“She’s sleeping.”
“Stop doing that to her!”
“I’m not doing anything but carrying her.” He slid his hand down her sister’s leg to her feet, tugging the blanket over them. “I ditched her heels. She’d have broken an ankle in those damn things and I couldn’t find any flats her size in the wreckage. The ground will tear up her feet if I allow her to walk barefoot, and leave a blood trail for Filmore’s men to follow easier.”
Drantos tugged gently on Dusti’s arm. “We need to keep moving.”
“No. This is pure insanity. We should go back and wait with the wreckage for help to arrive.” She waved a hand at the area around them. “You want Bat and I far away from here and our grandfather? Fine. I agree. Take us back and I’ll have whoever finds us fly us to the airport. We can be out of the state before you know it.”
“Decker will just come after you.”
“I’ll move in with Bat for a while. She has excellent security in her building. We’ll be safe.”
“Really?” Drantos growled. “Tell me about her security.”
“There are a few armed guards in the lobby twenty-four seven. You need a code to enter the elevator to even reach her floor. Nobody can get to her apartment without her allowing it. One of the guards calls her when I visit and then escorts me to her door.”
Drantos nodded. “Human guards. Ones that Decker or any of his men can mind control. They just have to walk in, look at those guards, and order them to take them right to you and your sister. Her so-called security would stand there while you were taken and never remember what happened once it was over with. Do you understand? You’re not safe there. Humans can’t protect you.”
Dusti grudgingly believed him, since he’d shown her what he could do multiple times now. “We could go to a hotel or something.”
“You think we don’t know how to track credit cards? We might live apart from your world but we’re not idiots. Decker would track you and Bat by financials. Hotels cost money. They can find your friends if you believe you could hide with one of them. Humans can’t lie to a VampLycan. We can force them to tell us the truth. There’s nowhere you could hide. They’d find you.”
Dusti wasn’t willing to give up yet. “This isn’t the way either. All you’re going to do is get us lost out here and we’ll die from exposure or something.”
“We’re not going to get lost.” Drantos looked annoyingly calm. “You’re safer with us than you would be anywhere else.”
“Bullshit.” She tugged hard on her hand but couldn’t break free of his hold. “And let me go. I don’t want you touching me after that freaky thing you did last night. Did you slip me some kind of drug?”
He softly growled.
“Easy,” Kraven urged. “Now isn’t a good time to show her who’s in charge. We need to keep going. Our people will be looking for us as well. They’ll assume we’ve made better time, not knowing these two are slowing us down since you refuse to shift forms in front of your precious Dusti.”
“Shut the fuck up,” Drantos snapped.
“I’m just stating facts. They’ll expect us to have traveled faster than what we are.”
“Right.” Drantos shot Dusti an angry glance that promised their argument wasn’t over, just delayed. “Let’s keep going. I’m hoping our clan finds us by nightfall. I don’t want to spend another night out here in the open without help.”#p#分页标题#e#
“You honestly think someone is looking for us from your…” She paused. “Clan?”
“Yes.” Drantos’s dark gaze narrowed in warning. “Decker wanted you to land at that small airport because all the clans live within a few hundred miles of this area. We’re not that far from him or our people. The plane almost made it to the airport. Be silent and keep walking.”
“How do you even know where to go? Do you recognize this area?”
“I know how long that flight takes and yes, I’m familiar with the territory. I know where we are and where we need to go. Now stop stalling and walk.”
“Go screw yourself.” She jerked on her hand harder. “I’m tired. I’m fed up. Most of all, I want this nightmare to end. I don’t want anything to do with you or my grandfather. Take your crazy-weird eyes, your messed-up stories and just leave Bat and I here.”
Drantos snarled. The sound came out terrifying and animalistic. He faced her, bent, and yanked on her arm hard. She gasped when it knocked her off balance and he bent forward. He wrapped his arm around the back of her thighs while he straightened to dangle her body over his shoulder. Drantos released her wrist to grip her legs and hold her in place draped over him.