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don’t want to alarm you in any way, but you know I’m a hunter right?” I saw fear creeping into his eyes as he nodded. “Well, I think it would be better for you if you walk away, it seems I have piqued the interest of three vampires and things could get nasty pretty quickly.” I heard his heart beat faster in his chest and briefly wondered if I would be able to resist the call of his blood pumping through his veins. I gripped my hands into tight fists and managed to say, “Go, whilst you still can.” I watched frozen into place as he quickly made his way back inside the nightclub.
    Dario was in my mind instantly asking me what was wrong. I could feel his concern but what shocked me more was the fierceness in his voice. It was protective, possessive and darn right sexy as hell. ‘Tell me what’s wrong Shyla; I will not play these games anymore. You’re scared and hungry and that is a dangerous combination.’ I can’t say that I was too thrilled with the situation either; lunch with a new friend was turning in to a disaster.
    I was very aware that one of the vampires was talking into a phone. He was definitely talking about me. The other two were extremely focused on my every movement. I began walking down the alley thinking I could cloak the darkness around myself and if I had to defend myself. I’m not sure how Dario would feel if I had to kill one of his brethren, but if push came to shove, I wasn’t going down without a fight.
    I spoke to Dario and for once I wasn’t snarky. ‘If something happens to me, will you be okay? I mean, will you die’
    I needed to know, I hadn’t hung about to be given a quick guide about ‘vampirism and your sire ,’ and my training hadn’t covered what would happen if your target had sired a mate. All hunters knew was that the elder vampires could turn anyone into a vampire, but if they chose to ‘sire’ a female, then they had chosen a partner for the remainder of their life. Bottom line as far as the hunters went was – if a male had sired a female, what did it matter if they died? We were doing society a favour. If the vampire had made it to the hit list then he must’ve done something bad.
    ‘ Shyla, tell me what is wrong.’
    ‘ I’m not sure Dario; I think I’m in trouble. I’m weak and now I have three vampires following me into an alley at the side of...’
    B efore I had the chance to finish my sentence Dario said into my mind, ‘Liberties Nightclub.’
    How the heck did he know that? I glanced over my shoulder and the three males were confidently making their way down the alley towards me. I rounded a corner and slipped into the shadows that the alleyway offered. I grabbed my standard issue dagger from my bag and braced myself ready for my confrontation with the vampires.
    As soon as I saw them come around the corner , I made a snap decision and sprung free from the dark shadows. I grabbed one of the vamps, spun him so I had his back pressed against my chest and my dagger held firmly over his heart. “What do you want vampire?” He froze, unsure if I would pierce his heart with the dagger.
    The other two arched their eyebrows and one of them said, “What makes you think we will let you live if you kill Vincent?”
    I arched an eyebrow and snapped “And what makes you think I will let you live once I have disposed of Vinny here?” I never took my eyes of them. Vampires were sneaky bastards. “I will ask you one more time, what do you want?”
    A familiar voice, one that made me both cringe and feel excited at the same time said , “I would like to know the answer to that particular question too.”
    Dario and his two guards stepped forwards. Dario looked at the dagger that I had pointed to the vampire’s heart and grinned. “Nice works Shyla, now, answer her. ” I swear to god, the three vampires visibly paled and the other two began to kneel before Dario. I couldn’t help the little snicker that escaped my mouth. Dario waved a hand