Page 50 of Her Silent Knight

Chapter Fourteen

RHEN’S EYES WIDENED.

Roaring, Kaede raced across the snow-covered ground.

“Hey, dragon,” Rhen called out. “Why the fuck are you naked?”

He would die today. The dead-man talking climbed off his snowmobile.

Rhen bared his fangs. “I know we have a truce,” he called out. “But I can’t let you take this one to The Deciders. She’s...”

“Mine,” Kaede roared.

“Wait, you can talk?” Rhen looked confused.

Soon, he’d look dead.

That’s the look I crave.

Indeed. Rhen retreated a few steps. His bandits started circling Kaede. Don’t worry, you four will die too, he thought as he leaped over Rhen’s bike, landing a few steps from the vampire.

“Throw a punch and you break the truce.”

Fuck the truce. He tried saying that. The words didn’t come out. He’d show him instead. Kaede slammed his fist into Rhen’s jaw. The vampire stumbled backward. His crew revved up their bikes but didn’t interfere.

“Mine,” Kaede roared again. That seemed to be the only word he could say.

Rhen dodged the next blow Kaede aimed at him. Vampire speed. He hated fucking vampire speed. Rhen spat out blood, changing a patch of snow from white to red. Then he eyed Kaede, still wearing the confused expression from before.

“I really don’t want to fight a naked man,” Rhen told him. “This shit is weird.”

Don’t fight. Die.

“Are we really about to do this again? I thought we were good?”

You thought wrong. Damn it. Why the fuck couldn’t he talk?

“Dragon, you’re outnumbered here. Just let me and the lady go.”

Go! Did he really think he was leaving with her? Kaede opened his mouth. Fire spewed forth. The vampire dodged it. Kaede turned his head, following the leech, leaving a trail of flames that flickered out. The vamp could move fast, but he couldn’t outrun fire.

“Fuck,” Rhen yelled and fell to the snow, patting his sleeve that had caught fire. “This fucking truce is over Kaede. Kill him while I take Sinclair to the Frozen Region,” he shouted to his crew.

Sinclair was staying with him. And Rhen, well, he was going to die today. Kaede opened his mouth again, preparing to burn the leech alive.

“Rhen, look out.”

That voice. Kaede whipped around and stared behind him to find his mate with her hand raised. What the hell was she doing now?

“Freeze,” she shouted.

The wind blew, kicking up freshly fallen snow and throwing it at him. He flamed up to block the assault. The snow stopped coming when his mate swayed slightly.

“Not again,” she groaned before falling off the bike. His crazy-ass mate had passed out again.

What the fuck is wrong with her? Why is she defending him?

More reason for the vamp to die. First, Kaede had to pick his crazy ass mate up before she froze to death in the snow.