Ablaze by Dahlia Rose

Author:Dahlia Rose [Rose, Dahlia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Amazon: B007SXK476
Goodreads: 13600522
Publisher: Sugar And Spice Press
Published: 2012-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

He got them settled in a safe house he owned under an assumed name. It was a last resort to bring them there. No one knew about this place, and he had protected it so much that the runes and spells were imbedded in the cement of the foundation and in the brick walls. Even under the grass, a second thin layer of porous cement had been poured. It allowed water to drain from the soil when it rained or from the sprinklers, and yet more spells were etched. It kept anyone he didn’t want on the property off it. Everything was invisible to the naked eye, and to the neighborhood it just looked like another house on the block. The trio appeared down the block in the shadows.

“Why not just put us in the middle of the house?” Sam asked as they walked. “I’m assuming we’re squatting?”

“You assume wrong. I own the house,” Penn replied. “And we can’t go directly there; it’s protected.”

Sam began laughing. “A demon owning a house in the ’burbs, that’s rich.”

They stopped outside the two-story brick house, and when Sam tried to take a step forward nothing happened. He looked at Hailey, and she did the same, and again it was like they couldn’t move their feet.

“I told you, there is no stepping foot on the property unless I want it.” He said a few words in a language not many knew under his breath. In a flourish, he invited them off the sidewalk. “Welcome to my sanctuary.”

“How come you never brought us here in the first place if you knew you had a house that was safe,” Sam demanded to know.

“Like I said, kid, it’s my sanctuary. I didn’t want anyone here.” He looked at Hailey, and his heart burned in his chest. “Until now.”

He looked over as Sam rolled his eyes and walked up the driveway. “Oh jeez, get a room.”

Penn unlocked the front door and led them into the living room. He flipped the light switch and flooded the room with light, showing off the expensive furnishing of the house. From the shiny, opulent fixtures of the lamps and the polished wood, to the soft leather sofas and armchairs, everything spoke of wealth, and he looked at Sam and Hailey who stood with their mouths agape.

“Better than the sewers, I hope,” Penn said with humor in his voice.

“Fucking A!” Sam ran over to the big-screen TV. “Do you have game systems on this thing?”

“Yeah, all of them,” Penn replied. Hailey gave him a look, and he shrugged. “What I like games, sue me.”

She smiled. “I think it’s good that you and Sam have found something in common.”

Knowing that he liked that idea made Penn more than a bit uncomfortable. “You guys look around. I need to go see a guy for some information. We need to know who’s coming after us and how hard to try to get ahead of the curve.”

She put her hand on his chest. “Please be careful, and come back to us.

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