to see her now.”
“Where?” Colt asked.
Atreides smiled at him. “You never go home. She’s staying at one of your guest houses.” Then Atreides took Selena into his arms and transported her to the guest house at Colt’s ranch.
His friends soon followed, since they were not done protecting Selena and now they wanted to meet with Rosa too and learn what Atreides had in mind to do.
When they all arrived at the guest house, they went inside to speak with Rosa. Selena and Rosa hugged each other, tears in their eyes. He was glad the sisters showed real affection toward each other, but he still couldn’t let go of his annoyance that Rosa hadn’t been there for her sister.
“I can’t believe you’ve been with the vampires all this time. Why didn’t you tell me you had planned to do this?” Selena asked her sister, sounding annoyed.
“I couldn’t tell anyone, without jeopardizing what we were trying to do. Any of the hunters could be suspect as far as being involved in the vampiress killings."
“You think I could have been?" Selena asked.
“No, of course not you.”
Selena let out her breath. “You didn’t think I would search for you?”
Rosa sighed. “I’m sorry, Selena. No, I didn't realize you would. I guess I was so busy wanting to help the vampires after what you had done for them, I didn't think of it. I certainly never thought you would be hurt. But a vampire hurt you. Not a hunter.”
Selena scoffed. “What if, in trying to locate you, Cliff and his friends tried to eliminate me? Or they were involved in hiring a vampire to hurt me?”
Rosa glanced at Atreides to get his input.
He shrugged. “We don’t have any idea why he would have hurt her and not killed her then.”
“Okay, fine. My sister and I will do this together,” Rosa said, determination in her voice.
“Then Cliff and his friends will have a target on your back too." Selena sounded worried.
“I should have been there for you all along. So should our brother have been. I’m sure the word will get out before long that I’m working with the vampires to take down the rogue hunters." Rosa gave her another hug.
“So I’ll stay here with my sister then?” Selena asked Atreides.
“I think it would be better if you are separated in case anyone learns about one of you. Then you both won’t come under attack.” Atreides didn't want the women together. If hunters, or vampires, were out to get one of them, they would have both of them in the same location and could try to kill them then.
Rosa agreed, but Selena looked like she wanted to object.
Rosa said, “He’s right, Selena. Atreides is in charge. I think his plan is the best.”
Selena folded her arms and looked crossly at Atreides. He gave her a small smile. He suspected she was still annoyed he’d been in her bed last night, but he wouldn’t go there again. Now he knew just who she was and what she’d done to anger the hunters in her League. Unless she needed his protection, he was staying out of her room.
“We’ll go tonight, both huntresses stationed at different locations, armed, ready, a couple of vampiresses walking down the street to a vampire pub, talking, not paying attention to their surroundings, male vampires on the rooftops ready to swoop down, but we want the huntresses to initiate the fight, or the hunters can say rogue vampires attacked them. We need to record that vampiresses are being attacked for no reason," Atreides said.
Then Atreides had a telepathic communication and he wondered what had gone wrong now.
"A hunter and a couple of his hunter friends are here at the vampire club looking for Selena. The one is named Daniel and he said a hunter had arrived at the hunter club when Selena was just going inside while carrying a sword. The newly arrived hunter saw Daniel throw her out of the club and then a vampire showed up and then others came to speak with her, took her in a van and drove off. He recognized you, Atreides. Daniel is Selena's brother, and he wants to see Selena at once or he'll bring the whole League down on you."
"He didn't care anything about her when he threw her out of the club," Atreides said, annoyed.
"She was armed and shouldn't have been in the club. She knew better, the brother said."
"That still doesn't excuse him for abandoning her. At the very least, he should have