Night Unbound(91)

Lisette could only stare.
Veins soon stood out on the vamp’s temples and forehead as his face mottled. The cords of his neck stood out as he snapped his teeth together and ground them with a moan. Blood oozed from his mouth.
Zach, as far as Lisette could tell, didn’t breathe. Not until he opened his fingers and let the vamp fall to the ground.
The vampire’s body instantly began to shrivel up as the virus went to work. Soon he would be as the other vampires: no more than a pile of clothing.
Air rushed from Zach’s lungs in a whoosh. His chest rose and fell as though he had been running.
Lisette took a cautious step toward him. “Zach?”
Face set in harsh lines, he turned to them. “The next time I tell you to stay on the roof, you’d better stay on the fucking roof!”
Jenna nodded swiftly, Richart more slowly.
“The battle was over,” Lisette said. And she had wanted to get a closer look at what Zach was doing, wanted to see for herself that he was okay after being tranqed.
“There could have been more of them lingering downwind,” Zach said.
True. She had been so distracted she hadn’t thought of that.
Face taut with anger, he surveyed their surroundings. “We have to get out of here.”
He blurred, moving past her like a breeze, sweeping up the vampires’ clothing as he went. Lisette heard a Dumpster lid clang off to their right. Then Zach returned and tucked the vampire’s tranquilizer gun in the back of his pants.
He looked to Richart. “Go home. Now.”
Richart touched Jenna’s back and teleported the two away.
Zach took Lisette’s arm, his hold less than gentle.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“The Others will have felt the power I just wielded and will be here momentarily.” Bending, he picked up the dart he had dropped.
The campus around them dissolved into darkness, and Lisette found herself in David’s home. More specifically in David’s study.
Talking on the phone, David took one look at them and told whomever he spoke with that he would call them back. “What happened?”
Zach released Lisette and handed the dart to David. “Courtesy of one of the new breed of vampires. A full dose for Dr. Lipton to study.”
David took the dart. “Do I even want to know how you got this?”
“I caught it before it could hit me.” Reaching back, Zach retrieved the tranquilizer gun and placed it on the desk. “There should be more in here.”
David ignored the gun and lowered his gaze to the dart still poking out of Zach’s chest. “And that one?”
“Didn’t affect me. So it won’t affect Seth.” Yanking it out, Zach tossed it in the wastebasket. “It is, however, strong enough that it will likely affect you.”
“Good to know.” David set the dart down on his desk between the gun and yet another thick medical tome. “Will it knock me out or just leave me groggy?”
“Groggy.”
“Groggy’s not a problem. I don’t suppose you were able to tag him with a tracking device.”
“By the time I finished with him, there was nothing left to tag.”
“You destroyed him?”
“Yes.”
“Could you maybe not destroy the next one?”
Zach responded with a terse nod.
David studied him. “So, how are you otherwise? You’re looking a little . . . tense.”
One hell of an understatement. Lisette thought that, if Seth’s phone were to ring in that instant, Zach’s head would explode.
“I told them to stay on the roof,” he gritted.
“Them meaning . . . ?”
“Lisette, Richart, and Jenna. I told them to stay on the roof, and they didn’t fucking stay on the roof.”
David nodded. “Welcome to our world.” He looked at Lisette. “Next time stay on the roof.”
“I will.”
“See that you do. And impress upon your brother how displeased I will be if he and Jenna don’t do the same.”
She nodded. One did not gainsay David anymore than one did Seth.
David met Zach’s gaze. “Are we good?”
At last, Zach’s shoulders relaxed a little. “Yes, we’re good.”
David smiled. “Go get cleaned up and relax for a bit. You can use one of the quiet rooms below. I’ll have Darnell redirect Seth’s calls to me for the next couple of hours.”
“Thank you,” Zach said, much to Lisette’s surprise. “Let me know if you need me to teleport you.”
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Capturing one of Lisette’s hands in his own, Zach led her from the room and headed down to the basement.
Lisette didn’t say a word. She almost wished she could peek into his thoughts so she could better read him, but wasn’t sure she would like what she found up there at the moment.