to go back there and feed. There are two more doors down here. One is a bit farther down with an open archway, which I step through. It’s a state-of-the-art kitchen. There is a human making a sandwich, and one sitting at a breakfast nook in the corner, looking out of the window and nursing a mug of coffee, which smells amazing.
I throw my knife at the one sitting, and it goes straight through his neck. I turn to the sandwich maker as the other dies. He grabs the bread knife covered in crumbs and comes at me. I duck his desperate slashes and grab it with a laugh, twisting his hand and impaling his heart. His brown eyes meet mine, blinking as he looks down in shock. I blow, and he falls backwards to the floor. His hands close on the blade as he sucks in short, shallow, bloody gasps. Stepping over him, I grab a slice of cheese and munch on it as I head to the man at the table, who’s taking forever to die. He’s grabbed a napkin and is holding it to his neck, the bloodied knife on the table. But the blood is pumping too steadily. He will die, and right now, he’s suffering, so I snap his neck and let his body slump forward onto the table with a bang.
Pursing my lips, I grab his mug, take a sip, and with a shrug, take a bigger drink of the coffee. Not bad.
“What the fuck is taking you idiots so long?” I hear, and I take a sniff.
One of the fae.
He marches through the other door at the end of the corridor and heads right into the room. Our eyes meet for a moment as he looks around, and then the floor starts to heave under me as he yells. Great. A fucking elemental user. I hate them. Ever tried to kill someone while dodging boulders or killer trees?
Not easy.
I roll over the floor, which comes up behind me, and throw a knife, but he dodges it and flings magic at me. It hits me, but the amulet absorbs it. It can only take a certain amount of hits though. He throws another, and I roll to the side to dodge it while hurling another knife. This one hits my mark, embedding in his thigh. He screams and grabs it, yanking it out, but the steel does its job. He throws it on the floor with a clank, and I hear the other humans rushing this way, no doubt called by the commotion.
He turns his head to meet their eyes. His mistake. I throw myself at him, stabbing down with two steel blades. They both slide into his chest from the force of us landing on the floor and sliding into the hall. Panting, I look up to see four humans, their guns aimed at me.
Shit.
Leaving the blades, I throw myself backwards as bullets explode where I just was. The fae’s body twitches from the impact. The thunder of the barrage is loud, and I cover my ears and wait, watching it destroy the wooden door at the end. But the firing never stops, and I get bored. Sneaking to the back of the kitchen, I peek around the door to see one reloading while another stops. I hold my breath and wait. The other two eventually stop firing, probably thinking they got me. I hear the racing of their hearts, and I lick my lips.
The adrenaline infused blood pumping through their veins calls to me as I dart my eyes around for a plan. With a grin, I get on my feet and back up, taking a running start as I race with shifter speed to the opposite wall of the hallway as they bring the guns up and start to fire again. But I’m too fast. I flip off the wall, grab onto the light overhead, and swing at them. My feet connect with two, knocking them back. I feel a bullet embed in my thigh, but it doesn’t even slow me down as I throw a spell at one. It explodes all over him, setting him on fire. As he screams, I grab another knife and slash out at the next, cutting through the arm he brings up to protect himself. I drive him back into the wall as he tries to defend himself before I manage to stab it into his stomach and into the wall behind him, impaling him