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2024-10-29 19:42:56“We need a better place to meet,” Jo stated as the entire team crowded into their hotel room. There were simply too many people to hunker around a coffee table in a shabby hotel in the frigid tundra of northern Russia. “It’s too bad the log cabin isn’t closer to the mines.”
“It’s too bad we are even in Russia to begin with, but it is what it is,” her brother retorted, his arms folded across his chest as he sat staring at her from a chair across from where Jo perched on the armrest of the couch.
“Did I mention how thankful I am that Aunt Cass saved you?” she said dryly. Cadon only shook his head slightly, his eyes narrowed. “What have you got on our next target, Dr. Ryan?” Jo asked. She’d deployed a team, headed by Cale, to gather as much information as possible about the mine in question, which was about fifteen miles from where they were gathered.
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Once again, Jo found herself standing in the snow amongst dense trees, staring at the side of a mountain. It was getting old, these vantage points, but with plenty of Xs left on her list to tick off and little else to do about it, she readied her weapon and hoped these assholes hadn’t gotten the memo that they needed to have their scandium bullets ready.This mine was set off from the others, a little deeper into the mountain range, away from major towns or villages. It had taken them several hours to get there, so she hoped that meant they wouldn’t be expecting the next hit to come at this location. Granted, even Vampires were smart enough to figure out that they needed to have all of their facilities at the ready, but this one was so far off the beaten path, she was banking on the idea that they might just assume her forces wouldn’t bother to go there.She was about to find out.This time, she was s
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A steady stream of Vampires poured out of the trees, firing off round after round at her unsuspecting teammates as they stood outside of the cave, waiting for any sign of life from her aunt who was trapped inside. Unable to put any more attention on what was going on with Cassidy, now that they were being assaulted from behind, Jo turned and shouted at the others to open fire on the Vampires.Shrieks and screams around her let her know that some of the LIGHTS personnel had already been hit. The Healers got busy, sending wave after wave of blue light across the opening, but the bullets were coming faster than the Healers could work, and Jo couldn’t even keep track of who all was hit. It became clear that these Vampires were using scandium bullets as it wasn’t just the Hunters that were falling. Guardians were being affected, too.Jo spun her Beretta around and began firing as quickly as she could, aiming at the lead Vampires
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“Get out of the way!” Jo found herself yelling before it even registered with her that Cassidy had only sent the message to her. “Get back!” She grabbed hold of Brandon’s shoulder and pulled back as hard as she could, but he was determined to keep working on the task at hand, moving rocks. “You don’t understand, Brandon! It’s Cass!”At the mention of his wife’s name, Brandon’s head swiveled, and he was finally looking at her. “What’s that?” he asked.“She said she’s coming out! I’m sure she’s trying to contact you, too, but you’re so focused on what you’re doing, you’re probably not hearing her.” Unlike the rest of them, Cassidy had telepathy and could communicate with her mind, even when her IAC wasn’t functioning, which still seemed to be the case at the moment.Something clicked j
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Jo hated crying almost as much as she hated Vampires, so she didn’t let herself do it for very long. The tears that fell were for Ping, for her parents, and for the fact that she had failed. As much as Cadon thought he knew her, that he had recognized the fact that she wasn't trying and that’s why she hadn’t been able to pull this off, it simply wasn’t true. Jo had wanted to complete the task her dad had assigned to her, to be successful. But it was clear now that she wasn’t the person for the job. As soon as they finished their exploration of the cave, they’d head back to the hotel, and she’d tell them that she was recommending someone else take charge. Who that might be, she wouldn’t hazard a guess at saying--Cassidy, Brandon, or Cadon would all do a better job than she had. Mila or Mikali could do it, too, for that matter. Basically, anyone could’ve managed to do what she had, which was next to nothing, other than g
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The trip back to the hotel went much faster since Jo had work to do on the way. She couldn’t help but wish Lucas had an IAC so she could call him directly, but instead, she had to go through Eliza. Or she could go through Cassidy, who could speak to him directly with her telepathy, but that was also a pain in the ass. Essentially, she told Eliza that they’d found an email that said that Cervene was headed to Skyrty Palac, and she wanted to know if he could figure out what that might be. Then, she was forced to wait on a response.She’d checked in with Elliott as well and found out he was finally in Russia, just at the southern border, so it would still take a while for him to catch up to them. Something told her that they’d be moving soon, anyway.Hattie was already working on trying to decipher as much information as possible from the email. While that was important, Jo was more excited to see what she could gle
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The sound of intense pounding jarred Jo awake. “Fuck,” she muttered as she willed her eyes to open. A look around told her it was daylight, but then, in Russia, this time of year, that didn’t mean anything. Her IAC said it was almost 11:00 in the morning.She ran her hand over her face and her tongue along her teeth, the sour taste making her grimace.With a deep breath, she pulled herself up out of the bed, her anger growing as she wondered who in their right mind would be banging so relentlessly on her door without sending her an IAC message before they dared wake her. If it was a human, she hoped the person had a good excuse, or else she might just snap them in half.“What!” she demanded, slinging the door open. Her eyes widened as she realized who it was. “Lucas….”“Ah, Jo. Hello!” he said, warmly, his arms open as if he might hug her, b
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Time to process the information about Ryker was fleeting. Jo stared at the two men in front of her for a long moment before they reiterated that they’d be waiting downstairs, and she closed the door, still blinking, trying to will herself to make sense of what Adrian had told her. It wouldn’t compute. How could Ryker’s family have been killed by Vampires, and yet, he spent so much time cooperating with the same type of creatures who had killed them? Either he hated his family, or there was so much more to this story, Jo probably wouldn’t have time to hear the whole thing until after she caught Holland, which might take years.While she got herself ready to go on the next leg of the journey, she messaged almost everyone who would be accompanying her to let them know that she was expecting them to be packed and ready to go in a few minutes. None of them were particularly excited to be leaving, though Zane didn’t make a fuss. T
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The penthouse was far quieter than Cadon had ever experienced before. At least, he couldn’t remember a time when his previous home wasn’t buzzing with noise of some kind. Whether it was his parents talking and laughing or loud music coming from his sister’s room, noise always filled the space. Now, he was sitting on a foreign sofa in a room that was painted the wrong color and had no decorations on the wall, and all he could think about was whether or not any of his family members would ever be in this home with him again.He’d decided to stop sitting in Christian’s office after a couple of hours of waiting for Jo to come back through the portal with his mom. It wasn’t that he didn’t have faith in either his sister or his mother. It was just… Ashley had told him the room was finished, and he’d needed to see it.
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Standing alone in the tunnel with no way of reaching the hole her mother had just disappeared through was more terrifying to Jo than she was willing to admit. Just a split second after her mother’s feet were gone through the opening, her heart started hammering in her chest, and she felt like she was going to throw up. But she took a second to assess the situation and reminded herself that she was okay. Lots of people knew where she was.That didn’t mean they’d be able to get her out.She knew her aunt could float her out, though. At least she hoped she would be able to. The thought that her powers might not work through the floor made Jo nervous. She took some deep breaths and waited.Only a few seconds had passed, but the panic was already there. “I trust you, Mom,” Jo whispered. &ldq
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Jo could hardly believe that she was walking alongside her mother. She kept wanting to quiz the being beside her to see if she really was Cadence Findley McReynolds, or if this was some sick joke played on her by the Vampires. Maybe this was a demon that happened to look like her mom. Maybe it was a Vampire that someone as powerful as Holland was able to make look like her mom. It was just… surreal.“Do you know where we’re going, honey?” Cadence asked. “I’ve been up and down this corridor lots of times.”“You have?” Jo was surprised to hear that. “Yes, I think I know how to get out.”“Yeah, for the first… I don’t know how long… I kept trying to figure out how to get out, but after a while, I just sort of gave up, I guess. H
