Blood Past - By Samantha Young Page 0,68
the grass, his eyes blazing with promised retribution. He lifted the Kaskara and pointed it straight at Eden’s disgusting cousin. Noah shuddered inwardly, disbelieving that he had left her to live in a house with this mongrel for so long. “What’s the game, Winslow?”
Teagan grinned, a smarmy smile of malice and insanity. “You guys got my note. By now my sweet little betrothed will have realised that I played a tiny little trick on her. The fact that you’re here also is just… such a bonus.”
Noah tried to calm himself. Had it been any other soul eater he’d have been able to play it cool, to focus. But this guy… this guy was obsessed with taking Eden, of abusing her in the worst ways possible. “So what’s this?” he asked in such a bland voice he was almost proud of himself.
“I’m not stupid, you little jerk,” Teagan sneered at him. “I knew if I tried to take Eden here, in this city, I’d be in over my head. Plus, now that I think about it I’m not sure she’d be willing to sacrifice Cyrus for just these two.” He kicked Tobe and Cameron growled at him around his gag.
Noah squeezed the hilt of his sword. “You touch her again and I’ll kill you.” Teagan nodded at the two soul eaters beside him who instantly took two steps forward. “You, however, Noah Valois, yeah unfortunately I get the feeling my slutty little betrothed is messing around with you behind my back. So if I take you back to the States, I know Eden will come running to rescue you.” He winked at him and Noah suddenly felt sick as he understood what Teagan meant to do. “Cyrus won’t be able to stop her if you’re involved. So Eden comes running, I use you as leverage to get what I want, you go free, I get Eden as Eden once was and Cyrus gets what’s coming to him. We all win.”
Noah snorted and gripped his sword, ready to fight. “Go screw yourself, Winslow.”
“See, I thought you might say something incredibly rude like that,” Teagan tutted, shaking his head. “That’s why I brought incentives.”
To Noah’s horror the soul eaters didn’t rush to attack him, they both pulled out knives and turned on October and Cameron. Eyes scanning the two huge guys, Noah’s brain raced to calculate how he could take them out and then get to Teagan. As the one standing over Tobe began to swipe the knife towards her, Noah reached into his pocket and pulled out his pen knife. In a shimmer of movement he flicked it open and launched it at the soul eater’s hand. The lug cried out and dropped his weapon, turning on Noah just as Noah reached him. He sliced the Katsara in an upwards stroke across the soul eater’s torso, blood spreading rapidly across the monster’s shirt. Before the soul eater could even comprehend the wound, Noah brought the sword back down and across from its upward swing and took the piece of crap’s head clean off. Feeling the other soul eater launch towards him, Noah struck his sword out behind him, feeling the impact and vibration of it plunge into the guy’s stomach.
Triumphant, he was just about to pull it out and spin around to finish the job, when he felt a familiar prick in his upper arm. Horrified, he jerked around to catch Teagan pull out the needle and smile at him.
“Don’t worry. I’m a man of honour. These two go free. But you and I have a plane to catch.”
“You son-”
Noah forgot the rest of the words, any words, as Teagan’s face blurred before him. And just as he fell into the darkness only a lethal toxin could immerse him in, he heard Teagan say, “Now let’s get what we came for, let’s grab Grandma and go.”
Chapter Twenty Four
The Dark Side
It had been six hours and there was still no trace of Teagan, Noah and Mhairi. They were gone.
The note Teagan had left was crumpled in Eden’s hands, her knuckles white from clutching it so hard. They’d returned to the house as fast as they could once they realised Teagan had deceived them, but it was too late. Alison was already cleaning Tobe and Cameron’s wounds while Tobe cursed and raged at what had happened to them. When Eden had stepped into the room, her eyes wildly searching for Noah, she wasn’t surprised when Alison handed her a note when she asked for