Shea: The Last Hope (28 page)
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Authors: Jana Leigh
Caterina often wondered what happened to the servants; no doubt, he probably killed them all for helping her escape.
A large crash down stairs had Caterina jumping from her bed and rushing out the door to see what it was. When she got halfway down the stairs, she stopped, frozen where she stood. There in front of her was a grueling seen. Adolfo was fighting with a vampire holding him down as much as he could. But, unlike the other vampires Adolfo had destroyed for her safety, this one was strong enough to push Adolfo off of him.
Adolfo flew off the vampire and hit the wall on the other side of the living room. Then it stood and faced Caterina. That is when Caterina felt all the blood rush out of her head and terror claw at her insides. There, standing before her, was none other than Diavolo.
He rushed toward the stairs and got to the first one before Adolfo tackled him back down. She watched the fighting because she couldn’t get her body to do anything else.
She was struggling to comprehend how he had found her. She and Adolfo had always been so careful not to leave a trail, but here he was, fighting with her friend, trying to get to her again.
What was she going to do now?
Adolfo’s howl brought Caterina out of her terror filled thoughts. She saw that he was now under Diavolo, while Diavolo was twisting his arm back trying to break it.
“You will not keep me from her wolf.” Diavolo snarled as he twisted Adolfo’s arm back further. “She is mine and always will be mine.”
Suddenly Adolfo turned on Diavolo and somehow got the vampire under him again.
“She is not yours, vampire.” Adolfo growled in to his ear, “I will kill you before I allow you to take her.”
Adolfo started to change in to his wolf. His face elongated and his claws came out. He pushed the vampire further in to the carpeted floor.
Then his eyes met hers, “Caterina, run. Go to the New Council as we have talked about doing. Go there and they will keep you safe. Run now, Caterina, and never look back.”
At first, her legs could not move, but then she found herself flying down the stairs. She picked up her purse, car keys, and the plane tickets that were sitting on the table next to the front door; then she opened the door to run out.
She looked back at her long time friend and guardian to see that he had now fully changed and was holding the vampire down by his teeth around Diavolo’s throat.
Adolfo looked up at her and their eyes met. She saw then something she had never seen in his eyes before. She looked at his side and saw the blood that was matted in his fur and dripping from his side. She knew in that moment that Adolfo knew he would not survive this fight; that he would not be able to go with her and protect her anymore.
Tears fell from her eyes as she looked in to his again. “I love you, Adolfo.”
He just growled his response, but she knew it was him telling her he loved her too.
With that, she raced out the door and jumped in her car. She was still in her pajamas and had no luggage with her to take, but she didn’t care, she just needed to get as far away from there as possible. She peeled out of the drive way and sped down the road.
As she turned the corner on to the road that would take her to the airport, she heard the howl of pain breaking through the night, and knew her dearest, and closest friend was dying; dying to save her from a fate worse than death. She sobbed as she sped down the road. She was alone now, all those she loved were now gone.
She looked in her rear view mirror to make sure Diavolo wasn’t right behind her. But when she met her own eyes in the mirror, she couldn’t help but cry harder. No, Caterina didn’t see hope when she looked at her self. She never saw hope, and she doubted she ever would. There was no god, there was no hope.
The New Council, they were her only choice. She wondered what they would do when a human showed up asking for sanctuary. She had always had protection from Adolfo, now she was going into the wolfs den, literally with no protection. She only hoped they were as human as they seemed
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