Page 41 of Bound By Blood
CHAPTER 30
When they steppedback onto the sidewalk and away from the noise, the fresh air was abalm to Caro’s battered soul. Her emotions had ridden the worstloop-the-loop roller coaster today, and it was far from over.
Her hands shook,and her legs were like rubber bands trying to bend, bow, and go indifferent directions as she forced them onward. She continuouslywiped her hands on her pants, but couldn’t rid herself of the feelof the dagger slicing through flesh.
“I’ve neverstabbed anyone before,” she whispered.
“You get used toit.”
Her head tippedback, and she gazed at the chiseled contours of his profile. “Youdo?”
“Yes.”
Caro gulped as shefocused on the crowd again. While kissing him, she’d forgotten howcallous he was; he slapped her in the face with it now. It wasdifficult to merge this coldhearted man with the one who kissed herwith such passion and set her blood on fire.
“Is that how yougot your name?” she asked.
A grim smiletugged at the corners of his compressed lips. That half smileunnerved her more than discovering the Savage standing outside thephoto booth with her awful grin.
“It is,” hestated.
“And you’re proudof that?”
Saber buried hisirritation as he glanced down at her. “I’m not proud of much in mylife, but I’m not ashamed of it either. I’ve lived my life in manyways and don’t give afuckwhat anyone thinks of them.”
Except, a littleniggling tickled the back of his brain as she glanced away fromhim. Did he have to be so harsh about things?Yes, you do. Andthis isn’t an issue right now.
Saber glanced overhis shoulder to discover the remaining man and woman trailing themdown the street. They weren’t as discreet anymore; there was noreason for them to be. They all knew what andwhoeach otherwas. They would bide their time and wait for the right time to makea move, but a reckoning was coming.
“What do we donow?” Caro asked.
“We lure themsomewhere less populated and kill them.”
Caro ignored thedisgust turning in her stomach; he was right, but she’d had enoughblood and death these last two weeks to last a lifetime. “It’spretty busy around here for a while.”
“Where is theresomewhere quiet?”
Caro bit herbottom lip as she pondered this. “On the other side of theamusement park are some woods. They back up to a neighborhood, butit’s a little while before that happens.”
“Then that’s wherewe’re going. What’s the fastest way there?”
“Through theamusement park.”
Walking around thepark and businesses between here and there would take longer.Trying to distract herself from the murderers trailing them, shesearched the crowded street before turning a corner and walkingtoward the amusement park.
The Ferris wheelloomed over passersby. Its carts almost touched the sky as thewheel cast a giant shadow across the ground. Music played while thewheel spun and people swayed in their carts.
More humansscreamed as the roller coaster zipped overhead. Its wheelsclattered against the wooden tracks before it took a steep dive andswept up through a loop. The scents of people, cotton candy,popcorn, fried dough, hot dogs, and caramel apples filled theair.
She came to theamusement park once last year, played some games, and rode a coupleof the rides, but she hadn’t returned since. Now, as she stood inline, waiting to pay the attendants inside the wood buildings, agrowing sense of dread built in her stomach.
All these humanswere here for a fun day; none knew of the hunters waiting in line.Hunters who would gladly take them down if they got distracted fromtheir pursuit of her and Saber.
And she’d led themhere.
“We shouldn’t goin there,” she whispered.
“Is this thefastest way to get there or not?”
