Chapter 11 Titus latched his fangs into the demon’s throat, feeling them piercing the jugular vein. With one quick jerk, he sent black blood spraying out across the room in a wide arc. Jade was immediately dropped and she scrambled to her feet keeping her eyes locked on the wolf that was struggling to keep a hold of the thrashing demon. Her lips parted at the magnificent creature. Titus was larger than most werewolves… definitely larger than Caleb or Danny had ever thought about being. She took a quick step back when the demon tore its way out of Titus’ grip and pushed the Alpha aside… only to then turn its attention on her. At first glance, the demon looked like any ordinary human, but this one’s eyes were solid black with blackish smoke leaking out of them. Jade silently hoped the thing was leaking because it was dying from the wound Titus had just given it. To her horror, the demon possessed human opened its mouth and a long stream of writhing black smoke shot out toward

Chapter 13 Guy gave Ren a once over. “Glad to see you’re all right. Storm told us what happened with the Demon Blade and said it wasn’t pretty.” Ren nodded his head, “Yeah, hurt like a bitch. Did Storm tell you the demon wielding the blade was the same demon that killed Carley?” “No, he left that little detail out,” Guy growled and made a fist at his side. “Are you sure?” “Without a doubt,” Ren nodded then cocked an eyebrow at Guy’s body language. “You can relax… he’s dead.” Guy’s angry frown melted away and he took a step back, bumping into the counter. “How? Tell me everything. Did he suffer?” While Ren spoke to Guy about what actually happened, Carley continued her little tour of the shop… more specifically what was inside the safe. Her eyes sparkled at the old books and manuscripts the shop owner kept in there and smiled knowing she could read them even after they fixed the safe and locked it. Being a ghost seemed to have more ups than downs. Carley heard the s

Chapter 15 A high wave hit Jade hard and she swung around in the water to look back toward the beach house. She was suddenly getting the feeling that this was probably a bad idea with the storm surge coming in so fast. She made a confused face seeing an ugly green van in the water between her and the beach house. “What the? Where the hell did that come from?” Jade swam forward and quickly closed the distance but drew back when she heard a stream of cuss words coming from the other side of the van. Dirk held on to the van, but with the sand moving under his feet, it was a wonder the damn thing didn’t roll over him. Finally gripping the door handle, he lifted himself into the driver’s seat glaring at the fact that the water was high enough to have already covered the floorboard with a good ten inches of salty water. How the hell was he supposed to back the van up now? Making a sound of disgust, he jumped back out into the rising water and tried to maneuver in front of the ove