Bad Blood by Painter Kristen

Author:Painter, Kristen [Painter, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC009000
ISBN: 9780316084758
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2011-12-02T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

Doc stretched, trying to shake the sleep holding on to him. He opened his eyes, blinking a few times to clear the fog. Fi sat at the end of the bed, leaning against the footboard. Her eyes were closed, her mouth slightly open. She flickered like an old-fashioned movie. He smiled. His girl. Safe. That was good. Damn good.

He shifted into his human form, then propped his head on his hand and studied her. Letting her sleep was the right thing to do. She’d probably been up to all hours after he’d seen her at the church. He wasn’t sure how she’d even found him there, but his girl was resourceful. And braver than he’d ever imagined. His smile faded, remembering the night they’d had there. And the rest of his. It was over now. With Aliza and Evie both dead, that chapter of his life was closed. Permanently.

He nudged Fi with his foot. She could snooze later. “Hey, sleepyhead,” he said softly.

“Hmm?” She opened her eyes and the flickering stopped. “Hey, yourself. You’re awake. And human. How do you feel?”

“Not bad, considering.” Pretty crappy, actually. He stuck out his arm, twisting it side to side to look at the spot where the Castus had snagged him. “Just a little scratch now. Burned like a mother, though.” And still did, but not nearly like it had.

“You’re lucky it wasn’t deeper.” She scooted toward him and kissed his mouth. “I was so worried.”

“I know.” He shook his head. “I’m sorry. What happened after I left you at the church?”

“Preacher tried to kill me, but I went ghosty and ditched him, then I went looking for you but you were long gone. I figured since you said witch that you were either under some kind of spell or headed to Aliza’s or both.”

“Both.”

“It was that smoke we went through, wasn’t it?” She bit her lip.

“Probably. Not sure.”

“Well, I am.” She sighed. “You think Aliza’s really dead?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I know so. And so is her daughter Evie.”

Fi’s eyes rounded. “How do you know?”

He flopped back onto the pillows. “About Evie? She tried to kill me with a bolt of heavy-duty fire magic. I grabbed a tray and reflected the fire right back at her. Blew a hole in her chest I could’ve put my fist through.”

Fi’s face crinkled up. “Gross. Why’d she try to kill you?”

“She’s the one who had me under the spell. Forced me to bring the vampire baby to her. Then planned to kill me because she could.”

“So who gave you that scratch?”

“Castus. Apparently Evie and Aliza had the thing contained with some heavy black blood magic. Demon wasn’t exactly happy about it. When Evie died, the thing broke free, which is how I know Aliza’s dead, too. If she’d still been alive, I’m sure the spell would have held. Aliza’s not dumb. She’d know to put that kind of fail-safe in place with a monster like that.” He scrubbed a hand over his face, wishing he could erase the images in his head.

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