Page 11 of Poison's Kiss
Chapter 2
Night Stalkers with Secrets
Thad is next door, Gage is comfortably placed on his bed/my couch. He's been tirelessly reading over the girls'... journals.Journalsdefinitely sounds less invasive.
"Anything worth reading?" I ask as I plop down beside him.
He rubs his eyes, pretending to be human for a second as he mocks a strained vision.
"Plenty of interesting, but nothing too helpful. Most of this is just girly stuff. I've been skipping through the dirty parts, if you know what I mean."
"Sureyou have," I tease, and he lets a laugh escape.
Suddenly, my front door bursts open, flying off the hinges as it slams against the wall and clatters against the floor.
"What the fuck?" I screech.
Before Gage vaporizes me, Kane steps inside the doorway.
"What the hell are you still doing here?" he snarls. "I told you this house wasn't safe, damn it. Get the hell out of here!"
My whole body shivers, and Gage steps up to be in front of me.
"How did you just break through her spell barrier?"
Kane rolls his eyes, slapping everything off the small table by the doorway to create a dramatic shattering effect.
"The same way Castine will. She's not bound by magic, and thanks to her, neither am I. Do you really want to be here when she comes? Get her the hell out of here now. I can't kill Castine if she has freshly drained a witch... a mortal witch."
He turns to leave, and my whole body turns to rubber just before he's slammed into and knocked from the porch, tearing through my porch railing on the way down. I look out to see a smirking Thad as Kane rises to his feet.
He wipes his mouth, and his eyes flash blue once as a dark warning while he stares down the neighbor he only thought he knew.
"I should have guessed you were one of them, too," the night stalker snarls.
I step out to join Thad who keeps himself between Kane and me.
"Not one of them," he says before letting his eyes flash the yellow proof of a changer.
Kane lets out a laugh, and then he shakes his head.
"A light witch, a dark user, and a damn changer. Unbelievable. Fuck with me again, and I'll let you know what a mistake this whole charade really was."
"It wasn't a-" before I can finish, Thad leaps off the porch, hell bent on showing Kane he's not the average changer.
I expect to have to save Kane's life, since the sun is out and Thad is already too strong, but I'm shocked when Kane catches him midair and slams him to the ground. Thad starts to get up, but a dark, grim smile spreads over the night stalker's lips.
Thad starts gasping for air as Kane kneels before him, not having to touch him to nearly kill him where he lies.
"I warned you."
Gage throws his arms out, but Kane goes nowhere, remaining unaffected. How the hell is that possible? Without moving, he just laughs as he throws Gage's power back at him and knocks him to the ground, pinning him the same way Thad is pinned.
"You don't want to kill them. I've always been your intended target. Leave them alone and do what you want to with me."
He laughs again, an ominous roar ringing out that makes my chills form.
"You're nothing to worry about, Alyssa. Get out of here before I drain you myself. I won't let Castine use your power to fuel her fight against me. I mean it. Go."
