Eternity of Vengeance : Book 7 of the Heku Series Read Free

you just shot?” Kralen asked,
looking around the trees.
    Silas grinned and yelled,
“Emily!”
    The Cavalry began to scan
the trees, and Emily moved back behind one of the larger
branches.
    Mark’s eyes narrowed as he scanned the
trees, “Team 4, go.”
    Six of the Cavalry took
off toward where Silas’ back had been facing. They moved stealthily
through the trees, trying to catch the Winchester scent or any
sounds.
    “Team 2, flank her,”
Kralen whispered, and another six heku took off to the
east.
    Emily saw the first group
pass under the tree she was in and keep going. She turned around
again, holding her breath, and looked toward the
Cavalry.
    “I swear… I told her not to slip her
guards,” Kralen growled.
    “She hasn’t slipped them
in a while, maybe she got perm… damnit!” Mark said, laughing when
he saw the splotch of red paint on his shirt.
    “Team 1… She’s mortal for
hell’s sake! Go find her,” Silas said, shaking his head. He watched
as Team 1 followed the line-of sight from Mark’s paint
stain.
    “I’m a little embarrassed,
actually,” Mark said, frowning. “We should have known she was by
us.”
    “I know. I’m sure she’s
playing a game, but we’re predators. She shouldn’t have gotten
close enough… snow or no snow,” Kralen agreed. He gasped when he
felt the sting of the paintball explode on his back.
    Silas grinned and
whispered, “All teams out. The team to bring her to us gets a
week-long vacation.”
    “That’ll do it,” Kralen
chuckled.
    “I could find her,” Silas said,
scanning the trees.
    “Yes, but they need the
practice,” Mark told him. “How are we going to get her back for
this?”
    Team four returned to
their leaders looking irritated.
    “What?” Silas asked.
    They turned around and all six had
paint marks on their back, “I think we lost.”
    Mark sighed, “She’s
mortal!”
    “I know, I know,” the team four leader
said, and they all moved to stand before the officers.
    Emily took aim at another
group and set her gun to auto-fire. She held her finger down and
pegged each of them as she grinned.
    “Gotcha,” she heard from
behind her, and turned just as someone grabbed her and jumped out
of the tree. She was thrown over a heku’s shoulder and blurred
through the trees.
    “Put me down!” she said,
laughing.
    “Seems team seven gets a week off,”
Kralen said, amused.
    “Get her gun,” Mark ordered, and a
heku took her gun, even though she tried to hold on.
    “Kneel her,” Silas said, sounding
angry.
    Emily was dropped to the
cold ground and forced onto her knees. She looked up at Mark and
grinned.
    “Did you slip your guards?” Kralen
asked.
    “No, I had the Council
back them off. This is all legal.”
    “Legal, yes, but fair?”
    “All’s fair in love and war,” Emily
said, looking up at them and smiling.
    “Now what to do with you,” Mark
chuckled, and walked around her.
    “Hot cocoa sounds good.
It’s freezing out here,” she suggested.
    “Hot cocoa… no… We need
something to prove a point.”
    Her eyes grew wide, “Like
what?”
    “Interesting use of the
Cavalry issued fatigues,” Silas said, looking down at
her.
    Emily started to get up, but was
pushed back to her knees, “Hey.”
    Mark grinned, “You’re our
prisoner.”
    “I am?” she asked, her eyes
wide.
    “You got caught so… yes,” Silas told
her.
    “You two go find her horse
and take it into the stables,” Mark said, pointing to two of the
Cavalry.
    “Get my truck!” Emily yelled after
them, and tried to stand up again, but was pushed back to her
knees.
    She saw a member of the
Cavalry hand Mark a pair of handcuffs, and she tried to run, but
didn’t even make it a step before they were placed on her wrists,
restraining them at her back.
    “Start walking…” Silas told her, and
pointed toward the palace.
    Emily walked with the
entire Cavalry behind her. She kept wondering what they were going
to do, and even grew more nervous when the gate