Haunting-Adeline

That was the trigger. The en re room bursts into ac on. Panicked
screams and running bodies aim for the exit. I don't let Larry make it a step
before the curved blade is plundering through his eye. Glasses and
everything.
His body convulses, and then collapses when I rip it out of his head, the
suc oning noise lost in the chaos.
I look down at frat boy, and watch him take his last breath, the life
snuffed out from his eyes. And I smile.
Michael erupts from the shadows, running towards me. When he’s close
enough, he flings a gun at me. I snatch the weapon in the air and face the
direc on the black figure disappeared off into.
Urgency flooding my veins, I glance down at the li le girl, her eyes s ll
faithfully closed. Blood is spla ered across her body, and I hate that evil
s ll managed to touch her.
Slipping the hood off my face, I lean down over the girl. “Open your
eyes, pre y girl. But I want you to look only at me, okay?”
Slowly, she cracks them open. The tears have dried, but her face is s ll
twisted with panic.
“My friend here is going to take care of you. He’s going to make sure you
get back to your mommy, okay?”
Immediately, she bursts into tears again. I swipe her blonde hair from
her face.
“It’s okay, pre y girl. What I want you to do is keep your eyes on him and
only him. Close them if you have to. He’ll let you know when it’s safe.”
“Okay,” she whispers, her li le voice cracked.
She nods, and I gently sweep a tear from her face before straightening
my spine.
“Take care of the girl,” I order, looking up at Michael. “Ruby should be
here, she’ll take care of her and then you come back and help finish this
shit off.”
Michael nods while I start towards the area I last saw the black figure
disappear. If they really were a part of the Society, then I want them for
informa on.
Screams erupt from the entrance I came in through, followed by more
gunshots. One of my men must've let my team in.