The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 15

I even walked through the living room, and could see the door. I started walking quickly towards it, until an unfamiliar voice said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

I didn't turn back to see the source, and just kept walking towards the door. This was too good to be true.

I reached out for the handle, and when my hand made contact with it, it felt like it got a third degree burn.

I hissed, grabbing my hand. Sure enough, my hand was blackened, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air.

"Cain was right. You really have to do everything the hard way don't you?" I turned around, and saw the person who had driven us here last night.

Now seeing him in daylight, I could focus more on his features. He was tall, muscular, and had a head full of blond curls.

Not really knowing what else to do, I defaulted to my favorite way to deal with new people. Obviously, I summoned a knife and held it in front of me in a threatening position.

Surprisingly, instead of looking terrified, the male laughed loudly. "He also said you would do that."

I scowled, and wound my arm back, ready to throw the knife directly in between his eyes.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I'm the Delta." He said proudly, puffing his chest out slightly.

I gave him a look to say, who the fuck cares?

"Look, we don't have to do this the hard way. Please just go easy on me, okay? Alpha Cain made me your personal guard to make sure you didn't run or hurt yourself. He'd kill me if anything went wrong, which would really suck for my mate, who by the way, is pregnant." He held his hands up in surrender.

Goddamn, I hate the soft spot I have for pups, born or unborn. Just to fuck with him, I threw the knife slightly to the left of his head, so it just missed him by a hair.

"Nice aim. You must be pretty good at wielding weapons if your Gift is to summon them. Can you summon other stuff? It's cool you used to be a Gamma, you must have been really good at other fighting stuff too." He babbled on, much too enthusiastic for someone who almost got impaled with a dagger.

I stared at him blankly.

Gritting my teeth, I nodded once. I only planned on answering a few questions, and then pretending to want to go upstairs to nap.

"Is your real name Ares? I'm just asking because that's kind of funny that one of the most powerful Gammas is named after the God of War." I nodded once.

"Can you only summon knives?" I nodded once, even though it was a lie. The weaker they thought my gift was, the easier it would be to evade them.

"Is it true that you've been a Gamma since you were 13?" I nodded once again, although he was getting dangerously close to crossing the line on what I was willing to answer.

"Why do you wear the cloak and mask?" I stared at him for a couple of seconds, and he squirmed uncomfortably under my intense gaze. "You don't have to answer, I was just curious."

Figuring it would be easier to just show him, and knowing he wouldn't press me anymore for the day, I slowly pulled down my mask and took the hood off my head.

He gasped, and I couldn't tell if it was in shock, horror, disgust, or a combination of all three.