Chapter 15 Crouched on one of the high shelves out of sight, Shinbe was growing restless. This fight was lasting much longer then he’d anticipated, and he had to give credit to the demon’s side… there was, after all, power in numbers. The fact that there were more shadow beasts coming out of that deep hole in the floor was only making it worse. Causing a cave in wasn’t an option either, since it would take everyone with it… including the crystal he had come to retrieve. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully then glanced down at the beads that were wrapped securely around his wrist and palm. He closed his fingers over the protective barrier the sacred beads created. If he released the cursed void, it would even the odds in no time, by sucking up the army of shadow beasts and allowing the brothers to focus the fight back where it belonged… on the demon. But there was a down side to using such an awesome weapon. The cursed void was not picky as to what it sucked up into the black ho
Chapter 16 Damon smirked as he leaned against the cop car closest to the front doors of the building waiting for his brothers to emerge. Did the girls really think if they walked away from him and whispered… that he wouldn’t still hear them… seriously? Tabatha had just asked Alicia to distract him so she could go check on Kane, and now he was patiently waiting to see just how his mate thought she was going to accomplish such a feat. “You’re the one that has to obey him for the rest of the night… not me,” Tabatha added with a huff, then tilted her head in Damon’s direction, indicating Alicia should go try. Alicia bit her bottom lip and glanced at Damon from beneath her eyelashes. There was only one way she knew of that might work. Releasing her full bottom lip from its torture, she licked it and started toward Damon with one mission in mind… seduction. Damon pushed away from the cop car and stood to his full height, having just spotted his brothers through the glass of th
Blood Rain Blood Bound Series Book 13 Amy Blankenship, RK Melton Copyright © 2017 Amy Blankenship English Edition Published by Amy Blankenship Second Edition Published by TekTime All rights reserved.Chapter 1 Ren rematerialized in the front room of The Witch’s Brew… right back in the same spot he’d disappeared from and glared down at the top of Lacey's head. She was sitting on the floor with her back to him holding and rocking Vincent like a damn baby… with his head pressed against her breasts no less. The muscles around his eyes tightened in irritation. Lacey jerked her head up and frowned when the black lights in the room started to flicker, making her worry that the thunderstorm was going to take out the power here, like it had at the ‘Museum of the Damned’. She flinched and tightened her hold on Vincent when a deafening crack of thunder slammed through the atmosphere, at the same second she saw the flash of lightning. Vincent let a smirk pull
Chapter 2 Ren palmed the small of Lacey's back and pulled her closer, making her heat slide deliciously the rest of the way up his thigh. He ground his erection against her stroking hand and deepened the kiss with a harsh growl, moving in an erotic rhythm that she was willingly matching. Most of the demons had moved on, allowing him to slowly come down off the paranormal power surge but he was unwilling to let her in on that little secret just yet, due to the new high he was caught up in. Lacey stilled when she realized she was no longer feeling the creepy sensation down her spine that had been caused by the demons outside the window. Remembering the demons had a domino effect on her… reminding her of the fact that only a few moments ago, Vincent’s arms had mysteriously disappeared from around her. The scene flashed in her mind making her flinch. The second she stopped riding his thigh and returning the kiss with such abandon, Ren released her lips and pulled back enough to st
Chapter 3 “I need to get out of these clothes,” Lacey said, glancing down at the cocktail dress she was still wearing. The dress had been really pretty when she’d first put it on, but after the frightening night she’d had, it was dirty and actually ripped in a couple of places where she’d been pierced by those demon strands. A shockwave of intense sexual need hit her hard and Lacey snapped her startled gaze back up to Ren's stone faced expression. Had that come from her… or him? She hadn’t been thinking about sex when she’d mentioned taking her clothes off but damn if it wasn't on her mind now. “And obviously another ice cold shower is in order,” she added, placing the palm of her hand against the tightening of her stomach muscles. She’d never been shy when it came to talking about sex and she wasn't going to start biting her lip now. “Am I leeching this sexual need from you?” Ren had practically stopped breathing when he’d imagined removing her dress for her in one fluid m
Chapter 4 Angelica slipped through her bedroom door and quickly shut it behind her. Sliding the lock in place, she leaned her forehead against the thick wood wishing it was made of something stronger… titanium maybe. Releasing a heavy sigh, she frowned and stepped away from the door, staring at the lock like it was her only hope. In a way it was. That little lock was the only thing between her and the craving she had to see Syn now that he wasn't here watching her… stalking her. Lifting her hand, she rubbed her right temple in furious little circles trying to piece together the fact that she had just ran away from the man… or whatever he was, only to now miss him so much that her chest was actually aching. “I don’t need anyone,” Angelica reminded herself but her fingers paused in mid circle. She jerked her hand down from her temple tasting the lie within the words. Considering she felt the withdrawal symptoms, she might as well label him as what he was… an addiction. Slo
Chapter 5 Kriss stood in front of the huge picture window of their penthouse with a bottle of Kat’s famous Heat in one hand and an oversized wineglass in the other. He wanted to get drunk but his annoyingly swift metabolism wouldn’t allow him to gain the release he craved for more than a few moments at a time. Becoming frustrated, his hand tightened around the glass, accidently shattering it in his palm as he remembered seeing Vincent’s face for the first time in countless years. Granted, Vincent wouldn’t remember the encounter since Storm had turned time around… but Kriss would never forget that expression of hatred Vincent had directed at him. In rejection of that hatred, he rebelliously looked back on memories of his childhood, to the time when Vincent had felt the exact opposite for him. He hadn’t been in this world long when Dean had taken off to stop a horde of demons that were headed right in their direction. He’d waited, alone, hiding among the huge rocks at the bas
Chapter 6 Zeke sat with his legs dangling off a huge wooden crate that had been deposited just inside the shadowy area near the dock doors in the back of the Wal-Mart. Those same legs swung lazily back and forth at random, as he watched the humans unload the transfer truck. He grinned at the two men who were a bit nervous but doing a good job of acting like they weren’t. One of them was named Hank, and the other was named Dude, as far as he could tell because that’s what Hank kept calling him. He had been playing with them for the last couple hours… blowing up balloons and popping them to make loud booms or moving smaller boxes around, so the adults would trip over them and accuse each other of doing it. The two idiots were almost convinced the store was haunted. The game had started out as a lot of fun but now he was bored. To anyone that caught a glimpse of him, Zeke appeared to be nothing more than a normal child around eight years of age. His dark hair was always messy,
Chapter 16 Damon smirked as he leaned against the cop car closest to the front doors of the building waiting for his brothers to emerge. Did the girls really think if they walked away from him and whispered… that he wouldn’t still hear them… seriously? Tabatha had just asked Alicia to distract him so she could go check on Kane, and now he was patiently waiting to see just how his mate thought she was going to accomplish such a feat. “You’re the one that has to obey him for the rest of the night… not me,” Tabatha added with a huff, then tilted her head in Damon’s direction, indicating Alicia should go try. Alicia bit her bottom lip and glanced at Damon from beneath her eyelashes. There was only one way she knew of that might work. Releasing her full bottom lip from its torture, she licked it and started toward Damon with one mission in mind… seduction. Damon pushed away from the cop car and stood to his full height, having just spotted his brothers through the glass of th
Chapter 15 Crouched on one of the high shelves out of sight, Shinbe was growing restless. This fight was lasting much longer then he’d anticipated, and he had to give credit to the demon’s side… there was, after all, power in numbers. The fact that there were more shadow beasts coming out of that deep hole in the floor was only making it worse. Causing a cave in wasn’t an option either, since it would take everyone with it… including the crystal he had come to retrieve. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully then glanced down at the beads that were wrapped securely around his wrist and palm. He closed his fingers over the protective barrier the sacred beads created. If he released the cursed void, it would even the odds in no time, by sucking up the army of shadow beasts and allowing the brothers to focus the fight back where it belonged… on the demon. But there was a down side to using such an awesome weapon. The cursed void was not picky as to what it sucked up into the black ho
Chapter 14 Zeke was trying to stay as quiet as possible as he made his way across the rafters, hidden just above the thin drop ceiling. He wanted to make it into the warehouse, in hopes that whoever had erected that stupid barrier hadn’t been smart enough to extend it to the end of the loading docks. He achingly remembered knocking Hank’s truck out of gear just this morning and now regretted not leaving the building when he’d had a chance. He had been sitting so close to those huge dock doors and freedom that he’d felt the sunshine on his face. If he’d only known what was going to happen, he wouldn’t be shrouded in darkness by the shadow demons right now or being hunted by something that wanted to eat his freakin’ soul. Zeke cringed away from the noises that didn’t belong in the ceiling with him. The slithering sounds let him know that the shadow beasts were still searching for him and getting closer. Reaching out to move forward, his hand touched something cold and it s
Chapter 13 Michael felt the demon’s approach a mere second before the thing streaked past him with amazing speed. Oddly enough, it had looked like Peter Pan being chased by a bunch of those shadow beasts, just like the one that bit him earlier. He wished he’d had a video camera rolling when one of the snake-shaped shadows plowed right through Damon’s back and came out his chest. Damon froze in his spot when he felt something cold press into him and glanced down just in time to see it shoot out of his chest. He reached for it, to snatch it out of the air, but the thing was already gone. “What the hell,” Damon complained softly, not enjoying the cold sensation the passing left behind. “It happened so fast that I didn’t even get a chance to warn you,” Michael stated, with an apologetic shrug. It was all he could do not to laugh because that had actually been very entertaining to watch. Damon frowned in the direction it had gone, then turned to face his mate, who seemed to b
Chapter 12 Titus tried to keep the satisfied smirk from pulling at his lips when he inhaled and found that Jade’s heat had spiked high enough to where he was sure she would not deny him. Within minutes, they were handing the sleeping children over to the paramedics and he was leading Jade toward the Hummer he had parked around the side of the building. Jade glanced back toward the front doors seeing another child being carried out and pulled against the hold she just realized Titus had on her upper arm. “As Alpha, aren’t you supposed to be helping the wolf pack,” she asked, just as they rounded the corner out of sight. She didn’t really want to be alone with him right now… not when her knees felt so weak. She gasped when Titus swung her around to face him, his palm suddenly gripping her right between her legs. She couldn’t help but close her eyes and arch her body when his finger rubbed hard right across the seam of her damp pants. “I know where I’m needed right now Jade
Chapter 11 Kane growled at the adolescent when the girl tried to stab him with a kabob skewer. He reached out and grabbed her by the wrist to keep the makeshift weapon at a safe distance. From what he’d noticed so far, it looked like the shadow demons were picking on anyone under the age of twelve and that worried him. He racked his brain mentally, checking off what types of demons were known for picking on children. There were many actually, and all of them tended to have different personalities anyway, so the type probably didn’t even matter. This child was among the odd ones though. She had something most of the others he’d encountered didn’t… she had a pet. It seemed the ones with snakes wrapped around them weren’t interested in playing anymore, unless you counted games like operation… and he wasn't talking about the board game. Kane reached his other hand out so the snake would attempt to bite him. As soon as it struck, he grabbed at it, missing when its body turned to
Chapter 10 “We should make like Scooby-Doo and split up,” Micah advised, after a few minutes of chasing nothing but shadows and sounds through the endless aisles. Chad had already sent out the command to all of the cops, letting them know they were to avoid the rug rats, since the children were not their intended target. They were on a demon hunt pure and simple. “Good idea,” Chad agreed. “I’ll take Vincent with me, and you can do a sweep around the store since you can move a lot faster than us mere humans.” He smiled to let his friend know he really didn’t hold the speed advantage against him. The cougar nodded at him and took off towards the produce section… probably hoping to catch sight of Kane thrashing a few mini-monsters. He shook his head and sighed heavily. “There has got to be a better way of doing this,” Chad remarked, as he and Vincent kept walking. “So far we’ve accomplished nothing.” “How long have you been a cop,” Vincent asked, now that they were finally
Chapter 9 Shinbe’s trench coat fluttered out around him in the updraft, as he landed on the roof of the Wal-Mart building. He had felt the newly awakened power of the crystal’s talisman and the locator spell he’d just performed had led him to this location. The guardian closed his amethyst eyes when he sensed the seductive aura of not one but two talismans within the walls below him. A frown settled on his face as he became aware of the number of souls surrounding the two sacred pieces of crystal… so many humans and a good deal of them children. That was a problem since the whole building was now crawling with evil entities. “This is not a safe place to battle demons,” Shinbe mused and looked down at the parking area full of vehicles. He arched an eyebrow at the group of non-humans that were suddenly standing there in front of the store. Among them were the Sun Gods. Good, they would be able to handle the demons and PIT would probably be close behind to help them evacuate t
Chapter 8 Michael recalled thinking, not so long ago, that this big house seemed lonely. He was actually glad his family thought he needed a babysitter while Aurora was off visiting Skye. He didn’t have a craving for demon blood at the moment but they didn’t need to know that. Kane slammed his hand down on the table and flipped over his cards, laughing wickedly with his green visor glinting in the light. “I win!” “Damn it!” Damon growled and threw his cards at him. “Why do I always lose to you?” “Because I’m just that good,” Kane bragged and pulled all the money that was in the middle of the table toward him. He knew reading his brother’s mind was a form of cheating but he liked the theory that it’s only cheating if you get caught. “Um, excuse me,” Alicia muttered, “but I don’t know if my hand is any good or not.” Kane paused and slowly turned his face toward her. “Well, what do you have?” “Ohm,” Alicia began with a small voice, “I got a bunch of hearts… a ten, Jac