Arctic Bite by N.J. Walters

Author:N.J. Walters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alaska; Arctic; Vampires; Shifters; Polar Bear Shifter; Reaper; Enemies to Lovers; Enemies to Lovers Romance; Paranormal Romance; Contemporary Fiction; Romantic Heroes Alpha Males; Bounty Hunter; N.J. Walters; Arctic Bite; Amara Next; Entangled Publishing; Forgotten Brotherhood series; Fantasy & Futuristic Romance; Vampire Romance; Shifter Romance; Paranormal & Urban Fantasy; Romantic Fantasy; Stand Alone Romance; Action & Adventure romance; Urban Fantasy; battle; assassins; immortal assassin; bounty hunter; enemies to lovers romance; suspenseful romance; immortal hero; alpha hero romance; thriller romance; fantasy thriller
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

He was in motion as soon as the reaper made his move. He and Cassie had a lot to discuss. But the only thing that mattered at this second was that the weapon the bastard was wielding could harm her.

Moving at lightning-fast speed, he grabbed Egan’s arm and twisted. He gave a yelp but didn’t yield. The bastard was stronger than he looked.

It wouldn’t do to underestimate him. He was a reaper, after all.

“Don’t you dare release your powers,” he ordered Cassie. She did that and Death would appear. Then they’d all be dead.

“Will you sacrifice your lover for your freedom?” Egan laughed and then slowly smiled at Alexei. “I’m going to enjoy killing you.”

“No,” she cried. “You can’t do this. You can’t use it.” There was fear and pure desperation in her voice.

It appeared to be nothing more than a simple tool made of metal and wood with arcane symbols etched into the blade. But he could also smell blood. Very old. Ancient even. He couldn’t identify it. But this blade had seen death.

The energy emanating from the metal made all the fine hairs on his body stand on end. This thing was lethal. Deadly.

And it belonged to Cassie.

Both men exerted themselves, muscles bunching as each tried to gain the advantage. Alexei snarled, gritted his teeth, and held on. If his opponent got free, he’d use the blade, not only on him but on Cassie.

The female reaper tried to sneak up behind him, but Cassie was there first. “Don’t even try it.” It was odd to have someone guarding his back. She was so formidable that even with her powers restrained, the younger woman hesitated, still feared her.

“You’re dead, you animal.”

He really seemed to have a problem with shifters. But it went much deeper. Alexei had seen his type before. The reaper had a taste for killing. Some enjoyed it. Wouldn’t surprise him to discover that Egan had broken the rules and taken some souls he shouldn’t have.

He was exactly like the creatures he and his Brothers were usually called in to put down.

But he fell under Death’s dominion.

At least Alexei knew who’d contacted the Brotherhood. It was clever on Egan’s part to use him to track Cassie. He’d probably set Damian and others like him searching for her, as well.

Whatever the repercussions, he needed to die.

Mind made up, Alexei did something he’d never attempted before. He willingly dropped the barrier in his mind, the wall he used to keep his darker side at bay. His fangs dropped. Claws erupted from his fingers. Power, potent and primal, surged inside him. Added to his normal polar strengths, he was more than the sum of the two sides, all his abilities amped up exponentially.

Alexei clamped down on his opponent’s arm. Bones cracked. His scream of pain echoed across the barren land. Not done, he swung razor-sharp claws at his throat.

Terror flashed in his eyes and Egan jerked hard. He stumbled back just in time to keep from being decapitated.

“What the fuck are you?” Egan demanded.

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