Destiny of Three (13 page)

Sky and the others didn’t have to wait long, as the guards dragged Sullivan Grayson into the room and dropped him on the floor in front of Regis.

Star heard Sky gasp.  Sullivan was tied up with silver chains.  He was bleeding everywhere, and he wasn’t healing.  

Sky wanted to run to him, but he knew that was what Regis wanted.  He thought he was dead until Sullivan finally opened his eyes, searching the room for him.  He tried to smile, to let him know that he would get him out of this as soon as he could.  He just needed him to hang on.

“Your friend here has been very informative,” Regis announced, and Sky’s smile faded. 

“No, no I would never do that,” Sullivan struggled to speak.  He was hurt badly, and his blood continued to seep out onto the floor.

“Now, don’t be so mad, Miss.  You see, I hired him a few months ago to find the Powerful Three, and look what he did for me.  He found the impossible.  That’s why I hired Sullivan Grayson, because he is the best tracker.  But what surprised me the most was when he called me and told me that he couldn’t find them and wanted out.  He was even willing to give up the money.  I knew something was funny, because I’d offered him a
lot
of money, and if he was willing to turn it down then I knew he had to have found you.  Little did I know that when I found him and took his blood I would find out that Sky here is his mate.”  Regis chuckled.

“You traitor,” Star hissed.

Sky gasped and looked down at Sullivan.  “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Because I had to draw him away from you.  All of you.”  Sullivan coughed, and blood came out of his mouth.

“I think my guard has hurt your mate pretty badly, Sky.  It’s going to get even worse for him unless you make a decision. I’ll let him be with you forever, but first you must work for me and only me.  In fact, your sisters must work with me too.”  Regis spoke calmly, like this was a business deal or he was negotiating a job.  Sky knew they needed to do something fast or he was going to start hurting Sullivan, and that wasn’t going to happen. 

“Star, help Sullivan, please,” Sky pleaded with his sister, who wasn’t looking happy with the fact that Sullivan had led the bad guy to them.

Star nodded, then zeroed in on the guard holding Sullivan down on the ground.  She wanted to close her eyes to concentrate better, but knew she couldn’t or he would know what was going on.  Her hands were down at her side, but she got closer to Jansen and placed her hand on top of his shoulder.  Then without anyone, noticing she pointed her finger at the guard and focused. 

All of a sudden the guard started convulsing and jumped backwards, hitting the wall screaming.  Regis quickly grabbed a hold of Sullivan, placing him in front of him with a knife to his throat. “If you touch any of my guards, I will kill him right in front of your eyes.” 

Star put her finger down and glanced over at her brother.  She didn’t know how they were going to get out of this without losing Sullivan, and she could see the love her brother already had for him.  She felt helpless.  Where was this so called power everyone said they had?

“You can’t have my mate or her siblings.  In a minute we’re going to act, and you’ll be dead.  Leave now, or you won’t live to see tomorrow.”  Reece’s voice was strong and filled with anger. 

Regis chuckled. 

He sounded like a madman, Star thought.  What could they do so they could get to Sullivan and then attack?

“Now, I’ve given you my only ultimatum, Reece, and I won’t change my mind.”  Regis dug his knife into Sullivan’s neck, making it bleed.  He could see that Sullivan was trying not to cry out but Regis was cutting deep in his skin.

“No, don’t hurt him,” Sky roared. 

He hadn’t had time to try his mind control on any vampires, but this called for desperate measures.  Sky concentrated on Regis’s mind.  He told him to scratch his head, and watched as he did. 

He wanted to jump up and down, but now wasn’t the time for that; instead he told Regis to take the knife and jab it into his head.

“At first I was having fun with you, Sky, but what you just suggested was mean.  I was made by the king himself, and nobody, not even you, can play mind tricks with me.  I’m more powerful.  His blood runs through me.  This is what you get when you play games with me.”  Regis jabbed the knife into Sullivan’s chest. 

Sky screamed as Sullivan’s eyes widened and gasped for air.  The vampire had punctured his lung.  He watched helpless as Regis threw his mate to the floor and smiled.

“You evil son of a bitch,” Sky shouted and started to charge him.  Jonas and Banks grabbed him and held him back.  Star stuck her hands out and glared at Regis.  Electricity shot out of her palms, hitting Regis, but impossibly the sparks bounced off of him.

“I forgot to add that I have the Locket of Trenton, and it protects me even from your powerful hands.”  Regis chuckled.  “Get them.”  He motioned to his men. 

Sky immediately started to concentrate, trying to get into the guards’ heads.  He was hoping that they’d be weaker and would succumb to his power.  He could reach some, but others continued toward them.  Jonas, Larken, Larsen, and Nash shifted into their wolf forms and began fighting the vampires. 

“Back up to the wall.  We’ll protect you,” Jansen instructed the trio.  Reece, Levi, and Jansen all went hand-to-hand with the guards.  All of Regis’s guards jumped forward, each taking a stance against them.  Star watched as her loved ones didn’t waste any time taking them out.  Reece grabbed one of the guards and easily stuck his claws into the guard’s neck and ripped until his head feel to the floor.  Guard after guard continued to rush toward them, trying to get the upper hand.  Banks shifted into his grizzly bear and stood in front of her and her siblings.

The snapping of jaws could be heard as the wolves bit down, ripping the vampire’s head from their necks.  Star couldn’t wait any longer; she had to help her family.  She raised her hands and used her gift, killing guard after guard, but more continued to come through the door.

“You won’t win.  I have fifty more guards waiting to come in.  Save your mates and come willingly,” Regis shouted, trying to get them to cooperate.  Sky couldn’t look down at the floor where his mate lay dying.  He had to hurry.

“Hold on, Sullivan!” Sky shouted.

Concentrating, he continued to tell the guards to freeze, giving the others time to kill them.

“I will always keep coming after you.  I will bring more and more with me.  You’ll never be safe,” Regis continued to taunt them, trying to get into their heads. 

“You.” Regis pointed to Star. “Come to me,
il mio animaletto.”

Star froze as Regis’s comment pounded its way through her.  Her body shook with fear as her nightmare played out in her mind.  Shaking her head, she tried to hold on to the hope that he wouldn’t win.  She looked up at her mates as two guards jumped on Jansen.  One of them stabbed Jansen in his shoulder, making him stagger backwards. 

Star’s strength was dwindling, but she pointed at the guard with the knife, killing him and giving Jansen enough time to jerk the knife out and kill the other guard with it.  She tried to hit as many as she could, but she knew they were in trouble when guards started running in with guns in their hands.  The electricity coming out of her hands was starting to fade as she continued to use it on the ones with the guns. 

“I can’t keep going,” Star said, and collapsed to the floor, exhausted.  As soon as she hit the ground, Sky lost his focus, allowing the vampires he was controlling to be released from his mind’s hold.

Star shook her head trying to think of something, when the sound of Banks claws could be heard ripping into a guard’s neck.  The vampire was dead as it fell to the ground.  Banks swept the dead body away and took up his post in front of her and her siblings, waiting for another one.

Another guard ran toward them, stopping when Banks rose up, towering above him.     The shock of seeing an eight-foot grizzly bear standing in front of him made the vampire loose his momentum and slip and fall.  While on the ground, he pulled out a gun and pointed it at Banks.  Before he could fire, Star jumped up and got in front of her mate, praying she had a little left in her.  She held her hands out and blasted the vampire, killing him.  She’d hoped that she’d be able to help more, but her strength was gone. 

“I’ve got hundreds more where they came from,” Regis’s voice thundered. 

River felt useless as she tried to keep up with reading all of the guards’ thoughts.  Most of all, she tried to read Regis’s thoughts, but the vampire had powerful shields stopping her.  Instead of focusing on what they were thinking, River tried to get them to turn around and run out the door.  A few of them did, but the rest continued to fight. 

She didn’t see the guards in time as they broke through the window, grabbing ahold of her and trying to drag her toward Regis.  She used everything she had, hitting one of them in the face.  She heard a growl and knew Jonas was on his way after her.  Her body hit the ground hard when her mate jumped on both of the vampires.  She started kicking when another guard reached down and grabbed her by the wrist and began pulling her toward the door. 

“I’m the king now!  I will control the Powerful Three,” Regis boosted.  Star could see how crazy the man was.  His eyes were glowing, drunk on his own power. 

“Use your power, River, on the guard!” Star screamed to her sister.

She watched as River concentrated on the guard, who stopped and then released her.  River scrambled, trying to get up as Regis grabbed ahold of her and pulled her body in front of his.  Star watched in horror as her nightmare played out in front of her. 

“No, this can’t be happening!” Star screamed.  “Please don’t hurt her!” 

Everyone, including the guards, stopped and watched as Regis extended his claws and pointed them at River’s face. 

Reece and Jonas were being held back as they tried to get to their mate.  Jonas and Banks, who had shifted back, whispered in their ears to hold on so Regis didn’t hurt her.

“Now, do I have everyone’s attention?”  Regis looked around at everyone as he spoke. 

“Let my mate go,” Reece demanded. 

“No!  You see, Reece — I have all the power now.  You will do exactly what I say, and if you don’t then I start cutting.”  Regis emphasized his point by using one claw and swiping it across her arm, which was gripping his.  River didn’t scream out but the pain was apparent in her face as she struggled.  His claw had ripped a hole into her arm. 

“Now the two of you, come here to me.”  Regis’s voice was urgent, but they didn’t move.   River’s blood dripped to the ground as Regis screamed, “Come to me now, or I kill her!”   

Star flinched when the vampire screamed.  She knew he would kill her sister just to prove a point.  He had nothing to lose, but they did, and he knew it.  “There’s too many of them.  What do we do?”  Star whispered. 

“I’ll help you, little one.”  River, Star, and Sky all turned.  Standing at the side door was a man she’d never seen before.  He was bigger than her mates.  Hell, he was bigger than anyone she’d ever seen.  He had to be at least six-foot-five, and he was tall and gorgeous. 

“Who are you?”  Star asked, but the man was focused on Regis and didn’t answer.  She could tell that he was a warrior by the way he carried himself.  After he entered, other men continued to come through the door.  All were wearing capes with some type of royal seal on them.  Whoever this man was, he was powerful, and some type of royalty. 

“Regis,” the stranger boomed.  Every one of Regis’s vampires stopped at the sound of the man’s voice. The crazy smile on Regis’s face was gone.  Now he appeared ghostly white, as if he’d seen something terrible. 

“What’s wrong, Regis?  You act like you’ve seen a ghost.  No welcome for your king?” 

“Who is he?”  River asked.

“The king.  He is my king.  His blood flows through every vampire, but he made Regis, and by the look on his face he is scared,” Reece breathed a sigh of relief as he informed the group.

Star and the others watched as the king and his guards surrounded Regis.  She needed this time in order to recharge.  If for some reason the king couldn’t handle Regis, she was going to put everything she had into killing him.

The king
tsked
. “I hear that you have been a very naughty man.”

Sweat dripped from Regis’s head as he spoke in a strained voice, “I thought you were dead.”

“As you can see, I’m very much alive, Regis.  So you think you can control the Powerful Three.  Have I not taught you anything over the years?  You can’t control them.  They’re here on earth to bring peace to all of us, not to be used for your lust for power.”  The king spoke to Regis as if he were chastising a child.  “Let her go.”  Star and the others watched as Regis’s hands sprang up, releasing River, who ran to her mates. 

The king turned around and faced them.  When he did, his guards moved to take his spot in front of Regis.  “Hello.”

Reece and Levi both bowed to him, and the king bowed back. 

“I think it is I who must bow to the Powerful Three,” the king said. “You are Jansen?” 

“Yes, I am.”  Jansen replied, bowing.

“Your Ne-ma sent word to me that you needed my help.”

Jansen looked over at Star and blew out the breath he had been holding.  “Yes, King Abner, I think we do.  Regis wants to take my mate and use her for her power.  He is stronger than any vampire we’ve ever come across until now.”