Free Tempting Gray - Untouchables 02 by T. A. Grey Page B

know, I
read he once ripped a man’s head off,” Sissy said.
    Ara laughed. “I doubt that, Sissy. Besides, you
know those vampires aren’t as strong as we are. They might be fast but if
anyone can pull a man’s head off it’d be one of us.”
    Sissy grinned. “True enough. So what is this
job with the infamous Blackmoore brother then?”
    Ara’s smile died. “Someone murdered his bruid .”
    Sissy’s back snapped straight. “No way! How
have I not heard about this?”
    “I think it just happened. Sissy, he looked so
sad and lost when he wasn’t being a jerk. It makes me want to cry.” Even now
her heart went out for him. She could tell he must have cared for his bruid very
much. The pain around her heart turned hard as ice as a flare of jealousy
pierced her. How would it feel to be loved so much by another? Not by a parent
or family member, but by a partner, a lover. How in these last hundred years
could she not find a single person to spend her time with? Sure she had Sissy
and she loved her, but that wasn’t what she was looking for. Grayson had been
mated all these years to the same woman.
    “It’s sad, that’s for sure. How did she die?”
Sissy asked.
    “He said she was murdered by the Donato family.
Now he’s going after them.”
    Sissy jumped up and stalked over to Arabella.
She grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her. “And you’re supposed to track
those psychos down? Tell me you aren’t serious, girl. Those people are
dangerous. They kill without blinking. Jericho is called ‘The Butcher’ because
he likes to hack people up with his machete. Did Zeke agree to this? This does
not sound like something he’d agree with, Ara.”
    Ara pulled away. “Calm down, will you. It’ll be
okay.” Truth be told, inside she was shaken. She hadn’t really thought about
the fact that she might be putting herself in danger. Normally when she went
and tracked someone down things rarely went wrong. She would find the person
and usually report the location of said person to whoever had hired her. It
worked that easy. She didn’t have any combat training, and she really didn’t
know much more than maybe basic self-defense which consisted of screaming,
throwing a punch or kick, and running the other direction. Though she was as
immortal as any other Were, if she ever lost her head then that’d be the end.
    “How do you know it’ll be okay? I can’t believe
you’re so calm about this. What do you think will happen if the Donatos find
out that you’re helping someone find them who wants to kill them. They’re not
gonna like that and then they’re gonna find out everything about you and come
after you, girl. You better be careful.”
    Arabella shook her head feeling disoriented from
this conversation. “Listen, I never go into these places. I just find them and
point them out. That’s all I’ll be doing.” Why did she feel as if she was
lying? She wasn’t, really. She rarely ever went into the buildings where she
tracked her target down.
    Sissy let out a heavy sigh. “I’ll be sure to
give that vampire a talking to before you run off with him. When do you plan on
leaving? Don’t tell me it’s tonight; you know I made chocolate cake.”
    Arabella grinned. “The chocolate cake’s the
reason why I told him I couldn’t go tonight.”
     
    *
     
    “Where is she?” Grayson Blackmoore growled at
the woman standing in the doorway to Arabella Donahue’s house.
    “Afraid she’s not here at the moment. Well,
look at you; you’re one helluva handsome vamp, gotta say. The name’s Sissy
Ferris, by the way.”
    “Tell me where I can find her now.” Already her
incompetence was putting him further from his goal. He needed to find the
Donatos, starting with Jericho first. The eldest son was possibly the most
dangerous out of the two but the easier to find. The young vampire was known to
throw extravagate parties for all his friends while providing whores, synthetic
drugs—the works.
    “You