Supernatural Enforcement Bureau, Book 1, The Dragon and The Vampire: Book 1 by A K Michaels Read Free Book Online Page A

turned off the lights and coasted to a stop, in the same spot as the previous day.
    Everyone exited the vehicle and started to walk on, towards where they had seen the girl. Walking only for a few minutes, at a slow pace to accommodate Esther, she stopped her head to the side. Ronan sent his own senses out and felt it too...dark magic and Vampires.
    “ There’s two Vampires and a Witch, I’ll deal with the Witch if you strong men will take care of the Vampires.” Esther smiled around at all four of them as she spoke and each one nodded back at her.
    “ I think they’re near that same building, Sam, take Serge and go right. Drake, you come with me, we’ll take the left, Esther, you can carry on and take out the Witch.”
    Ronan didn’t wait on any kind of acknowledgment from anyone, taking off at a speed that Drake could keep up with. As they reached the building he could hear the sounds of several pairs of running feet and he burst through the door, catching a glimpse of a Vampire hightailing it out the back...right behind the girl.
    He could feel her fear, her panic, as she moved with incredible speed, trying to escape the Vampire. There was no sign of the Witch as Ronan picked up his pace and left Drake standing as he took off after them.
    As he burst through the door at the back Ronan saw two things, the Vampire still running on but his own feet stilled at the other sight. An enormous, black Dragon stood in front of the Vampire, taking off into the air with a speed that belied it’s size. Its colossal wings beating madly as it gained height, causing a downdraft that knocked the Vampire chasing it completely off his feet, up into the air and then falling to the ground.
    Ronan lifted his head and did the only thing he could think of. “Stop! I want to help! My Sire helped a family of Dragons centuries ago––please––I don’t want to hurt you!”
    He roared at the top of his voice and saw the large, long, scaly, neck whip around...those violet eyes locking with his. “Please,” he murmured as it gained even more height and flew away with such speed he could barely keep his eyes on it.
    Ronan pulled his phone out, hitting speed dial as he tried to see where the Dragon went, it rang for a moment, then he heard his Sire’s voice.
    “ Hello Ronan, I hope you are well?”
    “ Oh dear fucking God! I just saw it––I just saw it!”
    Ronan was breathing hard down the phone as he spoke, now moving towards the Vampire hunting the Dragon.
    “What? What did you just see?”
    “ A Dragon! That’s what! A freaking Dragon! Josef, it was magnificent. I was chasing those hunters I told you about and we’re on the very edge of the city, shit no, we’re quite a ways out at an abandoned warehouse and I saw them chasing it, anyway, I went after them and as I ran through the building and out the other side I saw it! It was huge and the speed it took off was totally unbelievable! I’ve got to find it. I’ve got to help it.”
    Ronan’s voice tapered off so that at the end he was talking to himself.
    “Yes, you do my boy, you need to find it and protect it, that Dragon may very well be the last of its kind, and you need to help it.”
    “ What? Oh yeah, that’s what I’m planning on. I’m gonna find it...no matter what. Gotta go, I’ve still got one of those hunters in my sights.”
    Ronan hung up and took off after the Vampire who was now on his feet and moving away fast.
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    Starr jerked awake, having fallen asleep after she had eaten the last of her supplies...a measly granola bar and her last bottle of water. She was so tired, having stayed awake since that huge Vampire and his men had found her. She was terrified they would come back, but exhaustion had finally overcome her as she lay on the dirty mattress in the corner.
    Her sensitive ears picked up footfalls, close, as she jumped up, now fully awake. She tried to figure out how many and what direction they were coming, but that was a moot point, as a