A Love Soaked In Blood

chapter 31

The gossips about James have noticeably increased after yesterday's fuss but since I'm still alive there isn't really a charge against him hence nothing changed.
Not that I care, I've caused a scene so he will save me some trouble and send someone after me who's probably going to be Owen.
And because I'm done being his entertainment.
It's dusk now and I'm absolutely sure someone is watching me, even here.
But where?
"He was about to kill you" Eleanor narrows her eyes at me
"And you jumped from a height like that? That was reckless" Camila adds "what happened?"
"I wanted to leave but he forced me to watch him killing a vampire" I lie
"Gosh I'm sure it was a bad sight, are you alright?" Helen asks in a worry
"I'm fine, his shot missed me and Elias caught me when I jumped"
She exchanges a look with Camila "yes we saw that I mean...are you alright after watching something like that?"
I blink, I guess I should look disturbed but all I'm feeling are anger and hatred "I'm fine"
I vow to avenge Fiona again, a reminder I'll need soon.
"Such a jerk" Beatrice sticks out her tongue "maybe you should stop accompanying him, people are somewhat talking about you"
"Let them talk" I sip from my cup
Beatrice laughs "you're a weird one you know"
"Thank you"
The conversation then shifts to other subjects till it's night and all of us take our leave.
But I'm still wandering in the streets which are busted even though It's late.
I walk in one of the alleys where Elias is waiting for me
"Ready?" he asks
"Ask that to our guest, though I still can't figure out where is he"
"You should have told me earlier about the funny stalker but nevertheless" he holds out a finger "look up, not behind"
Up?
I tilt my head.
Found him.
The building next to us, standing on its rooftop is Owen.
Clever I must admit, since people normally look behind them when they sense they are being followed.
He starts running.
"I want him alive"
Elias grins before he jumps and lands on the rooftop and start running after Owen, too bad I can't leap that high like him so I follow them from the ground just in case Owen decides to jump down.
~♥~
Elias

He is fast, for a human at least and I would say he is bold, bouncing like that from a rooftop to another.
I direct more magic to my legs and speed up, finally blocking his way after six roofs.
"The race is over now, why don't you come willingly with me and I won't hurt you" it's not a lie, Sylvia is the one who wants to hurt and who am I to object?
He narrows his eyes, his hand reaches to a sheath in his belt "who are you?"
"I'm not going to answer this"
"How did you catch up with me that fast? Taking the stairs to the rooftop takes two minutes at least but you were after me in a blink"
He is probably going to die and I want him to storm to me since it will make capturing him alive easier
So I transform a finger and hold it out to him
His jaw drops "you're a werewolf!"
"Good guess, now come to have your prize" I tuck my hands in my pockets
"You little--" just as I hoped he unsheathes his dagger and storms to me
He is a fly compared to Sylvia, I dodge all of his hits which fuels his anger more, making him take out a gun from a hostler on his shoulder
He fires and I duck, then I stand and spin fast before I send a back kick in his stomach. He clutches it and coughs hard but then he gets up and presses the trigger again but at the same moment I kick the gun from his grasp which causes the bullet to strike my arm.
Guess I underestimated him.
He stands in defense position and unsheathe another dagger
"Enough being easy on him Elias and hurry up!" Sylvia shouts from below
I grin and unsheathe two knives "you heard her"
"I knew there was something off about her but my stupid brother didn't listen, but at least he asked me to keep an eye on her since the bracelet is somehow not working" he strides and raises his daggers and I block them, the metals clash as I push my weight in "she even kept looking behind her, but to know that she is with a werewolf" he spits
"That scum bag is your brother?"
"Watch your mouth monster!"
"Not killing you is going to be harder than I thought so I better finish this" I slam my forehead in his and he loses his balance, I spin around him and strike the left side of his neck and he falls unconscious
"She will make you beg for death"