eighteen years shifted right before her eyes. Bells was stunning in her Phoenix form. She had b eautiful red and gold feathers with streaks of blue and purple. H er violet eyes turned a fire gold, almost liquid. Jesminda amazed by her transformation was taken back at how fast it happened. Even to immortals, Phoenix’s were rare and considered to be sacred. Making the decision to remain secret from the world’s government was unanimous among her kind. Bells promised Faith would remain out of harm’s way until the Shadow Unit was able to take over the duty of guarding them. House Phoenix didn’t want to get any more involved in her situation. Faith was safe and that’s all that mattered.
“That’s good sweet pea. I’m glad you’re having such a good time with Auntie Bells.” There was rustling on the other side of the phone and then loud giggling. Squealing into the phone Faith laughed and soon Bells was on the other end of the line taking deep breaths.
“Girl, this daughter of yours is going to run me ragged. She talks all the time, asks the most absurd questions,” Bells paused before she continued in a little girls squeaking voice. “Auntie Bells, how old are you, when is it going to be my turn to change? Am I gonna turn into big bird too?”
Jesminda sputtered a laugh and the two of them talked about Faith’s daily ritual of watching the Backyardagins, Yo Ga b ba Ga b ba and Sponge B ob. She would be re unit ed with her daughter in three days. She quickly disconnected the call after assuring Faith they would see each other soon. She’d never been apart from her for more than hours. Three more days.
The lady at the fr ont desk eyed her, like somethin g was stuck on her face as she approached.
“Yes, can I help you?” The woman said in a nasally voice.
“Yes. My name is Jesminda Zealand and I’m here to see Captain Dravaggio.”
The woman typed something on her keyboard and looked up beneath her lashes eyeing her with a steady glare.
“He says to come on up. Fifth floor , second door on the right is the conferen ce room. Someone will meet you at the elevator. ”
Jes nodded and clutched her purse tighter as she headed for the elevators. This meeting scared her to death. She’d never met a conscious vampire before. Well a fully conscious one. Don’t think like that. Nothing is going to happen. They are here to help.
The elevator dinged open and she stepped inside. Soft jazz played through the speakers in a comforting tune of some long ago song. J e s hit the number five and the doors dinged closed and took her to meet her saviors or her doom. It could go either way as far as she was concerned. These men were her last choice. No one else could help her, unless she went to another Shadow Unit of course. But they had jurisdictions and hers fell under theirs. She’d only just found out how to reach them from Oliver’s captive daughter Teresa. The girl had been semi-conscious and kept saying her father worked for the Shadow Unit , to look them up on the internet.
She tried to locate them, but to her luck, there was no Shadow Unit anywhere on Google or any other search engine. And then her house phone rang suddenly and she was greeted with the voice of Captain Dravaggio. He’d given her the location where she could meet with them after she explained her situation. She knew from the tone of his voice he wasn’t happy about her dilemma any more than she was.
The sounds of the door opening shook her out of her trance. As it opened there was a tall man standing in an at ease position. He was extremely tall with dark blond hair cut short and ocher eyes. They looked almost like a warm earth red, with a yellow ring around them. He was built like a linebacker with corded muscle that ran the length of his form. His black fatigues were stretched to their limits. As if there wasn’t enough room to breathe until he relaxed his stance . His face was handsome in a savage way, which quickly transformed into
“That’s good sweet pea. I’m glad you’re having such a good time with Auntie Bells.” There was rustling on the other side of the phone and then loud giggling. Squealing into the phone Faith laughed and soon Bells was on the other end of the line taking deep breaths.
“Girl, this daughter of yours is going to run me ragged. She talks all the time, asks the most absurd questions,” Bells paused before she continued in a little girls squeaking voice. “Auntie Bells, how old are you, when is it going to be my turn to change? Am I gonna turn into big bird too?”
Jesminda sputtered a laugh and the two of them talked about Faith’s daily ritual of watching the Backyardagins, Yo Ga b ba Ga b ba and Sponge B ob. She would be re unit ed with her daughter in three days. She quickly disconnected the call after assuring Faith they would see each other soon. She’d never been apart from her for more than hours. Three more days.
The lady at the fr ont desk eyed her, like somethin g was stuck on her face as she approached.
“Yes, can I help you?” The woman said in a nasally voice.
“Yes. My name is Jesminda Zealand and I’m here to see Captain Dravaggio.”
The woman typed something on her keyboard and looked up beneath her lashes eyeing her with a steady glare.
“He says to come on up. Fifth floor , second door on the right is the conferen ce room. Someone will meet you at the elevator. ”
Jes nodded and clutched her purse tighter as she headed for the elevators. This meeting scared her to death. She’d never met a conscious vampire before. Well a fully conscious one. Don’t think like that. Nothing is going to happen. They are here to help.
The elevator dinged open and she stepped inside. Soft jazz played through the speakers in a comforting tune of some long ago song. J e s hit the number five and the doors dinged closed and took her to meet her saviors or her doom. It could go either way as far as she was concerned. These men were her last choice. No one else could help her, unless she went to another Shadow Unit of course. But they had jurisdictions and hers fell under theirs. She’d only just found out how to reach them from Oliver’s captive daughter Teresa. The girl had been semi-conscious and kept saying her father worked for the Shadow Unit , to look them up on the internet.
She tried to locate them, but to her luck, there was no Shadow Unit anywhere on Google or any other search engine. And then her house phone rang suddenly and she was greeted with the voice of Captain Dravaggio. He’d given her the location where she could meet with them after she explained her situation. She knew from the tone of his voice he wasn’t happy about her dilemma any more than she was.
The sounds of the door opening shook her out of her trance. As it opened there was a tall man standing in an at ease position. He was extremely tall with dark blond hair cut short and ocher eyes. They looked almost like a warm earth red, with a yellow ring around them. He was built like a linebacker with corded muscle that ran the length of his form. His black fatigues were stretched to their limits. As if there wasn’t enough room to breathe until he relaxed his stance . His face was handsome in a savage way, which quickly transformed into
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