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Suddenly she felt a little sick. Of course, she was also excited. This was what she had been
training intensely for over the last few weeks. But& she was also kind of& a lot& nervous.
Glancing up at Noah, Eden couldn t keep the panic out of her eyes.
He gave her a brisk nod. You ll do fine.
***
She was all jittery, her body jumping up and down inside itself as she followed Noah past the Omni
Centre they d had their little double date in. After dinner, Cyrus had announced that Eden was
going on patrol with them which sent October into a meltdown. Christopher wouldn t budge. He
wasn t letting Tobe out on patrol until she turned eighteen and that was final. Eden had felt a little
bad leaving Tobe at home to sulk but she was also pretty much desperate to make the most of her first
night as a true Ankh warrior. Cyrus and Val were hunting too, along with McLeish and a few other
Neith. They d decided to split up and Cyrus, a throw em into the deep end kind of guy had decided
Noah would take Eden to Leith, where one of the victims had lived. Val hadn t looked too happy
about that. In fact, neither had Cyrus, but Eden could see he was struggling to act as he would
normally, rather than smother her with overprotectiveness.
Senses on high alert, Eden s eyes swept the buildings, people, alleyways. They were walking
down a pretty busy area of Edinburgh at night so it wasn t exactly the easiest assignment.
Anything? she asked, suddenly feeling the need to fill the silence between her and Noah.
He shook his head as he kept scanning everything and everywhere without looking like he was.
Eden remembered how much she used to marvel at how good he was at this spy stuff. The
surreptitious looks, the ability to get away from Ryan s well-paid goons. Made sense now. She took a
moment to study Noah in his natural habitat. He was so serious, so prepared and commanding. He
was Mr Duty. Somehow, she d always felt that about him, even before she knew who he really was.
He carried this invisible weight of responsibility on his shoulders and he d always had this intense
sense of right and wrong. It had been one of the things she d like about him so much, had made him
stand out from the immature teen guys at school. But then& Noah wasn t exactly the average
teenager. Her eyes unwillingly roamed over his powerful shoulders wrapped up so nicely in a black
thermal top. She felt a weird clenching in her lower belly as her gaze slid down his arms to his large
strong hands, to the silver ring on his middle finger. She gulped, feeling a little warm as her eyes
continued to roam. He certainly had a nice ass. She blinked as her eyes travelled lower and caught on
the low side pocket of his black cargo pants. Inside it were two Persian short swords. Long daggers?
Whatever, point was they were on duty. Eden snapped her eyes back to attention, mentally berating
herself for getting distracted so easily on the first hunt. Maybe she shouldn t patrol with Noah next
time.
Slowly but surely life started to edge away from them the further they walked and the streets
seemed to grow a little darker.
Any-
Ssh. Noah pressed a finger to his lips and held out an arm to stop her. In the distance they could
hear the hubbub of traffic and some late night revellers laughing and yelling. Here, Eden could only
hear her own heartbeat pounding at Noah s alertness as he watched the opening of an alleyway
between two restaurants. What was-
She froze as she heard the scuffling Noah must have heard. Throwing him a questioning look,
Eden wasn t surprised when he nodded back and began unbuttoning the pocket of his cargo pants.
Glancing around quickly, making sure there was no witnesses or security cameras pointed on them,
he withdrew the short swords and handed one to Eden. The metal felt strangely cold in Eden s hands.
Making no sound, she and Noah walked around the corner and into the darkness of the alleyway.
Lights from the street, and her brilliant Ankh vision, made visible two people at the end of the alley.
One had the other pressed against the brick wall of the restaurant, the victim s eyes wide and mouth
open as the soul eater leaned in for the kill.
Out of nowhere Eden was cast back into the past, to Stellan s room, as he sucked the soul out of
Lana. At the time she had been horrified but she had also hungered to do the same to the poor girl.
Now, without that hunger inside her, there was only horror, and the abject guilt that she had let it
happen to Lana, that part of her could have wanted to do that to someone. Images upon images
tumbled around her. Attacking Lucy Stevens in the school bathroom. Almost killing Charlotte who
owned the thrift store. All the times she d wanted to do that to Noah.
Eden was yanked out of her frozen nausea as Noah charged the soul eater. He ripped victim and
monster apart, shoving the girl at Eden. Keep her there, she needs some of her soul back. He hissed
and flinched low in time to duck a punch from the soul eater. Their prey was a tall female and as she
clipped the side of Noah s head in a paint smear of movement, Eden s intuition told her it wouldn t
be an easy kill. Dropping to the ground, she wrapped her hands around the girl s head and locked
onto her gaze. She hadn t tried to compel anyone since she d fully transitioned but right now Noah
needed her. Pushing her compulsion on the girl, Eden ignored the twinge of guilt and said, You must
stay here. Don t move.
I must stay here. Won t move.
Heaving a relieved sigh that it had worked, Eden stood up to face their enemy just as the bitch
plunged a knife into Noah s hand. The move distracted him, giving the soul eater the space to execute
a roundhouse kick that sent him sprawling back against a dumpster with a sickening thud. Fury
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