Hunters

Kidnapped again.

Chapter 22.

Dani awoke suddenly when someone doused her with icy water.

Spluttering and gasping she widened her eyes and recoiled from the evil grin on Eric Winter's face.

"Well hello sunshine." He sneered.

Dani's first instinct was to grab a weapon but she discovered that her hands were tightly bound behind her back.

Eric was standing over her with both hands on his slim hips.

She was in a dimly lit subterranean room which reeked of old blood and other...unsavory aromas.

Chains hung from the rafters and the floor and walls were stained with a foul blackish substance.

Nearby were the slumped forms of her siblings.

Their hands were also tied behind their backs.

Dani's eyes widened even more as the memory of what happened and how they ended up here came flooding back.

After Fox grabbed her they had raced for the cabin to warn Violet and Jonas.

But the remaining vampires easily out ran Dani and Fox was forced to turn and defend her.

The shot gun boomed several times more before it was snatched away from Fox and flung into the trees by the lead vampire.

"Let's see what else you can do.
Dog." He taunted Fox.

The only recourse the cornered lycan had was to trigger the change...otherwise the vampires would rip him to bloody shreds.

There were three of them including the ponytailed leader.

Fox shot Dani a regretful look then scrunched up his face as he struggled to release his wolf a day before the full moon.

The spontaneous metamorphosis was truly something to behold and it held Dani spellbound.

Fox's already formidable body seemed to explode out of his clothes.

His skull elongated and became distinctly lupine even as his beard thickened until it covered most of the upper half of his face.

He threw back his magnificent head and howled a piercing note of savage glee from the snout like mouth full of

razor sharp teeth before launching himself at the vampires in a storm of bloodlust.

Dani didn't hang around to see the outcome of the epic battle.

She raced for the cabin .

Violet was standing in the doorway looking scared until Dani barreled past her shouting ," Shut the door! "

The older sister slammed and locked it in record time.

"What's going on ?" Jonas demanded quickly limping toward a panting Dani.

"Fox is fighting the vampires." Dani gasped. "We have to help him."

Without a word everyone chose their weapons from the table where Jonas had left them earlier and were checking their

loads when the already shabby front door splintered opened on it's hinges and Eric Winters strode inside the

room closely followed by a tall , striking looking African female and two males carrying submachine guns.

"Drop them right now." Eric ordered. "Or we'll kill you where you stand."

Jonas nodded his head at Violet who had to physically remove Dani's gun from her hand because Dani wanted to shoot the intruders.

"Ah..so we meet at last Anderssons." Eric drawled. His glacial face wore a thin smile and his scarlet eyes glittered like a feral animal's .

"In case you're wondering about your shaggy friend...well Kimba has taken care of him by now.
You see Kimba has a very special gift.

He's part lycan and so combined with his vampire gifts he is a far stronger fighter than a mere pureblood lycan could ever hope to be." Eric said.

" How did you find us ?" A terribly shaken Violet demanded.

" I remembered that Thad's grandfather owned this...dump and put two and two together.
Any more questions ?" Eric asked sarcastically.

The Anderssons kept silent although their frantic eyes showed the stress of once again being at the mercy of the enemy.

Eric half turned to address the African female and said , " Pop these idiots with the G.H.B and let's get the hell out of here."

And now here they were once again in a bad predicament.

"You're Danielle Dumont ." Eric said and tilted his head at a curious angle while scrutinizing her with his hellish eyes.

"I remember the night when Porter Hanson brought your crack whore mother to my home trying to trick me into feeding from her."

"You knew Porter Hanson?" Dani asked in confusion as the old mixture of hate, revulsion and fear rose in her heart.

"He was one of my best recruiters but he had this...disgusting habit of picking up street trash." Eric said with a curl of his lip.
"And your mother was the foulest thing I'd ever seen and I'm over two hundred years old."

"Please don't talk about my mother that way." Dani's tone had turned menacing.
Eric's thick brows shut up in amusement.

"Touchy subject eh?" He asked. "Well that's too bad and a little delusional on your part because

your mother was a whore and Porter should have killed her a lot sooner.

Ah..but I remember you quite well.

Even then , when you were a scrawny child covered in filth and suffering from malnutrition there was something ....some purpose in you far greater than what was evident."

"Yeah and that purpose was to hunt and kill leeches such as yourself." Dani said fearlessly.

Eric laughed. "Such a mouth on you." He said . " Perhaps I can find a better purpose for that mouth."

Understanding his meaning Dani shuddered. "You'll have to kill me first dumb arse."