Power To Resist

Chapter 8

I typed on my computer, the children laying down for their nap as I hacked into the database and searched for the name that the man gave me before I murdered him.

Luis Stewards.

That was the name of the man who tried killing me but mistook me for the child. I"m not sure how, but it didn"t matter.

He sure as h.e.l.l wished he hit me instead now that he was dead.

Or well, brain dead at least.

"Come on," I whispered, typing furiously when I pa.s.sed through several cyber walls with the help of a few friends in the league. They were too scared to deny my request or even ask questions which helped me out since I was after another target rather than my real mission.

Luis had told me that a woman called Terra Mandle had sent him to kill Faye due to some kind jealously since Zavier has been practically stalking me or well Faye. The name sounded familiar but I couldn"t pinpoint it.

Honestly, the weirdest part of this whole situation was that Terra was, in fact, a vampire that Zavier shunned years ago since she had killed another woman. Had he connected the points that she could have made a return?

Well...

I gave him the file that told him with enough information to connect the points without exposing me in any way. Of course, he didn"t like the method of how I got the information but he was going to have to live with it since that was who I was.

Though it was strange... His way of torturing me was different and it sure as h.e.l.l shocked me and not many can shock me that easily.

But right at the moment, it isn"t the time to think about the a.s.shole. Right now I need to find this Terra and question her myself.

My mind went back into focus, looking at the screen with a series of codes flying past as if they were bullets while I leaned on my hand curious to how long this decoder will be.

As I stared at the screen, I began to think of Ajax and his new found mate. I couldn"t help but be a little upset that he was leaving with her when we"ve always been together but I shouldn"t let this hold me down.

I was better on my own anyway.

It"ll be hard finding some kind of alibi to cover my whereabouts but I would figure it out.

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I hope... I hope he will be happy with his decision.

A buzz came from my phone while I narrowed my eyes at it and grabbed it curious on who was contacting me on my a.s.sa.s.sin phone.

Yes. I have two different phones.


One for a.s.sa.s.sin work and the other as a cover for my missions.

I unlocked the phone seeing an unknown phone number texted me saying sorry for some reason. Not knowing what else to do, I set my phone down and closed my eyes to contact Ajax.

"Ajax. Answer me a.s.shole." I growl into our mind link while examining the screen and seeing that the decoding was nearly complete.

It took him a few minutes to answer back and he seemed slightly distracted at the moment making me a little curious.

"What"s up? I was working out and cleaning up my room." He said, sounding a little irritated almost making me laugh out loud.

"You? Cleaning? That"s new." My voice hinted that I was being rude but in a humorous way causing him to huff through our mind link. This time I did laugh out loud.

"She"s making me clean up." He grumbles sadly while I leaned back in my seat and fumbled with my phone in my hand.

"Well... You are a mutt." I shrug, knowing he would be all moody so I got to the point to why I was contacting him in the first time. "Anyway. I"ll get to the point why I contacted you in the first place. Did you give my a.s.sa.s.sins number out to anyone?" I ask him if he had no idea what I was talking about. Someone from the league sold me out.

If it was the latter...

This whole issue was going to be a hundred percent harder.

Though if it was just Ajax then I was going to kick his a.s.s tonight.

"Oh, that? Yeah. Zaiver asked me if there was any way to contact Xenon so I just gave him your number. Not like anyone can trace you to the phone since those geeks at the league made it for you." He told me while I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose in irritation.

"That"s not the point Ajax. That phone is specifically only used for my clients." I growl at him though he seemed to not care at all. "I"m going to stop by and pick you up tonight. There is some mother f.u.c.ker trying to kill me and I want my partner to be with me tonight. From what I know, she"s a high-cla.s.s vampire." I inform him as I watched the rest of the codes go through the servers only giving me a few minutes to find all the information I need. "I"ll send you more information, but try finding something out on your end. Until this job is over, you are my partner." I told him seriously and scooted my seat back to the desk.

"Alright. I"ll snoop around for now and ask Alex about the files. She should know something but she is super angry at you for cursing her so I"m pretty sure I won"t get anything. But I"ll keep you updated. See you." He cut off connection before I could say anything else making me shake my head and zone back into what I was doing.

So it was Zavier who texted me...?

Weird.

Why was he saying sorry?

Did he mean to send it to someone else or something?

I thought for a second, wondering why he would have texted me but shrugged and turned back to the computer screen. Seeing it click several files open and ready for me to access.

A smile stretched across my face while I clicked on the first file.

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"Give me a second. I h"

"Oh no you don"t," I said, grabbing his collar and giving him a dark look. "You gave my number out. You know that makes me angry." I remind him, his hazel eyes looking into my red ones while Alexandra stood on the side still p.i.s.sed off. She"s been in a rather bad mood since I got here, though I know why. It"s fun to mess with her.

"Are we really doing this here?" Ajax asked me, motioning towards all the pack members around that were watching the both of us.

"Drop it and come at me. I"m in the mood for a fight anyway." I told him, dropping my sword on the ground and taking several large steps back from him. Ajax smirked, dropping the box he was carrying and rolling up his sleeves.

He was so adorable when he thought he could win.

It made beating him twice as much fun.

"I"m going to kick your a.s.s this time." He growled at me when I rolled my eyes and got into a defensive stance. I knew him well enough to want the first punch.

"That"s what you say every time. Yet you never accomplish it." I taunt making him narrow his eyes and lunge at me.

He went for a direct hit to my stomach when I jumped to the side and kicked his stomach causing him to huff in pain. Though he was recovering, he grabbed my ankle before I could retract my foot and threw me to the ground.

I hissed at him and kicked out his shin making him fall to the ground. He recovered quickly as I leaped off the ground and smiled at him. d.a.m.n wolves and their recovery period.

"I need to take this off. Give me a second." I said, snapping my finger while changing my outfit into a more flexible form-fitting fighting outfit. Ajax rolled his eyes before unb.u.t.toning his long b.u.t.ton up shirt he was wearing.

"You are such a girl." He teased making me narrow my eyes and hold my hand out to change his outfit for him. I"m only being a nice compet.i.tor.

"And you"re such a chicken!" I laughed out, the transformation turning his clothes into a chicken suit causing several people around us to laugh as well. The atmosphere around us lightning up due to my magic embarra.s.sing him.

"a.s.shole." He growled, shifting into his dark brown wolf and diving for me.

"Atque unguibus aureis!" I spoke in Latin, transforming into my claws while I jumped in the air and sliced at his back causing a loud snarl in pain. "Try harder already! Or I"ll turn you into a frog." I taunt with a laugh, safely landing on the ground and turning around the face him.

The transformation spell disappeared and revealed my fine nails once again. We were both panting, each of us having different skills we excel in.

I excel in magic and he excels in strength.

Fair even match in my opinion, but I am more devious in battle. That"s why I was brought into the league in the first place. Or so I"ve been told.

We both stared at each other, trying to detect our next move when I cracked my fists and motioned him to make the first attack. The people that were watching us seemed very interested which was strange because we were trained killers that could in any instant murder everyone here.

But not like I wasn"t complaining.

I was going to show everyone that I could beat the Beta"s mate along with a high-cla.s.s vampire.

This was going to be a good night.

"Come on Ajax. I don"t have all night." I growled, slightly out of breath still when he growled at me and rushed over to me. He was never the brightest candle of the bunch, but he made up for it in his powerful direct attacks.

Before he could get to me, I jumped in the air again and launched myself further in the air with his body. He fell to the ground in pain and from when I used all my weight to make my body jump further into the air.

"Sagittis et arcu meo! Veni voluntatem meam!" A large bow and arrows appeared in front of me before I pulled the drawstring back and shot Ajax with one of the arrows. It pierced his shoulder earning a strained growl as he jumped out of the way, allowing me to fall to the ground safely.

He was glaring at me deadly when I grinned and tossed the weapon in the air, watching it disappear within thin air. We knew who had won, but neither of us said a word about it.

"Oh don"t be a cry baby. Come here and I"ll heal you." I motioned him over when he growled and limped over to me while I kneeled down to the ground and held my hand out.

It took him a minute to get over to me, but once he was close enough to me, he set his paw into my hands making me close my eyes and concentrate.

"Sana quod deterioratus est," I spoke out, his body posture straightening while the wounds healed themselves faster than his body could heal them. Within seconds, his injuries were healed and he shifted back into human form.

He was breathing hard but he seemed to not be in any pain anymore so that was a plus.

I still needed him for the d.a.m.n vampire tonight.

"Alright pup. Let"s go. We have a vampire to kill tonight." I patted his shoulder, standing up and brushing the dirt off my pants. "Show"s over people. Haven"t your parents taught you that it was rude to stare?" I ask them when they scurried off quickly as Alexandra hurried over to her mate.

She was trying to make sense of everything while I stepped away and snapped my finger to change back into my last outfit. The familiar hood gave me comfort and safety as I sat down on the ground to regenerate my lost mana from the battle.

It was more than I wanted to us, but I got caught up with how much fun it was fighting someone. These past few days have really built some burning anger that needs to be released one way or another.

Anything could set me off.

Which is the perfect time for hunting.

"Xenon? You alright?" Zavier asks me making me look up and see him peering down at me with an awkward smile.

"Yes." I stood up quickly, not bothering to stand around and socialize with him since I was a little skeptical if he was still thinking if I was hexing him.

I still couldn"t believe-

I can"t start thinking about that now.

It"ll throw my whole game off.

"Are you sure? Why are you even here?" He questions once again when I avoided his gaze and looked at my nails.

"I"m on a personal job. Going to kill some vampires tonight. I just gotta head there now." I told him while I glancing at him with an annoyed look. "Why? You think I hexed you to come to me or something?" I snap a little more forceful than I wanted to be but I could care less.

"No Xenon-"

"Look at this! And to think it was only Faye you were into. Now this woman?! It"s alright. I can kill her as well." A woman cut Zavier off before I turned towards the woman who also had bloodied red eyes. Her long straight blonde hair was twisted into a bun with several other vampires behind her.

"Terra Mandle. Right?" I ask out loud, tempted to get revenge for trying to murder me. Her appearance reminded me of the girl from the cookout, explaining why her name sounded so familiar now. "You? Kill me?" I crackled in laughter and rested a palm on Zavier"s chest only to spite her. "You want him?" I ask her when snapping my finger. "Come get him." Zavier yelped in surprise from the two men who came from the ground, holding several daggers and swords.

Though he finally realized that the men were made of rock and dirt, they weren"t real.

"These are my puppets. They technically never die but my magic will run out. Either they kill you, I kill you or you can take all three of us." I offer, the other vampires snarling in protest. "Or I can kill all of you." I shrug with a s.a.d.i.s.tic smile. "I"m in the mood and I"m not allowed to kill wolves so you"re the next best option." My words caused her to shiver which satisfied me.

Before I could realize what happened, she ran up to me and tried slashing at me but she missed miserably. I grabbed her head and threw her to the ground.

"Get your people inside. I"ll cover you until reinforcements come. Ajax! Are you ready for some old times?" I yelled to him when Ajax told his mate to help Zavier and stood up to join me. Cracking his fist with a grin, we stood beside each other and stared at the angry vampires with their leader recovering from when I threw her on the ground.

"G.o.d. This is what I"m gonna miss the most." He groaned while I chuckled and snapped my fingers to protect him from the vampire"s compulsion.

"What? Killing?" I said, surprised he spoke his thoughts.

"No. Being able to lose all control to kill mother f.u.c.king vampires." He said, morphing into his wolf before he stood tall beside me. His words made me laugh a little bit as I transformed into a different outfit that was made for killing vampires.

"I have to agree. You take them and I"ll cover you. My inexistent men will protect the wolves until they are safely inside." I told him, the wolves behind us not moving irritating me. "On the count of three," I said watching the vampires fangs lengthen.

"Xenon-"

"One," I said, clicking my tongue at the beings I created from the ground and silently ordering them to protect Zavier"s wolves at any cost. They nodded, pulling out giant branches of wood from their bodies to use as weapons.

I knelt down to the ground, resting my hand on the ground to gain some much-needed energy from the nature around us. Their existence already dwelling down my mana.

"Two," I whispered, taking a large breath while Ajax shifted into a lunging position. Ready for my signal.

The vampires grew restless, waiting for their leader who was currently mesmerized by Zavier and I. Which would help in my attack since she was clearly distracted.

"Three! Lux sancta deorum! Luceant super cernendi eadem animalia vigeant!" I held my hand out to the vampires, a blinding light coming from the sky and burning the h.e.l.l out of them even if they were daylight resistant. Ajax dove for several vampires that went for his mate, tearing their throats out.

My hand was kicked away by Terra who landed a few punches to my jaw, stopping the light from burning her vampires. I cursed angrily, grabbing her face and slamming it down to the ground again. I called the blinding light once again only this time I targetted it at her from my palm.

She screamed in pain, latching her legs on my thighs and causing me to fall on the ground. I landed on the ground roughly while she held her face in horror and misery.

I was about to get back up but a random vampire broke through Ajax"s barrier of dead bodies and took a bite out of my throat. A scream came through my mouth before I used some of my power to burn a hole through the demon"s chest and knock it off me.

Before he could heal himself, I slipped out my dagger and sliced its head off its body. My throat burned in pain when I slammed my foot on the vampire"s head. Blood and guts exploding from his head.

The bite on my neck throbbed with pain that I couldn"t describe, though it wasn"t the worst pain I"d ever felt. That didn"t make the wound feel any less better.

"Ajax! Do a better job d.a.m.n it!" I yelled at him while Terra came at me again, this time with a bloodied eye and burned face. "Holy s.h.i.t! You"re scarier than I am!" I barked out a laugh as I knocked her off her footing and held her down with my body. "Stay," I said, her body going limp as I stood up and noticed a few wolves getting into a fight.

There was a little girl-

"Lita!" I screamed, a vampire diving for the girl before I ran over to her and slammed the vampire against the wall of the pack house. "Run!" I yelled at her as she nodded fearfully and rushed off into the house.

The vampire struggled against my hold, my hands reaching up to his throat. In a flash, I twisted his neck and dropped the vampire while stabbing a stake through his head and finding Zavier standing behind me with a dark look.

"What do you want?! You were supposed to get everyone inside yet Lita was outside?! How could you do that to a little girl?!" I shouted at him, a vampire coming from behind him when I snapped my finger and had one of my rock giants bash him with a giant branch.

"How do you know her name?" He asked, looking furious while I blinked at him slightly annoyed that he was asking me that question right at the moment.

"I don"t have time to-"

"Answer me!" He yells at me viciously as I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Move," I order knowing it wouldn"t work but it was worth a chance.

Zavier rose his hand causing a flashback to return within my eyes. My mind was thrown into a dark room with the man I had nightmares about.

His dark and menacing smile was crooked with a devil look that could scare anyone in society. In his hand, he was holding a whip that was caked in blood and grime.

I stared at the ground, my face covered in scratches and tears that were washed away with blood.

The fear I felt.

The horror I felt.

The disgusted feeling I felt...

I couldn"t take it.

I can"t take it.

I shook horribly, my palms burning when I glared up at Zavier and slammed my fist in his face.

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