Page 125 of Burn Falls

Just as Draven and Athan snapped the necks of the final two, I was lifted off of the ground. “Let me go!” I yelled.

Draven and Athan turned at my words. “Let her go,” Draven growled.

Renzo laughed. “Now why would I do that?”

“I will end you,” Draven snarled.

“You can try.”

Renzo started to retreat with me in his arms. “Stop!” I kicked. I screamed, and in the distance, I heard sirens. Draven and Athan rushed toward us, each of them grabbing for me only to be shaken off by Renzo.

“You two may be strong and older than those I brought with me,” he laughed, “but you’re nothing compared to me.” Draven and Athan tried again, but this time, Renzo held me with one arm and Draven’s throat with the other. “Let him go!” I cried, trying again to wriggle to no avail.

“Kill me,” Draven groaned. “That’s the only way you’re leaving with her.”

“I don’t want to kill you. I want to own you again.” With a twist of his wrist, Renzo snapped Draven’s neck.

“No!” I screamed, locking eyes with the man I loved. His were wide, and then they went vacant.

“You son of a bitch!” Athan roared, and before I knew it, he snapped Renzo’s neck, and I fell to the ground.

“Did you kill him?” I asked, standing and looking down at Renzo. “Is Draven dead too?”

“No. Once they heal, they’ll wake up.”

“Let’s just rip his heart out now,” I suggested.

“I want Draven awake to watch this asshole die.”

“I can’t believe this is happening.”

Athan wrapped me in his arms, and I wished I could cry. I wanted to. I wanted to break down and throw things while the tears streamed down my face. But that wasn’t possible any longer. I also wished cake could comfort me.

The sirens got closer.

“Shit,” Athan groaned. “We don’t have time to clean all this up before the cops get here.”

“What do we do?”

Athan looked around. “Help me put Draven and Renzo in the car.”

“Renzo in the car?”

“Fine, the trunk. I’ll put him in the trunk in case he wakes up.”

“Will he be strong enough to kick the roof off of the trunk?”

“I don’t know, but we aren’t letting him just roam free. We have to try something.”

“Right.”

Athan moved to Renzo and picked him up while I went around and popped the trunk. Then he placed Draven’s lifeless body in the backseat of the car.

“Are you sure Draven’s not dead?”

“Yes, and we need to go. Now.”

“But my mother. There’s a yard full of vampires on her lawn.”