The Other World

The New Sheriff

"Miss?Miss,are you okay?"

Kim Yerim hunched her shoulder at the voice.More vehicles had arrived.Cops.An ambulance.She glanced to the right and found a fresh-face EMT staring at her."Were you burned?"he asked her quietly,compassion flowing with the words.

She let her lips tremble."N-no."Her hero had disappeared.Had tall,dark,and dangerous really gone back inside the house?To save a killer?

Stupid move.His funeral.

Two cops began to approach her.Time to leave.Yerim pressesd her lips together and realized she still tasted the man on her mouth.Jeon Jungkook.Bounty hunter extraordinaire.Yes,she knew who he was.Jungkook mistake was not knowing her identity.He should have been better prepared.

Weren't the Night Watch hunters always supposed to be prepared?Like freaking Boy Scouts?Night Watch...the multi state bounty hunting agency had a reputation for always getting the job done.Whether the agents were chasing the worst human criminals out there-or stalking the Other who'd crossed the line,they brought down their prey.

Most human didn't know about the Other in the world.They didn't know about the vampires,the demons,the shifters,and the hundreds of other monster out there on the streets.They didn't know because they were blind.

Yerim wasn't blind.She knew the real score in this world.And she knew that her hero hadn't been an average hunter,either.No,a man hadn't hauled her out of the flames.A demon had.

Angel,my ass.She almost choked when she told him that one.

"Miss,I need you to get in the ambulance.I want to check you out."

Ah,now that sounded promising.The ride in the ambulance would let her get away from cops.Because those boys in blue were already eyeing her with too much curiosity why she'd been in the house on Florencia Street.

Yerim's knees buckled.The EMT grabbed her,and she let her leg lashes sag."So...weak."Though she'd rarely been weak in her life.Appearances could be so deceptive,but the EMT didn't realized that.

"Its okay!"He scooped her and yelled for help.Seconds later,he was loading her into the back of the ambulance.The door slammed shut behind them,and the cops were left out in the cold.

With the cold-and with the flames.The ambulance's siren screamed on and when the vehicle lurched forward,Yerim smiled.

Too easy.

Or maybe she was just to good because Yerim had just taken out her prey,destroyed the evidence,and even been given a getaway car.A chauffeured ride away from the scene of her attack.

Not bad for a night's work.

Poor Jungkook.The guy obviously thought he was the big,tough demon badass.He'd be realizing soon enough that there was a new sheriff in town.