With the vamp a few feet in front of the man, Kylie bolted out of the woods and stopped about three feet behind him.Della took a defensive step toward the man. He jumped back and slammed right into Kylie. He swung around, a growl escaping his lips, but the hood still obscured his face and prevented Kylie from knowing who and what she was up against.“Who are you?” Kylie asked. Feeling the sizzle of protective power, she went to yank off the hood from his head.He ducked and moved a few feet backward—closer to Della. “Stop this!” he demanded.“You stop,” Della ordered.He pulled off the hood of his sweater. “Is this the way you treat your teachers?” Hayden Yates asked.Della, being Della, didn’t back down. “If they go sneaking around in the shadows, dressing like some criminal, then yeah, that’s the way we treat ’em.”Kylie held up her hand to Della, hoping to calm her, not that Kylie felt all that calm. Her power was on full alert, her adrenaline set on high.“Since when is taking a walk sneaking?”
