Free Eternity of Vengeance : Book 7 of the Heku Series by T.M. Nielsen Page B

you.
One that doesn’t know about the heku.”
    “Well…”
    “What?”
    “He’s kind of… well… a vampire
hunter.”
    “Em…”
    “So if he sees a heku
attack, he’ll just think they are vampires.”
    “It’s too dangerous.”
    “I can’t let him go live on the
streets, Chev.”
    He reached over and kissed her softly,
“You have such a soft heart.”
    “You say that like it’s a bad
thing.”
    “Not my intention.”
    “The living arrangement
isn’t permanent.”
    “Ok, just be careful.”
    Emily nodded and Chevalier
left her office. He stopped a ways down the hallway and called
Kralen to him.
    “She tell you about her new
bodyguard?” Kralen asked, smiling.
    “No, she told me about her new live in
handyman.”
    “Oh… well… he’s also going to protect
her from vampires.”
    Chevalier sighed, “She failed to
mention that.”
    “We’ll watch her
closely.”
    “I know… see if you can
find anything out about him. I don’t trust him and most certainly
don’t want him living with her.”
    “Agreed,” Kralen said, and
bowed slightly when Kyle walked up.
    “Is Em in her office?” he asked
them.
    “Yes… probably seeing what other
problems she could possibly find,” Chevalier sighed.
    “Meaning?”
    “Meaning… she just hired a live in
handyman and vampire bodyguard.”
    Kyle frowned slightly, “Do
what?”
    “You heard me,” Chevalier said before
heading down the stairs.
    Kyle turned to Kralen,
“Seriously?”
    Kralen simply nodded and returned to
his post.
     
     
     

Chapter 3 - Robert
     
    “We have this,” Silas told Robert when
he came to answer the door.
    “Sure,” he said, but
stayed on the stairs to see who it was.
    Silas opened the door as
several heku brought in supplies for Emily’s renovations. Silas
signed off on a clipboard before shutting the door and turning to
Robert.
    “No vampire attacks,” he
said, and walked into the house.
    Robert glared at him and
went down to grab a 2x4 before returning to the second floor. He
pulled aside the blinds and watched the black Suburban pull away
from the house.
    “Who was that?” Emily
asked when Silas walked in. She continued to paint the wall in the
dining room as Kralen carefully painted the ceiling.
    “More supplies… Robert’s a bit jumpy,
ever noticed?”
    “Yeah, kind of,” she said,
and handed Silas a brush.
    He sat down and started to paint the
baseboards.
    Kralen looked over at the
window and frowned, “Why is he patrolling again?”
    “He is?” Emily asked, and
looked up.
    “Yes, and it’s driving me
nuts.”
    “It’s not hurting anyone if he wants
to look around.”
    “Yes, but it makes the
Cavalry move back into the shadows, and they can’t get a good
enough view from there,” Silas explained. “If there was an attack,
it’d take them an extra second to respond because of having to hide
behind trees.”
    “What do you want me to
do?” Emily asked, and looked over at them.
    “Boot him to the curb,” Kralen
suggested.
    “I can’t do that.”
    “Why not? What’s your angle in
this?”
    “No angle. I just don’t
think he needs to be homeless.”
    “He ran vampire tests on
all of us. I still smell like garlic,” Kralen said,
irritated.
    “I’d like to shove that cross up his…”
Silas started.
    “Silas!” Emily whispered
harshly.
    “Well hell! I had to change my shirt
this morning when he decided to shoot me with holy
water.”
    Emily grinned, “Sorry about
that.”
    “What are you going to do if he finds
out?”
    “Not sure. I’m hoping he
doesn’t.”
    “I don’t trust him.”
    “That’s obvious.”
    “Do you?” Silas asked.
    “Sure, why not? He’s not
done anything to cause me not to trust him, and he’s helping out a
lot around here.”
    “You’re too trusting.”
    “Just paint.”
    Chevalier opened the door
and walked in, then wrinkled his nose at the smell of fresh paint
and shut the door behind him. He hadn’t been to the house in the
three weeks