99 Whats left behind (2/2)
”Shit...” Orion said as he ran his hands down his face in frustration. ”Shit!” He slammed his hands down on the roof of the car. He glared down at the car before yanking the back door open. Glaring down at Raven, he ordered. ”Get out, you're coming with me! We have to go in there and remove any trace of Jos and the girl.” He turned toward the house not waiting on her to follow. ”You better hope your wife's connections are still as strong as they used to be, because Isha is going to be our only chase of pulling this off.”
Within twenty minutes they had removed every indication Joslyn or Shelly either one had ever been to the large beach front house. Orion slammed the trunk of the car closed and nodded to Raven. ”Now light it up.”
Raven drew in a deep unsteady breath then let it out slowly before nodding. She turned toward the house and let out another uneasy breath. ”Are you sure about this?” She asked.
”Yes, it will at least slow down the human and vampire investigations.” Orion said as he walked around to the driver side and leaned his weight against the roof. He met her uneasy eyes with his steady gaze. ”Do it.” He nodded his head toward the house before lowering into the car.
Raven rolled her neck several times and stretched her each of her arms as she walked toward the lawn. ”Alright... I can do this... It's only been fifteen years since I've used this much magic...” She grew in another deep breath and let it out slowly as she brought her hands up in front of her. She closed her eyes as she focused all of her energy toward the small purple energy ball building between her hands. ”Come on, Raven, you can do this.” She said aloud to herself. She peeked out of one heavily lashed eye to see the progress of the energy ball and let out a proud huff. ”Not bad...” She opened both eyes and focused on the large home aiming the ball toward it. She pulled it in as close to her body as she could without getting burned before throwing it forcefully toward the open window of the office. The inside immediately burst into a hot purple flaming inferno. She stepped back as the heat began radiating across the lawn as the flames engulfed more of the house. ”Alright... Alright...” She said as she backed quickly toward the car. ”We better get moving now! It wont take long before the whole thing comes down.”
Orion nodded as he shifted the already running car into gear. ”Good work.”
Raven huffed out a sarcastic laugh, ”Only if arson will go well on top of murder...”
Orion focused his attention on the road as he sped down it. ”It will at the very least mask the total body count.” He caught her worried eyes in the rearview mirror. ”As soon as we get to the cabin you'll need to go to the courts and enlist her help.”
Raven looked out the window at the blurred landscape as the car sped toward he open highway. ”I'm not sure how much help she's willing to be. We've barely made up since all this started.”
Orion frowned, ”Then you better find a way to make her more willing. We are going to need someone on the council with political connections.”
Raven began to argue but his previous words caught at the back of her mind. ”Wait, cabin? Like in the mountains, cabin?”
Orion glanced into the mirror at her as he answered, ”Yes, it's in the Rocky's. It's the safest place for her right now. No one will think to look there. It's one of the few places Arei and I have that no one knows about.”
Raven's eyes popped wider open. ”The Rockys, Rockys?” She asked.
Orion growled in irritation. ”Yes, the fucking Rockys! Isn't that what I said?”
”Ah shit!” Raven yelled as she leaned forward gripping both the head rests in front of her. ”She can't be away from salt water for long! She'll be sick as hell!”
Understanding sank in immediately. ”Fuck!” He held his hand out to Russ who was still ghostly white and in shock in the seat beside him. ”Find my phone! I need to ward him before they get too far away!”
Russ forced his body to respond, to shake off the shock of what had just happened. He rummaged through the side door where Orion had been sitting on the ride over. Not finding it he bent and began running his hand over the floor board between his feet.
”HURRY!” Orion growled.
Russ rolled his eyes as he reached under the seat as best as he could. ”I'm going as fast as I can. What did you do with the damn thing?” He sat back up and shoved his hand down between the seat and the console. When his fingers finally hit the cool metal of the phone he pulled it out and handed it to Orion. ”What's the hurry anyways? They couldn't be too far ahead of us.”
Orion let out a sarcastic laugh. ”Like shit they are. You're talking about Areion. He wouldn't own a car that couldn't at least match his own speeds.”
Russ arched a brow. ”I don't understand...”
Orion glanced over to Russ. ”Areion and I are not your average 'demigods'. We were not born, we were created... me for strength and Areion for speed.”