Future Dynasty

Lecture Nineteen

Empires Aren't Built In One Day

River had started to make his way to the stairs but I stopped him dead in his tracks. My arm stretched out in front of his chest and he looked at me with a raised eyebrow, questioning me.

"Go outside." I whispered not wanting for Heath to over hear us, or who ever was actually up the stairs.

"What?" River frowned but a few seconds later nodded understanding what I was saying.

If we both went up there Heath could see that he was out numbered and think better of the situation.

He could chose to flee, leaving us with nothing but bruises as our proof of the night.

Slowly River took a step back nodding before making his way towards the door. The camera on the stairs didn't follow him as it kept its focus on me.

A silent question I had asked myself earlier had proved to be true. What ever it was these guys were up too had something to do with me.

Taking a deep breath I put my first foot on the steps and made my way up. My gun was in my hand the whole time, ready for what ever was waiting for me.

When I got to the top I stopped listening out for any hint of a sound.

There was nothing.

For a second I thought my guess was wrong and that the cameras were being controlled remotely from somewhere else.

Then the sound of a click reached my ears and I was left a mere second to move.

Throwing myself into one of the other rooms the bullet had grazed my thigh before hitting the wall behind me. A hiss left my lips without my command and it took everything in me not to cry out.

It wasn't a small graze either but I couldn't see the full extent of the injury between my jeans and the blood.

Anger flooded through my veins at the sight of it, there was no way I was going to let this man get away from me now.

He was going to pay for this.

For every pain he caused me I was going to make sure to pay him back ten fold.

Footsteps started to make there way towards me slowly and I moved my hand away from the graze. My mind was swimming but the pain was long forgotten about through my adrenaline.

With one step I was out of the room firing my gun in the direction that the footsteps where coming from. A figure dropped to the ground in another room before I could fully see them, a curse left my lips as I followed them.

Ducking around the corner my gun was already firing before my body fully made it around. This time I did manage to see him and I couldn't help but grin at the fact I was right.

It was Heath.

Heath reached around from the side of the bed firing my way making me press myself behind the door. As I loaded my gun once more I couldn't help but let a sin loving grin cross my lips.

Most people would think I was insane but there was something about being so close to death that made you feel alive.

"Come on!" I shouted clicked my gun closed. "Are we just going to play chicken all night. I'm getting kind of bored."

A deep chuckle was my reply as I heard his own gun being reloaded. "There's something you got to love about a woman who's a little crazy."

"Then you're about to love me a whole lot more in a second."