glow from the River House windows
appeared through the trees and a drugging sense of comfort and
relaxation brushed past her. Alex’s shoulders relaxed as he stared
at the house. Dread clawed up her throat when Liam gasped. Sarah
looked over her shoulder, praying he’d only stubbed his toe or
something.
“What is it, Liam?”
“It’s the demon, Mama.” Anger and fear
filled the Jeep. “Make him stop the car. It’s waiting for us.”
“What, here?”
Alex skidded to a stop as a figure stood up
on his front steps, bathed in the warm, rusty light. Sarah’s heart
stopped as the shadow resolved into long dark hair, widely spaced
eyes, and curvy body of the woman waiting for them.
“Lisa?”
Chapter Six
Sarah’s stomach dropped as Alex’s expression
turned hopeful.
“Alex, don’t. That’s not your mate. It’s not
Lisa.” Sarah reached for him, but he’d already opened the door.
“No, please, Alex.”
But the Hell Hound didn’t respond. He left
the lights of his Jeep trained on the dark haired female on the
front steps of the house as he got out. His features twisted with
yearning and pain, and anger flared in her gut.
“Mama, don’t let him go. It’s the demon. I
can smell it!” Liam grabbed her hand and pleaded with his
frightened eyes. “You gotta help him.”
Sarah tightened her lips and gritted her
teeth. “Just stay here, Liam. If you sense more than one of them,
shout out for us. Lock the doors now.”
Liam nodded, never taking his eyes from the
woman smiling at Alex. Sarah’s hand clenched on the door handle and
the plastic cracked under her fingers. Her Sister wolf snarled at
the creature deceiving her Mate. Protectiveness swelled as the fury
settled into a cold lump in her belly. My True Mate. Her
Sister growled in agreement and Sarah’s chin lifted. She’d be
damned before she lost another mate to the demons.
Right, but how am I going to fight one now
when I couldn’t before?
The question hummed in the back of her mind
as she approached Alex and the woman luring him. She caught the
scent of hope from Alex, but something far more putrid and cloying
filled the hair around the feminine demon. The eyes looking out of
the pretty face glittered with obsidian darkness and Sarah fought
the urge to gag. Its lips split in a grotesque grin and sharp teeth
flashed in a hideous zig-zag pattern between them.
Why doesn’t he see it?
“Lisa?” Sarah’s heart skipped at the
confusion she heard in Alex’s rich baritone.
“Yes, baby, it’s me. Did you miss me?”
The woman’s voice sounded like protesting
metal scraping along stone and Sarah winced, but Alex only smiled
dreamily and took another step closer.
“Where have you been? I’ve missed you so
much.” Raw pain echoed in the air and Sarah wanted to throw her
arms around him in comfort.
“I had to go away for a little while, but
now I’m back to stay for good.” The demon opened its arms and
smiled. “Come give me a kiss, lover.”
Not if I have anything to bloody-well say
about it, bitch.
Sarah searched for something she could use
for a distraction as Alex closed the distance to the monster. Her
Sister wolf howled as she spotted the wooden handle of some tool
behind stacked cords of firewood. She darted to the pile and
grasped the handle, hefting a shovel over her shoulder.
Would it be enough? It would have to be.
She’d set herself on fire before she let that thing corrupt her
True Mate. Sarah took a deep breath and stalked toward them,
waiting for the right moment to strike.
The demon folded its arms around Alex and
bent its head to kiss him. No feckin’ way! Sarah swung the
shovel with all her strength. The flat part of the blade hit the
creature in the back of the head and jarred Sarah’s arms all the
way to her shoulders.
The demon shrieked and Alex cried out in
outrage, both collapsing to the ground. “Lisa” rolled to its feet
first, eyes blazing sickly green as it snarled at Sarah.
appeared through the trees and a drugging sense of comfort and
relaxation brushed past her. Alex’s shoulders relaxed as he stared
at the house. Dread clawed up her throat when Liam gasped. Sarah
looked over her shoulder, praying he’d only stubbed his toe or
something.
“What is it, Liam?”
“It’s the demon, Mama.” Anger and fear
filled the Jeep. “Make him stop the car. It’s waiting for us.”
“What, here?”
Alex skidded to a stop as a figure stood up
on his front steps, bathed in the warm, rusty light. Sarah’s heart
stopped as the shadow resolved into long dark hair, widely spaced
eyes, and curvy body of the woman waiting for them.
“Lisa?”
Chapter Six
Sarah’s stomach dropped as Alex’s expression
turned hopeful.
“Alex, don’t. That’s not your mate. It’s not
Lisa.” Sarah reached for him, but he’d already opened the door.
“No, please, Alex.”
But the Hell Hound didn’t respond. He left
the lights of his Jeep trained on the dark haired female on the
front steps of the house as he got out. His features twisted with
yearning and pain, and anger flared in her gut.
“Mama, don’t let him go. It’s the demon. I
can smell it!” Liam grabbed her hand and pleaded with his
frightened eyes. “You gotta help him.”
Sarah tightened her lips and gritted her
teeth. “Just stay here, Liam. If you sense more than one of them,
shout out for us. Lock the doors now.”
Liam nodded, never taking his eyes from the
woman smiling at Alex. Sarah’s hand clenched on the door handle and
the plastic cracked under her fingers. Her Sister wolf snarled at
the creature deceiving her Mate. Protectiveness swelled as the fury
settled into a cold lump in her belly. My True Mate. Her
Sister growled in agreement and Sarah’s chin lifted. She’d be
damned before she lost another mate to the demons.
Right, but how am I going to fight one now
when I couldn’t before?
The question hummed in the back of her mind
as she approached Alex and the woman luring him. She caught the
scent of hope from Alex, but something far more putrid and cloying
filled the hair around the feminine demon. The eyes looking out of
the pretty face glittered with obsidian darkness and Sarah fought
the urge to gag. Its lips split in a grotesque grin and sharp teeth
flashed in a hideous zig-zag pattern between them.
Why doesn’t he see it?
“Lisa?” Sarah’s heart skipped at the
confusion she heard in Alex’s rich baritone.
“Yes, baby, it’s me. Did you miss me?”
The woman’s voice sounded like protesting
metal scraping along stone and Sarah winced, but Alex only smiled
dreamily and took another step closer.
“Where have you been? I’ve missed you so
much.” Raw pain echoed in the air and Sarah wanted to throw her
arms around him in comfort.
“I had to go away for a little while, but
now I’m back to stay for good.” The demon opened its arms and
smiled. “Come give me a kiss, lover.”
Not if I have anything to bloody-well say
about it, bitch.
Sarah searched for something she could use
for a distraction as Alex closed the distance to the monster. Her
Sister wolf howled as she spotted the wooden handle of some tool
behind stacked cords of firewood. She darted to the pile and
grasped the handle, hefting a shovel over her shoulder.
Would it be enough? It would have to be.
She’d set herself on fire before she let that thing corrupt her
True Mate. Sarah took a deep breath and stalked toward them,
waiting for the right moment to strike.
The demon folded its arms around Alex and
bent its head to kiss him. No feckin’ way! Sarah swung the
shovel with all her strength. The flat part of the blade hit the
creature in the back of the head and jarred Sarah’s arms all the
way to her shoulders.
The demon shrieked and Alex cried out in
outrage, both collapsing to the ground. “Lisa” rolled to its feet
first, eyes blazing sickly green as it snarled at Sarah.
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