Chapter 15 Angelica and Syn were literally plowing a row through the multitude of demons pouring into the cemetery from the rift. She quickly noticed the man with her was mostly attacking demons that were headed toward her but she let it slide on the grounds he was helping even though he was being picky about it. Zachary’s flame snake wound its way through the demons, setting them ablaze along with a couple of half-eaten zombies. Seeing what was going on in his peripheral vision, Zachary set the area around them on fire, creating a protective circle of flame. Unless they could fly or withstand flames they would have a hard time passing the barrier. As they approached the group now hovering around Kane, Angelica felt a crushing weight on her chest at seeing him in such a state. She felt a sudden urge to cry… his pain affecting her in ways she never imagined she’d feel for a vampire. Always one to run from emotion, she turned away from the scene and rushed to Zachary’s side t
Chapter 16 “Look at me, Love,” Kane whispered. Tabatha lifted her gaze to his and gasped when the room around them vanished and the memory of their evening at Moon Dance sprang to mind. It was like it was happening all over again. She felt every sensation, every thrust of his body against hers and the euphoric feeling of completion washing over her. The way his lips scorched hers, the way they brought her to life was relived with distinct detail. She felt the pulsating throbs as she came for him. There was a hard pressure on her chest but Tabatha ignored it, whimpering against his mouth as he thrust into her body repeatedly. She felt something push under her skin and screamed with the memory of the orgasm. Kane watched her writhe against him as he relived the memory with her. When the blade pierced her chest, he took the pain for her… the pentacle of pain and pleasure slamming together inside him and almost bringing him to his knees. He shuddered when he pushed
Blood Bond Blood Bound Series book 5 Amy Blankenship, RK Melton Copyright © 2012 Amy Blankenship Second Edition Published by TekTime All rights reserved. Chapter 1 The city of Los Angeles spread out around him in a kaleidoscope of flashing lights and colors. The distant sounds of urban life rang in his ears but Syn paid it no mind, listening instead to the whisper of the soft breeze moving over him. He stood, balanced on the highest peak of one of the tallest buildings in the city, the pinnacle of it being the only thing his feet touched. Syn had his hands buried in the pockets of his pants while his trench coat whipped behind him like a long cape that seemed to disappear and reappear at random as though it were a living thing. His long dark hair had blown back from his face revealing an ageless beauty the likes of which was rarely seen in this world. He had taken the precaution of shielding his aura from all
Chapter 2 Tabatha stepped through the entrance of Silk Stalkings and looked around. She’d come here looking for Kriss… and prayed she would find him. He’d gone missing a few days ago and hadn’t even called… and he’d been avoiding her longer than that. She missed him and was starting to worry. If he was gone for any length of time in the past, he’d at least called and let her know everything was all right. Just catching a glimpse of him would take away her fear that Misery had eaten him or locked him in a cave somewhere. Sitting down at one of the tall tables, she continued to watch the stage hoping Kriss would come out and perform his act. It was almost an hour later that she realized the time and knew Kriss should have hit the stage by now. One of the waiters walked by her and she touched him on the arm to gain his attention. “Do you need something, Miss?” he asked. Tabatha smiled, “I’m hoping you can help me. I’m looking for Kriss Reed. Can you tell me when his ne
Chapter 3 During his teenage years, Ren had made it a habit to log into the Paranormal Investigation Team’s database so he could keep up on current events. He was also smart enough to then destroy whatever computer he had used so it couldn’t be tracked back to him. It had been a thrill to breech the firewalls set up on a division of the government that supposedly didn’t exist. The paranormal investigation team, otherwise known as P.I.T., knew Ren was stalking their assignments and siphoning their encrypted information, but so far they had never caught up with him and they had never found a firewall thick enough to keep him out of their private system. Not only was he stealing their data, but Ren was leaving data behind from his own paranormal investigations. After several years, the head of PIT had started leaving Rin messages behind the thickest, most encrypted firewalls Rin had ever seen. It was behind those walls that Rin had secretly joined the elusive P.I.T. group, but
Chapter 4 Angelica lay on the bed with a couple of pillows propped up against the headboard behind her trying to avoid sleep… her new favorite pastime. As soon as she came back in with her suitcase, she knew Zachary had pulled his little switch on Ren as the other man was sitting on the sofa staring at him. Zachary had told her to go ahead and find a room and get some sleep so she’d happily pretended to do just that. She’d walked the long halls for a few moments before choosing a door at random and opened it. Upon seeing the interior she smiled and placed her suitcase on the bed. The room was decorated in shades of purple accented with gold and lighter shades of lavender. The bed was huge, probably emperor size, with a beautiful canopy accompanied by gold and purple throw pillows and comforter. The sheets and pillowcases were lavender and she almost giggled at the little gold tassels on the corners of them. A large armoire sat on the far side of the room. When she opene
Chapter 5 Michael was on his way down to the main floor after paying a visit to Warren when he noticed Tabatha walk into the club. The philosophical side of him had many questions when it came to her. She’d been born while Kane was within the grave… so what god had decided upon her birth that she was Kane’s soul mate? “Obviously a very smart one since she was destined to bleed on his grave and release him from the spell,” he answered his own question with a whisper as he sized her up. She was beyond beautiful with her long blond hair cut in many layers, ice blue eyes, and lightly tanned skin. It looked like she’d been kissed by some elusive sun god. He watched her short breakdown in front of Kat and Envy and sighed, she was hurting. He tilted his head a bit to listen in on the conversation… now he was glad he’d eavesdropped since Kane had been the main topic. He wondered why Kane hadn’t said anything to anyone about Tabatha since his return to the city. If the gods had
Chapter 6 Misery watched with rapt attention as another symbol appeared on the medallion. This was the third one and Cyrus was simply having a bit of fun with the spider. The red light of the runic writing illuminated his face and Misery’s expression became ecstatic when she finally saw his dark soul. The light made him look extremely pale, white-blue skin tone accented by protruding cheekbones. It could have been a trick of the light but his mouth was stretched into an insidious smile with yellowed teeth and deep black pits for eyes that let her see directly into the lower pits of the underworld. When the light faded, the little boy he actually was reappeared. He was stretched out on the concrete on his belly with his arms crossed and his chin resting on the backs of his hands. His feet were waving back and forth in the air and he was humming a nonsense tune that appealed to Misery’s own darkness. Cyrus stopped waving his feet and jerked his head back to look up at the