King Tomb (Forever Evermore, #3)(65)
Ezra’s Vampire growled, and he swiftly lifted me off my feet, blurring to Antonio’s side.
Antonio quickly asked, “Where is it?”
“Right hip,” I stated through gritted teeth, shaking my head to clear my vision. “That f*cker over there hid and shot me.”
“It’s always the coward that gets the lucky shot,” Elder Merrick muttered, slicing into the side of my pants where the bullet hole was, and since Ezra wasn’t setting me on my feet, he and Antonio worked in unison.
I yelled a nasty curse when Elder Merrick sliced my leg open a bit more to allow Antonio to use his magic to pull the bullet out, but in the next second I felt instant serenity transfuse my system, and I sighed, my body relaxing as I glanced up at Ezra. “Thank you.”
He grunted, nostrils flared as he stared at what they were doing to my thigh.
My head thumped against his shoulder. Stayed there. “Go figure, now you’re quiet.”
Elder Jacobs was surveying my handiwork. “Not bad.”
“Well,” I waved a wobbly hand, “you know, I asked them nicely to stand still while I killed them,” Elder Merrick chuckled hard, glancing at me, “but they wouldn’t cooperate, so I got inventive.” I tipped my head back, staring at the ceiling. “Thank God I don’t weigh much.” I pointed at the industrial lighting fixtures. “I swung like a monkey from one of those.”
A bit woozy from blood loss, I still leaned heavily against Ezra’s side, since the damn Vamp wasn’t letting me go even though Antonio had fixed all my wounds. And now I stared down at the coward that had shot me. “How would you prefer to die?” I tilted my head when he stayed silent as he sat on a chair, sweat covering his face. “I really don’t like getting shot by little pissants hiding while others fight.” My wolf growled as I debated my options.
“You need to hurry this up, Lil,” Antonio checked his watch, “The spell I put on the others at the front will wear off soon.”
Ah. I had wondered why no other Coms had come running at the sound of gunfire. I patted my leg with my gun, then I paused, a slow, feral grin etching my face. “I do believe you deserve a humiliating death for your humiliating behavior.” I tsked him. “You really shouldn’t have shot me like that.” I patted Ezra’s arm around my waist. “Let go.”
He grunted, still quiet, but did as I asked. Hovered. I glared at him for a second, but he didn’t back away. Sighing, I turned my attention back to the Com. Lifted a single finger, letting my power ripple down into it, watching him tremble as he stared at it. Quietly, I murmured, “Oh, you’ll love the ride, but not the landing.” I touched him.
He stilled instantly, then he bowed so hard he fell to the ground. Quickly, I put a knee to his chest, keeping my finger on his forehead as he thrashed, eyes hooded, while a shout of pleasure erupted from his lips.
Tilting my head, I smiled down at him, baring my teeth and whispering softly, “Amazing, isn’t it?” I bent close to his face. “Everyone here is going to see you cum…because you won’t be able to stop it…then I’ll put a bullet through your brain.”
My eyes glowed as his eyes darted to everyone standing around us, even as he trembled with desire. I shoved a heavy dose, instead of the little bit I was using, of my power down my arm to my finger. Directly into him. I watched with no expression as his breath caught and he shouted, instantly trying to grab me down onto him. Rearranging myself as he thrashed and moaned, I unsheathed two of my knives and stabbed his wandering hands to the ground, keeping grasping hands away. He didn’t even seem to notice, his sweaty face etched with desire as he stared up at me, mouth wide on a keening cry.
“About there.” I removed my gun from its holster and as soon as I felt his body jerk under me, his head tilting back as he shouted, I lifted my finger from his forehead as he came, releasing him from the power to see everyone around him during his intimate release. He choked, eyes wide on me as he spasmed under my legs. Bending to his face, I whispered, “Humiliating justice for the disgraced deed.” I placed my gun to his head just as his chin started to tremble, his body still quaking. “Don’t cry and shame yourself further.” Panting, he swallowed hard, and by God, glared up at me. “Finally, some damn balls. Good for you.”
I shot him dead.
Returning my gun to its holster, I jerked my knives from his staked palms, wiping them on my pants before resheathing them. Standing, I swayed a moment, but I steadied quickly enough from the blood loss I’d had at the hands of the dead man below me.
I stared at the men silently watching me with unreadable expressions. “What?” I blinked, turning my attention to Antonio. “It’s not like I haven’t done that before.” I shrugged. “Or worse.” Although, Antonio usually wasn’t around while I did it.
He stared. “All those rumors I heard about your interrogations?”
My jaw seesawed. “Don’t ask questions if you really don’t want to know the answers.”
Ezra’s lips trembled, his eyes beginning to dance. “I might enjoy hearing about them.” His head tilted to the side, a deep, soft chuckle escaping his lips. It sounded purely deviant, piquing my curiosity. “We could swap stories, if you’d like, Queen Ruckler. Possibly educate one another, since I also take care of our interrogations.”