her crappy apartment before Derrick could get his act together. It was only a ten minut

in trouble. Aislinn headed for the other side of the road as Derrick got out

Aislinn's mind raced. He was between he

. Then there was the other option. He had tried this once before. She had cold co

are. "You really do think you're too

fists and punched him square in the face. Derrick grunted, but managed to catch himself just b

but he yanked a black boxlike thing out of his pocket

trol of her legs. She found herself lying on the ground in confusion, unable to move and staring

end of the taser. Derrick smiled an evil smile.

shadows down the street. He figured he needed to work quick before the stun wore off.

rry her over there. Another growl caught his attention and he looked behind h

is face was shadowed where he sto

pit at him and headed for his car w

n los

uld still be trying to get away w

Derrick fell, Cullen grabbed Aislinn and pulled her to himself.

was almost hypnotic. They seemed to swim betw

Aislinn and jabbed the device at them. Cullen took the shock in his arm and then shook

. Derrick tried the taser again but Cullen only grunted as the shock wen

's screaming as Cullen's hand squeezed around Derr

then toss the guy in the backseat of his car. Then as if nothing had happened, Cull

tely. She just didn't get

d and watched him throttle her boss. He knew that she had seen his eyes turn. He's almost gone a

e truck. He could see the black SUV down th

a block dow

lk you." It w

hat he wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.

rd her apartment building.

e? Here's my resume. College dropout with minimal bartendi

there were tears in her eyes from the

ou're hired

d at him incredulousl

estion or everything that had just happened that had caused her to be

he persisted when he

erent businesses in town. I can give you a j

hould take him seriously or

mile he'd been wearing off and on all night. "I prefer Batman. I don't

k you've done enough for me at

do the smart thing when it's right in front of them? Look, I'm just offerin

glared

his help. "And what about the other girls there? You gonna give all the p