My Brother Owed A Mobster — The Monster Who Saved Me Burned The City Down
Part 2
The moment the warm liquid touched my tongue, it tasted like spiced wine and electricity.
An immediate fiery warmth rushed through my veins.
The agonizing pain in my ribs began to dull, replaced by a soothing numbness.
My shattered bones knitted themselves back together in seconds.
Greg reached into his coat and produced a sleek phone.
He ordered Hector to bring the armored medical transport to the alley.
His golden eyes narrowed into slits of pure, unadulterated hatred as he commanded the guard to seal the city limits.
He promised that the men who caused me pain would be nothing but ash and memory.
The ancient monster of the night vanished into the shadows.
Consciousness returned to me with the slow, velvet pull of a deep tide.
I opened my eyes, adjusting to the muted golden lighting of a sprawling bedroom.
The floor-to-ceiling windows offered a dizzying view of the city skyline.
I pushed myself up, my hands gripping the impossibly soft linens.
I frantically ran my trembling fingers along my rib cage, expecting to feel pulverized bone.
My skin was perfectly smooth, without a single bruise or swelling.
The deep laceration above my eyebrow was gone.
A smooth, impeccably polite voice spoke from the doorway.
It was Hector, bringing me Earl Grey tea.
He informed me that Greg was concluding some pressing business regarding the men who had dared to lay hands on me.
I pleaded with him to call the police.
Hector explained that the police didn’t govern the shadows of this city, and the syndicate were merely the prey.
Before I could fully comprehend his words, the heavy oak double doors swung open.
Greg stepped into the light, his pristine white shirt torn and stained with the blood of his enemies.
The sheer intensity of his golden stare felt like a physical weight against my skin.
He gently traced the line of my jaw where the bruise had been.
He declared that Dan’s empire was ash, and that I would never have to look over my shoulder again.
But then Hector rushed back into the room, his calm demeanor entirely shattered.
Tyler hadn’t skipped town because of a gambling debt.
He had stolen an ancient ledger forged during the Crusades from a secure vault.
A squad of ruthless holy assassins had just arrived in the city to hunt him down.
My burner phone suddenly rang with a frantic call from Tyler, begging for help from the historic crypts beneath the church.
Could a monster of the night and a mortal nurse really save my reckless brother from an army of holy assassins?
Part 3
The answer to the desperate question burning in the cold night air was about to be written in blood deep within the subterranean depths of the city.
Could a monster of the night and a mortal nurse really save her reckless brother from an army of heavily armed holy assassins?
Megan stood perfectly still in the absolute center of the sprawling penthouse, the ancient blood of the vampire king thrumming powerfully through her fragile mortal veins.
The supernatural cadence drastically heightened every single one of her senses until the world around her transformed into an impossibly sharp, vibrant tapestry of overwhelming sensory input.
She could clearly hear the rhythmic, mechanical ticking of a vintage watch resting on a mahogany desk entirely across the massive room.
She could smell the sharp, metallic ozone of the impending snowstorm brewing high above the dark, turbulent clouds pressing against the glass.
And above all else, she could feel the magnetic, ancient, utterly terrifying power of Greg radiating toward her like heat from a localized star.
Greg’s golden eyes burned with an unholy, volatile fire as he absorbed the devastating news that Hector had just intercepted.
The ancient artifact Tyler had foolishly stolen wasn’t a mere trinket or a valuable jewel meant to be pawned in the shadowy underworld.
It was the legendary Sunken Codex, a mythic ledger originally forged during the bloody crusades of the twelfth century.
Within its indestructible leaden pages were the true names and absolute bloodlines of the original immortal vampire kings.
To possess a sire’s true name was to hold absolute, unbreakable dominion over their will, essentially turning an apex predator into an obedient weapon of mass destruction.
It was the ultimate, apocalyptic weapon against his kind, long thought entirely lost to the crushing depths of the ocean.
And now, a highly trained, fanatical squad of ruthless holy assassins—the dreaded Order of St.
Jude—had arrived in the city to hunt Tyler down and claim the weapon for their own holy war.
“Lock down the entire tower,” Greg commanded Hector, his dark voice vibrating with a lethal, resonant frequency that literally rattled the heavy crystal decanters on the nearby bar.
“Activate the primary ultraviolet shields and heavily arm the perimeter with the incendiary countermeasures.”
He moved swiftly, with terrifying grace, toward a heavy mahogany armoire built directly into the reinforced steel walls of the penthouse.
Throwing open the heavy wooden doors revealed an impressive, lethal arsenal of custom weaponry that completely defied standard human engineering.
He entirely bypassed the heavy firearms, the tactical shotguns, and the silver-jacketed assault rifles.
Instead, he reached for a pair of beautifully curved, silver-hilted trench knives, sliding them seamlessly into the hidden, tailored holsters beneath his immaculate suit jacket.
Megan stepped directly into his path, her lingering human fear completely erased by the raw, supernatural vitality coursing relentlessly through her system.
“I am going with you,” she declared, her voice incredibly steady, unyielding, and devoid of any hesitation.
Greg stopped dead in his tracks, his glowing eyes flashing with a terrifying, absolute authority that would have instantly paralyzed a normal human.
“Absolutely not under any circumstances.”
“You will remain here securely behind inch-thick ballistic glass and heavily reinforced steel.”
“The Order of St.
Jude is not like the pathetic, undisciplined street thugs you encountered in the alley.”
“They use specialized incendiary rounds heavily laced with white phosphorus and deploy liquid UV floodlights that burn hotter than the sun.”
“I will not risk your life.”
“He is my brother,” Megan shouted passionately, her newly forged resolve hardening into indestructible, unbending steel.
She stepped even closer, tipping her chin up defiantly to meet his blazing, predatory gaze without a hint of submission.
“Tyler said they are actively sweeping the underground tunnels right now.”
“They want to draw you out of your stronghold.”
“They want the king.”
“Which is exactly why you cannot be there to be used as a vulnerable piece of leverage,” Greg growled lowly, his large, ice-cold hands gripping her shoulders tightly.
“I just found you, Megan.”
“I will not lose you to a fanatic’s blade.”
“You won’t,” she promised softly, her voice dropping to a fierce, desperate whisper that cut through his ancient fury.
She placed her hands flat over his hard, broad chest, feeling the slow, incredibly powerful thud of his unnatural heartbeat.
“Your royal blood is inside me, Greg.”
“I can feel absolutely everything.”
“I can see perfectly in the absolute dark.”
“I know the complex, intricate anatomy of the human body better than anyone in this city.”
“And I know exactly how those historic, winding crypts are laid out from my historical society tours.”
“Let me help you.”
For a long, incredibly tense moment, the immortal vampire king stared down at the defiant mortal woman standing her ground.
He saw the fierce, beautiful fire burning in her dark eyes, a glorious fire that perfectly mirrored his own ancient, unquenchable rage.
She was not a fragile porcelain doll meant to be locked safely away in a gilded, lonely cage.
She was his absolute equal, a queen in the making.
“If you leave my side for even a fraction of a single second,” Greg whispered, a deadly, terrifying promise echoing in his velvet tone.
“I will burn this entire city to the absolute bedrock.”
“Do you understand me?”
Megan nodded firmly, her heart pounding a furious, thrilling rhythm against her ribs.
“Let’s go get my brother.”
The sleek, heavily armored Phantom cut aggressively through the torrential, freezing rain like a vengeful ghost.
It arrived at the historic, towering church in the heart of the old city district within mere minutes.
The heavy stone relic of the eighteenth century loomed ominously in the thick darkness, its sharp, gothic steeple piercing the low-hanging, violent storm clouds.
The heavy, wrought-iron gates of the adjacent cemetery had already been forced brutally open, their thick chains shattered by hydraulic cutters.
Greg moved with terrifying, absolute silence, guiding Megan expertly through the uneven, maze-like rows of weathered slate tombstones.
Thanks to the incredibly powerful blood bond linking them, Megan’s vision pierced the heavy rain and absolute darkness effortlessly.
She could clearly see the faint, glowing, toxic residue of ultraviolet tripwires strung carefully between the ancient, crumbling graves.
Greg bypassed the lethal traps with the effortless, liquid grace of an apex predator, his strong hand wrapped tightly, protectively around hers.
They rapidly descended the narrow, treacherous stone stairwell leading deep into the church’s subterranean, forgotten crypts.
The air down here was heavy, incredibly cold, and entirely suffocating.
It smelled strongly of ancient dust, damp earth, rotting wood, and the sharp, undeniable scent of ozone.
Deep within the confusing labyrinth of crumbling brick corridors and rusted iron gates, they finally heard it.
It was the heavy, panicked, erratic breathing of a completely terrified man.
“Tyler,” Megan breathed out, breaking away from Greg just slightly to rush down the dark, damp corridor.
In a dead-end, claustrophobic alcove, entirely surrounded by stacked, rotting colonial coffins, Tyler sat trembling uncontrollably on the damp dirt floor.
He was soaked to the absolute bone, his pale, terrified face smeared heavily with thick mud and his own fresh blood.
Clutched desperately to his chest was a heavy, lead-lined lockbox.
It was incredibly ancient, entirely covered in oxidized, intricate silver runes that pulsed with a faint, dormant magic.
“Megan!”
Tyler wiped a smear of mud from his face, slipping on the damp stones as he forced himself to stand.
His wide eyes darted from his sister to the massive, silent silhouette of Greg stepping into the dim light.
“Who is he?”
“The man saving your life.”
Megan stepped between her brother and the darkness, feeling the sudden, heavy pulse of the blood bond thrumming in her veins.
“Give me the box, Tyler.”
“I can’t.”
A measured, hollow voice echoed down the stone corridor, cutting through the damp chill.
“Because the boy has a prior engagement with me.”
The temperature in the crypt plummeted, and the ambient moisture on the brick walls began to freeze into a thin layer of frost.
From the opposite, dark end of the tunnel, a dozen heavily armed, highly trained men materialized seamlessly from the deep shadows.
Their specialized, heavy tactical gear was completely blacked out, devoid of any identifying insignia or rank.
They carried heavy, heavily modified assault rifles equipped with glowing, menacing blue underslung canisters filled with lethal liquid light.
Stepping confidently through the exact center of the tight tactical formation was an incredibly tall, broad-shouldered man.
He was wearing a tactical, reinforced priest’s collar over his heavy body armor.
His eyes were cold, completely dead, and entirely devoid of any human mercy or compassion.
He was Commander Brian, the undisputed apex predator of the fanatic, ruthless Order of St.
Jude.
“Greg,” Brian smiled, a cruel, incredibly thin line forming on his heavily scarred, weathered face.
“The infamous, legendary king of the northern territories.”
“I must admit, I didn’t think the bait would pull you out of your high, secure tower so quickly.”
“But then my scouts reliably reported you took a particular, highly unusual liking to the trauma nurse.”
“A mighty, immortal king brought down by a fragile, fleeting mortal heartbeat.”
“How beautifully, tragically poetic.”
Greg didn’t speak a single word.
The heavy, damp air around him began to literally warp and distort with raw, terrifying telekinetic pressure.
His sharp, lethal fangs fully descended, his glowing golden eyes blazing in the dark crypt like two miniature, furious suns.
“Take the box, Megan!”
Greg whispered urgently, his dark voice vibrating with lethal, uncontrollable intent.
“And close your eyes immediately.”
“Light him up,” Brian roared with absolute, unquestionable authority.
The crypt instantly exploded into blinding, chaotic violence.
Blinding, highly concentrated bursts of liquid ultraviolet light erupted violently from the hunters’ specialized, heavy weapons.
The unnatural illumination lit the ancient brick tunnel with the searing, devastating intensity of the midday desert sun.
Megan screamed loudly as the unnatural, burning light seared her sensitive retinas.
She desperately dragged a screaming, thrashing Tyler down hard behind a heavy, solid granite tomb.
But against all laws of nature, Greg did not burn.
With a deafening, terrifying roar that literally shook the ancient, solid foundations of the chapel above, the vampire king launched himself directly into the devastating barrage of UV fire.
The intense, concentrated light hissed and smoked violently against his pale, immortal flesh.
But his ancient power was far too vast, his rage far too absolute, and his determination entirely unbreakable.
Moving like a localized hurricane of violence, the vampire king blurred across the uneven stone floor.
A heavy, rusted iron door was ripped completely off its hinges and hurled down the narrow corridor.
The massive slab of metal cleaved through three heavily armored hunters before they could even raise their weapons.
The impact pinned them to the brick wall, followed by the sickening crunch of shattering bone.
Greg closed the remaining distance in a fraction of a second, entirely bypassing the silver nitrate rounds raining down around him.
His bare fist drove straight through the reinforced tactical vest of the closest attacker.
Crushing the man’s sternum to powder, Greg hoisted the dying body as a human shield against the incoming hail of bullets.
Twin silver-hilted trench knives slid from their hidden holsters.
The immortal predator became a mesmerizing blur of flashing steel and flying crimson blood.
He systematically and brutally dismantled the elite strike team with a terrifying, impossible efficiency.
Megan watched in complete awe from behind the safety of the granite tomb, clutching the heavy lead lockbox tightly to her chest.
Seeing the legendary King of the Night fully unleashed was a spectacle of horrifying, mesmerizing, absolute beauty.
Suddenly, a heavy, titanium-reinforced boot kicked the granite tomb with enough brutal, staggering force to completely crack the solid stone.
Megan gasped loudly, falling backward heavily onto the damp, cold dirt.
Commander Brian stood towering over them like an executioner.
His specialized, heavy combat knife was drawn, its jagged blade glowing brightly with a vile, sickly green toxic residue.
It was heavily coated in dead man’s blood, a highly concentrated poison instantly fatal even to the most ancient, powerful vampires.
“The king is distracted,” Brian sneered cruelly.
He reached down and violently grabbed Megan by her slender throat, dragging her roughly and mercilessly to her feet.
Megan choked violently, kicking her legs frantically in the air.
Tyler screamed hysterically, lunging desperately and foolishly at the heavily armored commander.
Brian casually, brutally backhanded Tyler with the heavy steel butt of his sidearm pistol.
The sharp, sickening crack of Tyler’s jaw breaking echoed loudly through the entire crypt.
He crumpled completely lifelessly to the dirt floor, entirely unconscious.
“Megan!”
Greg roared in absolute, unadulterated terror.
He had just cleanly severed the head of the final surviving hunter, but he froze instantly as he whipped around.
Brian held the glowing, highly toxic blade mere millimeters from Megan’s incredibly vulnerable jugular vein.
“Take one single step, Greg, and I pump enough dead man’s blood directly into her veins to rot her completely from the inside out,” Brian threatened confidently.
Greg froze completely, his broad chest heaving heavily.
His expensive, tailored clothes were completely soaked in the dark, thick blood of his slaughtered enemies.
For the first time in three long, bloody centuries, the immortal vampire king looked utterly, terrifyingly helpless.
“What do you want, Brian?”
Greg hissed dangerously, his large, blood-soaked hands slowly rising in a clear, undeniable gesture of absolute surrender.
“The Sunken Codex,” Brian demanded, nodding sharply toward the heavy lead box resting securely on the ground.
“But there’s a significant, insurmountable catch.”
“The box is permanently sealed with a powerful, ancient blood magic ward.”
“A vampire cannot possibly open it.”
“A normal, mundane human cannot open it.”
“It strictly and absolutely requires the willing blood of a mortal who has been willingly marked by a king.”
Brian smiled wickedly, pressing the highly toxic knife slightly harder against Megan’s fragile, pale skin.
“That’s exactly why I lured you out of your tower.”
“I needed you to physically mark her.”
“I needed your incredibly powerful royal blood flowing directly in her veins so she could serve as the perfect, living key to my weapon.”
Brian shoved Megan roughly and violently toward the heavy lockbox.
“Open it, girl.”
“Bleed directly on the ancient runes right now or I decapitate your pathetic brother, and then I butcher your lover.”
Megan fell heavily to her bruised knees right beside the ancient box.
Her sharp, highly trained mind raced at a thousand miles an hour.
Brian arrogantly and foolishly thought he had completely outsmarted them.
But Megan was a highly trained, incredibly intelligent trauma nurse.
She knew exactly how the mechanics of blood worked.
And thanks to the incredibly powerful supernatural bond, she could feel exactly what the ancient, humming magic inside the box was actively doing.
It wasn’t just a simple, passive lock.
It was a massive, incredibly powerful magical conduit designed to release raw kinetic force.
Megan looked up slowly, deliberately at Greg.
Their eyes met perfectly across the bloody carnage of the crypt.
She saw his absolute, unwavering trust in her.
He saw her unyielding, indestructible resolve.
“Do it, Megan!”
Greg whispered, his dark voice incredibly steady and calm.
Megan reached out deliberately, running her thumb firmly along the extremely jagged edge of a shattered silver bullet casing resting on the floor.
A thick, heavy drop of her blood welled up perfectly on her skin.
It was deeply crimson but actively swirling with faint, undeniable streaks of glowing, royal gold.
She pressed her actively bleeding thumb directly and firmly onto the center, dominant rune of the heavy lead box.
“Yes,” Brian breathed out in awe, stepping forward greedily as the box began to violently hum with incredible power.
But the box didn’t just quietly, peacefully unlock.
The ancient, highly volatile magic instantly recognized the powerful, pure blood of the king.
It was perfectly mixed with the absolute, willing sacrifice of his chosen mortal mate.
The silver runes glowed a blinding, absolutely brilliant gold, perfectly matching the furious color of Greg’s eyes.
“What is happening?”
Brian yelled in sudden, absolute panic.
A massive, terrifying shockwave of raw, uncontrollable kinetic energy began to build rapidly inside the crypt.
“You wanted my blood, Brian?”
Megan said coldly, her clear voice echoing with a strange, incredibly powerful dual resonance.
“You can have it.”
Megan slammed both of her hands down fiercely on the top of the box.
She forcibly channeled the explosive, raw energy of the supernatural bond entirely outward toward the commander.
A devastating, massive shockwave of pure, solid golden light erupted violently from the artifact.
It slammed directly and unstoppably into Brian with the horrific force of a runaway freight train.
The Hunter commander screamed in absolute, unimaginable agony.
The concentrated energy completely and instantly shattered his heavy tactical armor.
It threw him backward violently, launching him through the air like a discarded ragdoll.
He smashed heavily into the solid brick wall, every single bone in his body shattering instantly upon the catastrophic impact.
His specialized, heavy weapons were completely destroyed in a massive, blinding shower of electrical sparks.
The golden light faded slowly, leaving the ruined, devastated crypt in near total darkness.
Before Brian could even begin to slowly slide down the ruined wall, Greg was already there.
The furious vampire king grabbed the broken, utterly defeated commander by his throat.
He lifted him high into the air effortlessly, his grip like a steel vise.
Brian choked violently on his own bubbling blood, his eyes wide in absolute, final, undeniable horror.
“You dare to touch my queen?”
Greg whispered, his voice sounding exactly like the heavy thud of a closing casket.
With one incredibly brutal, unstoppable motion, Greg plunged his hand straight through Brian’s chest.
He crushed the man’s heart instantly, ending the threat permanently.
He tossed the lifeless, broken body aside casually, entirely discarding the man who had caused so much suffering.
Greg rushed instantly, desperately to Megan’s side.
He fell heavily to his knees in the wet dirt, entirely uncaring of the blood and thick mud completely ruining his bespoke suit.
He carefully took her trembling hands in his, bringing her small hand gently to his lips.
He kissed the small, bleeding wound softly, his golden eyes filled with profound emotion.
It healed instantly, the skin knitting back together perfectly.
“Are you hurt?” he asked, his deep voice trembling heavily with a profound, completely unexpected vulnerability.
“I’m okay,” Megan breathed deeply, collapsing fully and securely against his hard, broad chest.
“I’m okay.”
“We’re okay.”
Greg held her impossibly tight, burying his face deeply in the comforting scent of her dark hair.
A low, painful, pathetic groan broke the sudden silence of the crypt.
Tyler slowly sat up, clutching his completely shattered, agonizing jaw.
Megan pulled back from Greg and looked incredibly coldly at her foolish brother.
Tyler’s reckless, incredibly selfish greed had nearly gotten them all permanently, brutally killed.
Greg stood up smoothly, towering impressively and terrifyingly over the cowering, broken mortal.
He reached down and effortlessly hoisted the heavy lead box firmly and securely under his arm.
“Tyler,” Greg said, his powerful voice echoing with absolute, undeniable authority.
“You foolishly stole a weapon that could have ended my entire kind.”
“By all rights, your pathetic, worthless life is entirely forfeit.”
Tyler squeezed his eyes shut tightly, sobbing uncontrollably into his dirty hands.
“But,” Greg continued, his voice softening just a fraction, “you unfortunately share blood with the incredible woman who holds my entire heart.”
“And for that reason alone, you will live to see the dawn.”
Greg reached into his ruined, blood-soaked jacket and smoothly pulled out a heavy, incredibly solid gold coin.
He tossed it carelessly into the wet dirt right at Tyler’s trembling feet.
“Take that coin immediately to the harbor master waiting at the docks.”
“He will put you safely on a heavily guarded cargo ship securely bound for South America.”
“But if you ever dare to set foot in this city again, I will tear you apart incredibly slowly.”
Tyler nodded frantically, scrambling desperately to his feet.
He clutched the gold coin tightly like an absolute lifeline.
“I’m sorry, Megan.”
“Go, Tyler,” Megan said very quietly, a voice completely devoid of any remaining familial emotion.
“Just go.”
Tyler didn’t hesitate for a single second.
He turned and sprinted wildly down the dark, echoing corridor, disappearing completely out of her life forever.
Megan stood up slowly, brushing the thick dirt and mud from her clothes.
She looked carefully around the ruined, bloody crypt.
It was a complete, absolute nightmare, yet she incredibly felt a profound, deep sense of eternal peace.
The terrifying debts were fully paid in full.
The terrifying monsters masquerading as holy men were completely dead.
Greg stepped smoothly and gracefully toward her, offering his large, cold hand.
“The sun will be rising very soon, my glorious, beautiful queen,” Greg said softly.
“Shall we go home?”
Megan looked at his outstretched hand, her heart incredibly full and completely certain.
She was a deeply practical woman.
She knew exactly, undeniably what this choice meant.
To take his hand was to leave her frail, mundane human life completely behind forever.
It meant fully embracing the deep shadows and the eternal, incredibly dangerous world of the immortal vampire king.
She smiled warmly, a genuine smile that reached her eyes, placing her hand firmly and securely in his.
“Take me home, Greg.”
They walked smoothly and proudly out of the ancient, ruined crypts and back into the cleansing, heavy rain.
By dawn, the sprawling city was completely, utterly quiet.
And every man in the dark, treacherous underworld knew that a powerful new era had officially begun.
An era powerfully ruled by an immortal king, and the fiercely brilliant, unbending mortal queen who stood proudly by his side.
THE END
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