Catherine (Echoes of Ossiria #1)
“It was a lie.
Tallis darted from car to car behind her. He crept up on her until he was about to throw his arms around her and grab her, only to have her spin around in front of him. She plunged a stake through his heart, the stunned look on his face a pleasure in its own right.
“Please. Did you really think I didn’t know you were there?”
He disintegrated into a little pile of dust at her feet. She took a plastic bottle and spoon out of her backpack and scooped the ashes into the container.
...“All too easy,”
she sighed—bored, but happy.
The drive to her nearby apartment was short.
Since her escape, the strangest thing had happened to her. She became a paladin, a latent power activating in her genes. Her guide said she was a late-bloomer. Her grandmother passed away in the last year, leaving her enough money to live off-campus plus pay tuition. The result had been a nice one-bedroom, complete with protective wards. She took the secure elevator up to the third floor and walked down the hallway to the corner apartment.MoreLess
Tallis darted from car to car behind her. He crept up on her until he was about to throw his arms around her and grab her, only to have her spin around in front of him. She plunged a stake through his heart, the stunned look on his face a pleasure in its own right.
“Please. Did you really think I didn’t know you were there?”
He disintegrated into a little pile of dust at her feet. She took a plastic bottle and spoon out of her backpack and scooped the ashes into the container.
...“All too easy,”
she sighed—bored, but happy.
The drive to her nearby apartment was short.
Since her escape, the strangest thing had happened to her. She became a paladin, a latent power activating in her genes. Her guide said she was a late-bloomer. Her grandmother passed away in the last year, leaving her enough money to live off-campus plus pay tuition. The result had been a nice one-bedroom, complete with protective wards. She took the secure elevator up to the third floor and walked down the hallway to the corner apartment.MoreLess
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