Bite Me Harder (Guardians of the Deep 2)

At least four more of the thugs appeared behind them.

“He looks mad,” the guy with the mohawk said, talking about Kane.

“He always looks like that,” Evelyn said.

“He kinda does,” Rafe agreed.

Kane’s snarl told him the joke wasn’t appreciated.

“Does Boy Wonder here know your secret?” Evelyn asked.

“What secret?” Mohawk asked.

“That I’m a great white, motherfucker,” Kane said with a growl.

Then he leapt through the air and landed on the big bald guy on all fours, ripping into him with his human mouth, tearing at his neck the way Rafe would expect from a werewolf in mid-transformation, not from his fucking boss. The bald man screamed as blood shot out of his neck and all over the carpet. Becca’s wails ricocheted off the walls until Evelyn spun and smashed the girl’s forehead into a metal beam at the center of the room. Evelyn dropped the older woman to the floor. She was out cold.

Rafe scrambled to Becca’s side and pulled her toward his desk, doing his best to tuck her body under it. He rolled his chair and Kane’s in front of her to hide her the best he could. When he looked over his shoulder, he saw Mohawk run at Kane, but Kane stood and punched the dummy under the chin, launching him through the air. He landed on a desk and smashed the printer and scanner on top of it.

Evelyn leaned back against the metal beam and looked at Rafe, grinning. She passed him a wink and he flipped her off while mouthing the words, “Go fuck yourself.” Her mouth opened wide in fake shock as if the words stung when they both knew they hadn’t fazed her one bit.

Kane beat the man on the floor with two closed fists, smashing them down against him like an ape on the attack, and then turned and pounced on one of the other guys in Evelyn’s gang who’d decided to join the fray. This guy wasn’t caught off guard like the bald snake eater had been. He was a much better fighter, a martial artist from the looks of it. His kicks and punches were fast and caught Kane in the chest and chin, making the great white stumble back a few steps, but Kane was much stronger. When the guy got in close to strike again, Kane shot out and grabbed hold of his hair, reaching down to grab his balls with his other hand. Then he lifted the man off his feet and tossed him against the metal beam. Rafe watched in awe as his mentor kicked ass. It all happened so fast Rafe didn’t even have time to jump in and help him. Not that it would have done much good. He’d learned that night at the bonfire that a human couldn’t compete with a shark in human form. The last time he’d tried, he’d gotten kicked in the torso so hard he thought he’d give birth.

“That’s enough,” Evelyn said calmly.

Not even a hint of concern showed on her face. She actually walked over to Kane and reached out to stroke his face.

“I miss that aggressiveness,” she told him. “You used to fuck me like a real man should. I gave it all to you, do you remember?”

He didn’t answer. His chest heaved up and down. Rafe hadn’t expected to see him fight like this, not after watching him get thrown through the lifeguard shack last night. If Cobalt hadn’t gotten lucky with that wooden structure being there, Kane might have actually won the fight, or at least beat the shit out of Cobalt in the process.

“We were good together,” Evelyn said. “But then you betrayed me. Just like Thane did. All of you men betray me. We were supposed to work together.”

“You weren’t supposed to attack humans like that,” he snapped. “It was supposed to be about Thane and the others.”

“Well, you know,” she replied. “Sometimes innocents have to die for the cause.”

“What cause?”

“Mine,” she said as if that explained it all.

It must have been enough for Kane because he didn’t push the subject.

“Which you’ll learn more about soon,” she added. “A storm’s coming, lover. This time it won’t be a barge out on the ocean. It won’t be only a few of your precious humans. Think about that. Try and stop us. It should be fun. War is coming to you all.”

As Evelyn walked away, she looked back at Rafe and said, “That offer I made about making you one of us still stands. You can find me easily enough…if you want me. Just ask around.”

Evelyn snapped her fingers and her shark friends backed off. Two of them grabbed the big bald guy and carried him away. The blood-stained floor and the destruction of the office remained.

“What do you think she means??

? Rafe asked.

“Has to be the Party for Life Festival,” Kane replied.

“Ironic,” Rafe replied.

Chapter 21 – Kalina