AS I GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MEETING UP WITH Enyo, I knew she could hear and see me coming. However, I was not very nervous of what may come to me. I knew, if I had to, I could kill them both easily.
I casually took long strides and walked fast on my feet. The morning sun’s light burst through the trees and scorched my skin. It made me uncomfortable to be under its wrath. I could hear the chirping of birds’ songs that soar in the orange-tinted sky.
After about a minute of walking my fastest without quite running, I met up with Enyo. I could tell she was surprised to see me coming, her expression slightly confused. Her fierce red hair blowing in the wind made her look wild and untamed. I noticed she was covered—and I mean covered—in human blood from head to toe, hair soaked and hanging limply around her shoulders. She held in grip a huge sword, the blade practically the length of my upper torso. In the blade were engravings of tiny triangles that made their way down to the hilt—or the handle part of the sword. When her eyes met mine, she stabbed her sword into the moist soil, the hilt sticking straight up towards the sky. Where did she get that from? I thought, impressed. I hadn’t noticed all this before.
When I thought about this, about her name, it all clicked together like puzzle pieces. Her name in Enyo—the Goddess of war in the ancient Roman times. She must have either been changed at a young age like I, or Enyo’s soul had been reincarnated into her body, and she just goes by Enyo’s name.
But when I looked closely at her face, I could tell her eyes had a tint of dark blue in them. Dark blue eyes? How could her eyes be a different color other than black? Questions raced through my mind, she must be a vampire, nothing more.
“Why, hello, Kali,” Enyo’s voice was cold as ice as she eyed my silver pendant that still hang on my neck, with a taunting smile. I winced slightly when she spoke of my name. But I could not let her see my emotions so easily. I must shield them.
I followed her long gaze to my neck and, without thinking, quickly ripped the necklace off with a small jolt. Shit, I thought, how am I supposed to find another chain now? Absentmindedly, I quickly stored the loose chain and pendant into one of my pant pockets without looking down to see what I was doing.
Her smile disappeared as soon as our eyes met once again. She noticed that I was taken by surprise. And I could tell she enjoyed that very much.
“Hello,” I replied back with a straight look, my eyes bearing down into her thoughts. I could not tell what she was thinking. I buried myself deeper into her mind; still silence. Huh, strange. I was usually very good at telepathy. What could this mean? Could she be unstoppable now because I simply cannot read her thoughts?
I needed to know more about this immortal. I needed to know what other poison cursed through her veins. And I needed to know now.
“Why have you ventured off this way, Kali?” She asked, a fiendish grin creeping up onto her lips.
“Just…” I had to think of something quickly. “An ordinary day out hunting,” I said as I returned a sly grin.
“Ah, I see. Just an ordinary day out on the hunt? Sounds a tad suspicious to me…” She said as her smile slowly got wider. She took a step forward and put a long finger nail underneath my chin, slowly stroking it.
Anger bubbled up inside me as I hit her hand away harshly and caught her wrist all in a fraction of a second; my other hand resting lightly on the gun that was fully loaded with bullets that I held in my belt, ready to shoot if needed. I put her hand close to my mouth, teeth bared, to show that I wasn’t just joking around. “I know what you’re looking for,” I said, my voice low and barely a growl. “And you’re not getting it.”
