She knew it wouldn’t be easy to sneak up on a God but she knew she wouldn’t back down from the challenge. Victoria had studied the drell since the first time she saw him protecting her sister from their father. She didn’t trust the drell as far as she could throw him and from the size of him, that distance was incredibly short. She had watched the way he was around his sister and had seen the pain Rine experienced during his absence and it angered her that she couldn’t keep her sister safe.
Each step she took through his apartment was soft, her trench coat swaying slightly with each step. Her hand tightens on her gold pistol and on the hilt of the long sword she borrowed from a drell priest. She never took risks without thinking a plan through and after visiting with a priest that informed her of the war between the gods. She knew gods were greedy, selfish and if the sword the temple kept as evidence of it being used to strike down one of the Gods would help she would take it.
They won’t miss it. Besides I’ll bring it back when I’m done if this trinket actually works.
Victoria had waited outside the house for the house guest to leave along with Rine. She didn’t want Rine to know of her existence and that she was about to threaten her husband.
She slows her breathing slipping into the room lifting her gun to point it at the drell’s back her hand ready to pull the trigger and draw the sword if need be. “Careful Hunter… or should I say Amonkal?” Her voice a low growl as she made sure that if he turned to look at her, he would see the hilt of the sword.
“Seems the God found himself a human to toy with… How long before you leave her again? Two? Three months this time? Or will you wait until she is no longer useful to you.” She coos walking slowly, circling the drell. “Given you a child right?” She couldn’t hide her hatred for his kind and how easily they toyed with mortals.
He felt the woman’s presence, before she ever entered the house. She was thinking about him and that drew his attention. Few mortals knew of him as of yet, though that was about to change. So, right now, few were thinking about him and so most of his attention was on her. When he was alone again, he faded out and brought himself to her side. She couldn’t see him, so he was free to study her. He had felt this human before on more than one occasion. He followed her as she stole into his home. He nearly blasted her for the affront. Trespassing into his home. What’s more is she carried a possessed sword. A soul had been bound to it long ago. That was death’s bailiwick. He knew V’Atre was busy with his mate, so he called out to V’Arte to join him.
When he felt the drell’s presence at his side, he nodded in the direction of the woman, but he needn’t have bothered. V’Arte’s attention was drawn immediately to the sword she carried. As Hunter could, he knew the man could hear the soul’s anguish. He held his hand up, stilling anything V’Arte might have had planned. He wanted to see how this would play out. “He signed his intentions to his mother’s warrior. Death signed back his understanding and they continued to follow the woman.
When he noticed the direction she was heading, he nodded to V’Arte, signed for the man to keep following the woman as he flashed himself to the room she was moving towards. He materialized, sitting down, his back to her and waited to see what the woman would do. He’d considered putting up a decoy...an illusion for her to confront, but gave her a respect he doubted she deserved and allowed her to approach him.
He blinked at her words. His lips twitched in a rare smile. But it was not a smile of warmth. It was cold. It was deadly. Mortals. He released a sigh and with naught more than a thought, he froze her in place. He rose and turned to face her. He looked down at the woman as he approached her. “You are immobile for your own protection.” He signaled V’Arte and the drell stepped into the mortal plain and appeared next to the woman, making his presence known to her. He removed the sword, ran his hand down the blade. There was a flash of light and the blade shattered, the hilt was tossed to the ground. The soul and the blade were so meshed that the removal of the soul destroyed it. He watched as the soul slipped into V’Arte and then returned his attention to the woman.
“You cannot shoot me, human. If you know who and what I am, then surely you do not think I wouldst die so easily? I couldst stop a bullet with a thought.” The gun in her hand popped into his. He tucked it into the small of his back, the waist of his pants locking it into place. Until he knew if this woman posed a threat to his wife, he did not wish to make her aware of how much Rine meant to him, Rine was not yet at her full power to protect herself. “With whom wouldst I be toying with?” he asked in a soft, deep rumble. “I wilt release you, but shouldst you do anything suspect you wilt be immobilized again...or worse.”
He released the woman so she could respond to him. He knew he didn’t have to tell V’Arte to remain alert. Not that either one of them had much to fear from a mortal. Gods could be killed...if you knew how and if you were swift enough. But doing so left a void, threatening the balance of the mortal realm..causing mass destruction. But mortals always had been quick to destroy themselves.