Purple Moon
Half Moon 16
"Heath," Kat says, standing up.
He doesn't reply, but there is a strange look in his eye that Kat can't discern. He steps towards her and Kat fingers her hidden blade.
"Can I help you?" She asks.
"You still play coy," He growls his voice low, "I have seen your looks and signals."
"What are you talking about?" Her voice like ice.
"Do not torment me anymore," He replies, putting his hands against the wall behind her.
Kat finally places the look in his eyes, Lust. "Mr. Walker, I suggest you stop right now before you force my hand," Kat tries to make her tone formal and frosty as possible.
He shivers and bows his head, so his breath brushes her skin, "How much farther are you going to torture me until you are satisfied?"
"Mr. Walker, I don't know what you are thinking, but I know for sure that it's incorrect."
He leans closer inhaling her sent, "But I have seen the intent in your gaze and the slight smile on your lips. You constantly pulled at my thought and attention. I came to see you that day, but when you didn't make a move, I knew it wasn't time yet. But then you suddenly requested to be alone, and I knew you were calling to me."
A chill runs down Kat's spine, "Mr. Walker, I think you misunderstood something."
"Still you plan to toy with me?" He mummers his breath, moving up her neck.
The only thing Kat can think is that Adalia would be proud and know how to handle this situation. The breath stops near her jawline which starts her brain working. It is obvious to Kat that talking some sense into him wasn't going to work, but she couldn't blow her cover.
"Answer me this then, what exactly do you see me as?" She asks.
"A charming woman, irresistible, seductive."
For a moment, the answer startled her. It wasn't a description she was familiar with. Taking her silence as agreement, his hand moves to touch her shoulder, but the moment he did, she attacked.
She hit his arm away, and in the split-second opening, she got behind him and placed her hidden weapon under his chin. "You have misunderstood. I am not a fragile flower which can be overrun. Your idea of me makes me gag. You know absolutely nothing about me, yet lust radiates from your skin," she hisses.
She opens her mouth to say more when her hair stands on end. Something is wrong; she thinks just before she hears screams coming from the lower level.
She drops Heath and takes off her shoes. Grabbing one, she hits the lock with the heel, breaking it before kicking the door open. She runs downstairs and locates Cade.
"What's going on?" She asks as the whole house shakes from an impact.
He pulls knives out of his sleeves and smiles, "Alterations, of course."
She curses, and he laughs, "if there is more than one we need to get back to the house."
People around them scream. Kat and Cade push through them until they reach the front door. Kat can see several shadows moving on the window.
"Nice of them to wait for us," Cade jokes.
Kat glares at him and pulls out her miniature sword, "Get ready."
Kat opens the door, and three Alterations try to come in. Everyone screams and Cade's face turns serious, and with deadly accuracy, Cade hits the Alterations in vital points. Kat runs out the door followed my Cade.
"Cade, you grab our stuff. I'll sit tight," Kat orders.
Cade nods and heads toward the house. Patty shows up in the open doorway, "Katrina come inside it's dangerous out there."
Kat smiles while scanning the area, "Thanks for the offer, Patty, but I need to do my job."
An Alteration launches itself at Kat she spins around the attack and stabs her blade into its back. The thing drops and Kat pulls out her weapon, spraying blood all over her dress and skin. "You may as well call me by my real name since our cover is blown anyway."
Patty stares at her, horrified, "But....."
Cade's voice comes from a roof, "Kat, catch."
Her swords fly through the air and stick in the ground. She snorts, "Be careful with my swords. If they break, you'll pay for a new pair."
Cade laughs as she pulls her swords out of the ground with ease. "Here they come," Kat says eyeing the shadows.
"Who are you," Patty's voice rings out.
"You think that would be obvious by now," Cade replies, "We're hunters."
A chill runs down Kat's spine, "Mr. Walker, I think you misunderstood something."
"Still you plan to toy with me?" He mummers his breath, moving up her neck.
The only thing Kat can think is that Adalia would be proud and know how to handle this situation. The breath stops near her jawline which starts her brain working. It is obvious to Kat that talking some sense into him wasn't going to work, but she couldn't blow her cover.
"Answer me this then, what exactly do you see me as?" She asks.
"A charming woman, irresistible, seductive."
For a moment, the answer startled her. It wasn't a description she was familiar with. Taking her silence as agreement, his hand moves to touch her shoulder, but the moment he did, she attacked.
She hit his arm away, and in the split-second opening, she got behind him and placed her hidden weapon under his chin. "You have misunderstood. I am not a fragile flower which can be overrun. Your idea of me makes me gag. You know absolutely nothing about me, yet lust radiates from your skin," she hisses.
She opens her mouth to say more when her hair stands on end. Something is wrong; she thinks just before she hears screams coming from the lower level.
She drops Heath and takes off her shoes. Grabbing one, she hits the lock with the heel, breaking it before kicking the door open. She runs downstairs and locates Cade.
"What's going on?" She asks as the whole house shakes from an impact.
He pulls knives out of his sleeves and smiles, "Alterations, of course."
She curses, and he laughs, "if there is more than one we need to get back to the house."
People around them scream. Kat and Cade push through them until they reach the front door. Kat can see several shadows moving on the window.
"Nice of them to wait for us," Cade jokes.
Kat glares at him and pulls out her miniature sword, "Get ready."
Kat opens the door, and three Alterations try to come in. Everyone screams and Cade's face turns serious, and with deadly accuracy, Cade hits the Alterations in vital points. Kat runs out the door followed my Cade.
"Cade, you grab our stuff. I'll sit tight," Kat orders.
Cade nods and heads toward the house. Patty shows up in the open doorway, "Katrina come inside it's dangerous out there."
Kat smiles while scanning the area, "Thanks for the offer, Patty, but I need to do my job."
An Alteration launches itself at Kat she spins around the attack and stabs her blade into its back. The thing drops and Kat pulls out her weapon, spraying blood all over her dress and skin. "You may as well call me by my real name since our cover is blown anyway."
Patty stares at her, horrified, "But....."
Cade's voice comes from a roof, "Kat, catch."
Her swords fly through the air and stick in the ground. She snorts, "Be careful with my swords. If they break, you'll pay for a new pair."
Cade laughs as she pulls her swords out of the ground with ease. "Here they come," Kat says eyeing the shadows.
"Who are you," Patty's voice rings out.
"You think that would be obvious by now," Cade replies, "We're hunters."
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