Beautiful Monster: The Hunt (Book 2) by Jeanne Bannon

Author:Jeanne Bannon [Bannon, Jeanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“I can’t do that!” Jack protested.

“You can and you will,” Alina answered as they walked along Fifth Avenue. It was a much nicer part of the city than Harlem and ZoZo enjoyed looking in the store windows even though they were closed up for the night, stopping every so often to press her pug nose against the windows.

“No way. Boris is a killer. I’ll be serving myself up to him on a platter.”

“He also likes good looking men, like you. He won’t hurt you. He might want to sleep with you, though.” She laughed. “Somehow I don’t think you’ll mind.”

Jack gave a sly smile. “I like women too, you know.”

“Oh, I know. I felt just how much you liked me yesterday.”

“Me too. Me too!” ZoZo called up to Jack. “Jack like ZoZo too?” She smiled a toothy grin and batted her eyes.

Jack laughed and hoisted her up onto his shoulders. “Yes, Jack likes ZoZo too.”

“So you’ll do it?” Alina asked trying to keep the cool bravado in her voice. It wouldn’t do for someone like her to seem too anxious. She was well above Jack in rank and power. Still, she needed him there was no doubt about that. He was the perfect bait, a good-looking young man, just the type to draw Boris out; a distraction from his rampage. Yes, it would be dangerous for Jack and he knew it but she sensed a wild, carefree side to the young man that just might make the idea appealing.

“You want me to walk up to Boris’s house, knock on his door and introduce myself? Pardon me but that not only sounds stupid and dangerous, but it’s also fishy. He’ll know there’s something up right away.”

Alina sighed. He was right. It would be stupid for Jack to just arrive on Boris’s doorstep and announce himself as a possible boy toy. Besides, Boris would read Jack thoughts as easily as if he’d spoken them aloud. Damn it but the boy was right and deep down inside she knew it was too simple to work.

“Well, then what if we follow him and you can accidentally run into him. You’re his type.” Alina held up a slender finger in warning. “But, I’ll have to be there to intercede because he’ll read your mind. He’ll know what we’re up to. I won’t have much time but—”

“Hey wait, how much of that book have you read?” Jack asked.

“Book?” Alina replied a little confused.

“You know, that pink book made out of human skin.” Jack grinned, his white teeth shining in the night.

“Why?”

“Is there a spell for masking? What if you find something to help me stop Boris from reading my thoughts?”

Alina was astonished. He’d come up with a brilliant idea and she silently berated herself for not thinking of it herself. She’d have a look through the Book of Spells when they got back to that dump of an apartment.

“You’d consider it then if you had a masking spell in place?”

Jack shrugged. “I dunno. Maybe.” A forlorn look came over him and he stopped.

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