Immortal Fire by Desconhecido(a) Page A

spell will kill
you.”
     
    “You brought me here to die.”
Tears welled in her eyes. “You knew this would happen. Why are you trying to
ruin my life? And don’t call me baby!” She swiped at his face, tearing it a
little.
     
    “Down, demon!” his mother yelled.
     
    “Mother, please,” Donovan
grumbled. “Let me handle this. Go and mix up a potion or something. Please .”
     
    If the pain weren’t so great, Kai
would have laughed. Nothing tore a cool, sexy male off his alpha train like his
mother.
     
    Mrs. Dew shuffled out of the
room, mumbling something about disrespectful children being cast in the abyss
behind evil demons and slammed the door she’d passed through. Donovan turned
back to Kai.
     
    “Listen to me. It’s very
important. Calm yourself. Know that you are safe, and no one here will hurt
you. Unless you do that, you will suffer. The pain will get worse until you are
consumed.”
     
    “Not helping!”
     
    “Kai, you’ve got to do it. Now
concentrate.”
     
    She closed her eyes. Her head
felt like it had caught fire, the blue fire of some heavy duty magic. She could
almost see it in her mind with Mrs. Dew shouting, “Be gone, demon.” How could
she possibly calm down when such a threat was all around her? Know that she was
safe? He had to be kidding.
     
    Kai slumped over onto the floor.
“There’s got to be somewhere else, Donovan. Please. I’m dying. Help me!”
     
    He let loose a string of curses.
     
    “Do something!” She thought she
commanded her mouth to yell, but her voice was a whisper. “Take me past the
front door. Please, just until I pull myself together. It hurts. I believe you
don’t want to hurt me.”
     
    Coming to a decision, he whipped
her up into his arms and marched her out through a curtain. Through half closed
eyes, Kai saw that they were inside the front of Mrs. Dew’s shop. The lights
were turned off, and the open sign faced them. She recalled that the place only
opened at night.
     
    The bell above the door jingled.
A fresh breeze blew in, clearing her head of both the odd smells and the
pressure. Kai elbowed Donovan so that he dropped her. She landed on her hands
and knees. “Bevin!”
     
    Her bodyguard appeared in a flash
and sent Donovan flying backward to land on the ground. Kai leaped onto his thin
shoulders and muttered, “Home.” The next time she opened her eyes, she was
lying on her bed. She breathed a sigh of relief, before dropping into a deep asleep.
     
    * * * *
     
    Kai opened her eyes several hours
later. Every joint and muscle in her body ached. She forced her limbs to
stretch as she sat up. The events of earlier in the day washed over her, and
despair hit. She’d manifested the demon. Her skin, her teeth, even fire had
come from her. How she could have willed Gethin to
catch fire, she didn’t know. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he
wished her harm.
     
    What depressed her more was that
Donovan had been in league with that evil person, that he had intended to win her trust. To do what?
     
    A soft knock sounded at her door.
She was in no mood to deal with her mother’s ever sunny disposition. “I’m
sorry, Mom, I’m not feeling well. Can we talk later?”
     
    The door opened a crack, and
Mitzi peered in. Kai frowned. Tears glistened in her ex-best friend’s eyes.
“Kai, I know you don’t want to see or talk to me, but I had to take a chance. I
want to explain.”
     
    “Do you know what happened to me
today, Mitzi?” Kai demanded. She stood and stomped over to yank the door wide.
“Donovan and his partner tried to kill me.”
     
    “No!” Mitzi’s eyes grew wide, and
she shook her head in disbelief. “He couldn’t have. He wouldn’t. I-I . . .” She
covered her face. “I made a big mistake. I only wanted what’s best for you, Kai.”
     
    “You don’t know what’s best for
me, Mitzi.”
     
    “I’m a poor judge of character.”
     
    “You said it.”
     
    Kai relented and turned to