Page 77 of Huntress Unleashed
“For sure.” Then she vanished and he heard a splash in the pool. He chuckled and appeared in his bedroom, changed into his swim trunks, then ended up at the pool room. He quickly jumped into the pool to join her.
She paused swimming laps, and he swam toward her. She began swimming away from him and he cornered her at the end of the pool, and she laughed.
“I heard you speaking with your brother.”
“Yeah, he’s pretty upset about what we’re going through. Don’t be surprised if he and the twins show up to watch the house.”
“Well, if they do, we can invite them in. We’ll still have our alone time. And there’s no reason for them to sit outside the house.”
He smiled and kissed her. “I have to say swimming with you has been a real joy.”
“I love being here with you like this.” She kissed his wet shoulder and then his lips.
Then they began to race each other across the pool. But he was listening for any sign anyone was trying to break into the house again like when the thieves did it. He was also aware someone else might show up—of the hunter persuasion. He heard his phone ringing in the house, and he sighed. “I’ll be right back.” He left the pool and ended up on the patio, grabbed a towel, and transported to the living room. He really was getting great at this.
When he reached his phone, he found it was his brother Trey. “Hell, Dane, I can’t believe you’re in the middle of trouble again. Except now as a vampire. Is Jacqueline all right?”
“Yeah, but we worry someone will come after me now, since that’s what the human hunters told us.”
“Then you shouldn’t be staying at your house, Dane! Tobias said you could stay at the Bremertons’ compound, or any one of our homes.”
“If we need help, we’ll call.”
“And that will take how long for us to get there? I wanted to see how you were, but I also wanted to tell you to look at the TV. Jacqueline’s death is on the news. I hope her family knows she’s okay,” Trey said.
“Robert said he would tell them.” Dane hoped he would before they heard the news on the TV, unless Patrick gave them the news himself already that the whole thing was staged. He probably did to let them know not to panic. Dane turned on the TV to watch the news. Princess came over and rubbed against Dane’s wet legs and got her fur all over him.
Then Jacqueline showed up, wrapped in a towel, probably to see who was calling and what was taking him so long to return. She sat next to Dane and watched the newscast.
He put the phone on speaker. “It’s my brother Trey,” Dane said. “Well, it looks real. I’m glad we got out of there before the reporters converged on Jacqueline’s house. They don’t know I was seeing her, hopefully, so they won’t be coming here next.”
“If they do, why don’t you both come to my place?” Trey asked.
“If they know about me, they’ll know about all of my brothers,” Dane said.
“True.”
Dane thought about it for a moment, then said, “If the reporters come here, we’ll ignore them. Hell, if they’re sitting outside, it will make it harder for hunters to break in and try to eliminate me.” At least he hoped that was true.
“Are you going to stay put? I mean, no clubbing, no moonlit walks, no going out at all?”
“Yeah. No rogue vampire missions.” Then Dane smiled and leaned down and kissed Jacqueline.
“I already know that look on your face, Dane. You have something in mind,” she said.
“What are you considering?” Trey asked.
“Clubbing.”
“No way in hell,” Trey said.
“A vampire club.” Dane shrugged. “I mean, hunters wouldn’t go there.”
“Exactly. And you’re hunters.”
“And vampires. It might be time for us to try a vampire club out and see if we get better reception there,” Dane said.
“You can’t even consider taking Jacqueline with you on that suicide mission,” Trey said.