Blood Series: Yellow - Chapter Twenty
“He left the house? Are you sure he doesn’t know you are following him? Good. We will be there as soon as you give us the location.” Jonothon hung up the phone and looked over to Haydar and Leigh. “Nikole’s boyfriend has left the house. I have someone tailing him. We will have his location once he goes home, so we will be able to find Nikole next time she runs to hide.”
Haydar did a once over on his bent’s trusted companion. He hoped that she had picked accurately; a lot of things were riding on this operation working smoothly.
“I want you there when this plan goes into action, Leigh. I do not trust this to just any old subordinate. If you picked wrong, it will be your head. Do you understand, bent?”
Leigh held back the snide remarks that were flashing through her mind. Who did he really think he was fooling? His ways were out dated and inefficient; he didn’t have the knowledge of modern times to give proper direction to the military.
“Yes, Abb, I understand.” How badly she wanted him to be out of the picture. Her life would be perfect without him. The throne would belong to her with no one to fight about taking active and rightful control over their people.
“Jonothon, you can stay with me. Your services with my bent are no longer required. I will keep you to myself. Why, if you are the best like she claims, then you should be serving me and not her.” Haydar gave a pointed look at Leigh, warning her to stay quiet.
She knew what he was doing, he was holding collateral.
“When this mission is done, Abb… we will discuss what is mine.” Haydar watched his bent leave and immediately turned to Jonothon.
“I told her to stop fucking you… Well, since she refuses to listen to me, it’s time I remind her who gives her the power she so enjoys wielding.”
Leigh heard a scream from a man as she walked out of her abb’s office and down the hallways. She felt a mild twinge of guilt, but she knew Jonothon was a fighter. He would live through whatever torture her abb pushed on him. This power play they were in would be ending soon. She would not have him thinking that he had her backed into a corner.
Keep it up, Abb, and your time here will be ending quicker than planned. Leigh heard the words echo in her mind as she flashed herself out of the compound. She traveled down the highway, taking a few miles at a time. She’d watched him treat her akhs like they were nothing but waste, which of course was what they had been. Leigh was damned sure though that her abb would regret the day he had ever considered her as weak and foolish as them.
While she was contemplating her abb’s death, her cell phone began to vibrate. When she checked the message, she noted that her men had successfully tracked down where Alec was staying and that Nikole was not there. Without wasting another breath, she flashed across the distance, narrowing in on their location.
“He’s in there alone?” she questioned her men as they pointed up to the house.
“This appears to be his home. He arrived alone and hasn’t left.”
Leigh motioned for her men to back down and initiated a survey of Alec’s home. She walked through the forest and assessed different angles of entry and exit; she began the process of sealing off all openings, except the front door. Closing her eyes, she lifted up her arms and the vines of the plant life started to work their way up the walls of the house. Her men watched as her eyes flashed numerous shades of green. The vines wove in and out of the wooden frame of the house, silently trapping the lone occupant inside.
Leigh took a step back to survey her progress. She was pleased with the results; Alec’s sanctuary was now his prison…her bent amty was now her prey.
She walked back to her men and gave them orders to hide in the tree lines. Watching the men disappear, she walked up to the front of his cabin. She took a moment to analyze the burned trees, noting that it appeared some sort of fire had struck. With a movement of her arm, she watched as leaves started to grow and the bark of the trunks changed from charcoal to brown. Her omm had taught her one thing during the time she was around, the only being on this planet stronger than them was Mother Nature, and respect must be shown to her. Whenever she was in pain, ease it; that was the best way to recharge one’s own life force, to give back to the true giver of power.
Pleased with the change in the life of the ground and trees, she resumed her quest. With a firm knock, she banged on the door and stood awaiting his response.
Alec was in his bedroom when he heard the knock. Thinking that Nikole had come back for him, he sullenly walked to the door. He really didn’t want to see her so soon, but it didn’t surprise him that had she come back, seeking him out. She was a stubborn woman, and sadly, that was one of the things he was attracted to the most. Pausing just a brief moment after answering the door, the confusion on his face was evident as he looked at the beautiful redhead standing on the other side of the door.
“Can I help you?”
“Yes, I believe you can.” Leigh pushed her way through the door and stalked towards him. His defenses immediately came to the forefront, causing his arms to flare with fire as his internal fight or flight instinct kicked into motion.
“I am here for your girlfriend, Nikole. Please hang around for a while.” The metal of the house pipes came out through the ceiling and wrapped around Alec. He was pulled against the wall and fastened in place. The plants on the other side of the room started trailing along the ceiling, quickly making their way to Alec’s body. The vines wrapped around his neck and moved up to his mouth. Leigh laughed as his oxygen started to deplete, causing the fire on his arms to burn out.
“Pet of my bent amty, when is she coming back?”
He shook his head back and forth, a growl of possession and protection apparent in his struggle.
“What was that?” She let the vines loosen around his mouth, freeing him for speech.
“Fuck, you.” He said, spitting out leaves from his plant. “I’ll never help you or tell you when she is going to return. Kill me now, because you won’t get anything from me!”
“I love it when the men fight; it is amusing to think they actually stand a chance.” She made the vines go tight around his mouth again, gagging his muffled reply. Leigh walked to him and pulled her knife out, pressing the short side of the blade against his forehead. “Let’s begin.” In one swift motion, the blade moved from left to right, slicing the skin clean to the bone. Blood trickled down his face as his body thrashed in the vines, trying to fight what was about to happen to him.