerwaite. Vessel to the Goddess Brigid. You made the wrong enemy, Fae criminal. We will end you. Now you know me.”
“Shall we shove your body through that crack in the Veil over there?” Genevieve indicated the spot she’d pointed out to Rowan earlier.
“You can’t get through. The way is closed. I managed to pry open a small crack with the magic I’ve been taking in. Do you think I want to be here in this world so full of iron and devoid of magic I have to steal it?” Guy said.
“Ah. I see. You weren’t sent here on a time-out. You aren’t running from the authorities or an aggrieved spouse. You were banished. Whatever did you do, Guy?”
He turned and flung his hand out, fire streaked across her face and neck and she tasted blood as her knees buckled.
Clive was behind her then, holding her, patting her body to see if she was whole.
“That hurts,” she told him. “Stop with the patting. I’m fine. Nothing is broken but my pride.”
He looked at her face and winced.
“It’ll heal,” she told him with an assurance she was only partly faking. “And now he’s given me the tools to poke at him until he loses his shit again.”
“Stop being so cheerful at taunting a seven foot tall Fae into trying to kill you,” Clive snarled at her.
“I love my job, what can I say?”
She allowed him to help her to stand. She’d have a limp from what she figured were some severely strained muscles and possibly a fracture in her tibia. But she could shoot and throw knives without being that sure on her feet.
“You’re the Hunter,” Guy said.
“I’ve been telling you that for several minutes now, ding-dong. Goddess you’re stupid.”
He laughed and she imagined him dead at least a dozen ways. “Yes, I know who you are. I didn’t order your friend to be killed. Some Vampire in the Blood Front did. He bragged to Lyr about it. How he managed to get into your security system and ordered the death so you’d see it while you were thousands of miles away. I did taste his magic though once the spell sent it my way as he died. For a human, he was very filling.”
It took all her skill to not show how shocked and upset that made her. But she wouldn’t give it to him. No matter what.
The balance worked the other way. She did the poking until the other person lost their composure and concentration so she could swoop in and kill the hell out of them.
Star trotted up at that moment with a happy bark before she settled at Rowan’s side.
Fear lived in her when she saw Guy’s attention shift to the dog.
She ejected the magazine in her gun and slapped another in before unloading it into Guy’s smug fucking Faerie face.
She’d caught him in a moment of distraction as he’d been coveting Star. Because he was still so fast those three rounds meant for his head struck him in the chest but with each one, she watched his light dim just a little bit more.
But it didn’t kill him. Instead he lowered his head and charged her as he growled.
She rolled to avoid him and then came to her feet not too far away. Rowan attempted to use the butt of her gun on the back of Guy’s head but it only barely managed to connect and sent the concussion up her arm.
His skull felt like it was made of steel.
David got off a few rounds that glanced off Guy’s shoulder. But it moved his attention to David and there was no way Rowan could risk that so she pulled one of the iron edged tantos from a sheath at her hip and, using all her strength, managed to slice open his arm down to the bone.
She knew it did some major damage because he howled and then turned to her mid charge. It was too late to do anything but try to absorb the tackle and be ready to spring away when she got the chance.
He was so heavy. Heavier than she’d imagined as he crushed her to the dirt. He punched her with those ham sized fists until the snap