Davy Harwood (The Immortal Prophecy 1)

“What’s going on…?” Emily started to run after Bennett, but stopped and looked at us. She looked confused as she saw Kates. “Davy? What’s going on… Kates?”

“Don’t,” I pleaded with Kates. I knew what was happening. I knew that Emily had seen too much, but I still tried.

Kates shook her head and strode forward. She clamped a hand on Emily and dragged both of us behind her. We burst into the cold air where a black van waited for us. The doors were open—beckoning and dark.

“Oh my god. No!” Emily cried out and dug her heels in.

She was no match for a vampire slayer. Kates tightened her hold and merely lifted Emily across the pavement and into the van. She let go of my arm in the process and I wasn’t sure if it was accidental or not. It didn’t matter. Kates started to climb into the van, but stopped and looked at me. I stood on the cold pavement, the chill bounced off my adrenaline, and I held my best friend’s gaze steadfastly.

Emily cried behind her and Adam groaned in pain.

I could bolt and I knew Kates wouldn’t chase after me. This was my best friend giving me a chance. I rubbed where she had held my elbow. It was a dull throb, but it didn’t matter.

“Davy.” Kates wanted me to run. She didn’t want me to be a part of this—little did she know how much I was a part of it all.

I made my mind up in that second and strode forward. Kates dropped into a chair and I crossed over her to drop into the chair beside her. Emily and Adam shrank back in their seats. The door slammed shut and the van shot off down the street.

“We got him?” Bennett turned around from his front seat. I wasn’t surprised to see a handgun in his hand, but did vampires even need weapons? I thought they were a weapon in themselves.

Kates reached to the floor and slammed a cartridge into her gun. “We got him, Benny.”

“Alrighty tighty, man. That was fresh.” Bennett grinned wolfishly, caught my look of disdain, and winked. “Come on, babe. You know our race. You’ve gotta appreciate how tight that was run.”

“How tight that was run? Your race? Babe?” I questioned dully and leaned forward. “You really want to ask my opinion?”

Bennett cut an uneasy look towards Kates. “You hopped in all by yourself. No one made you come.”

“Right, because when my friends are being kidnapped, I’d really appreciate the opportunity to run and hide. I’ll remember that next time.”

“You don’t have to be such a bitch,” Bennett muttered underneath his breath and turned back to look out the front window.

“What is going on? I don’t understand—my arm really hurts,” Emily moaned from the back.

Bennett smiled wolfishly.

“You like this, don’t you.” I was starting to really hate this vampire.

“Davy,” Kates hushed me.

I shook off her restraining hand and narrowed my eyes. “You’re like all the rest. You enjoy hurting people. You get off on it?”

Bennett chuckled and shook his head. “You mean like your ex-boyfriend? I knew him, you know.”

“He wasn’t my boyfriend,” I snarled.

“That’s what Craig used to say too.” He didn’t believe me at all.

“Bennett,” Kates tried to hush him. It hadn’t worked with me.

“You have horrible taste in men. Craig was fun to hang out with, but he was off his radar.”

Emily squeaked. “What are you talking about, Bennett? What is he talking about, Davy? Kates?”

The only one not talking was Adam. I wondered why… and then I heard my answer from Kates as she turned to look at me. “We were sent to get the Immortal’s boyfriend.”

Adam seemed to shrink underneath her gaze. His hair was messed and his shirt was wrinkled. Then I saw the guilt in his eyes, in those adorable pure-kindness almond eyes. The anchor dropped. “What is she talking about?”

Bennett started to laugh.