Beauty and the Demon: A Paranormal Demon Romance (Hell Bent Book 5) by Aurora Ascher

Author:Aurora Ascher [Ascher, Aurora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781777853280
Publisher: Aurora Ascher
Published: 2023-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

20

The End of the Road

As predicted, it had taken Belial over an hour to walk home from the club. His new neighborhood was ritzy and full of mansions, and as a result, the streets were dead silent, save for the occasional car passing. It was oddly calming.

When he got home, he ditched his clothes on the bedroom floor and stood under the scalding spray of his shower for over half an hour before sprawling out in his enormous bed.

The house was so quiet he could hear the ringing in his ears.

It was late, well after two in the morning. The room was dark. But he wasn’t even close to sleeping.

Instead, he lay on his back and stared at the ceiling. He couldn’t get the terror in Skye’s eyes out of his head. Eyes open or shut, the sight of her backing away from him was burned into his retinas like he’d been staring at a too-bright light.

His phone rang on the nightstand. He would normally never answer a call in his attempted sleep period, but he had a feeling he knew who it was.

“Bel, are you okay?” Eva asked immediately when he picked up. “What happened?”

“Don’t ask me if I’m okay,” he replied. “Ask your friend.”

“What happened?”

“I scared the shit out of her.” He spoke through gritted teeth. “She took off running like the hounds of hell were after her.”

Eva cursed.

“Have you spoken to her?” he asked. “Did she make it home?”

“I talked to her.”

He waited for more. The silence was suspiciously weighted. “And?”

“And…” Eva took a breath. “You’re right. You scared the shit out of her.”

“What did she say?”

“Um…well, I don’t know exactly what happened, because she couldn’t really explain the supernatural shit. So she kinda translated it into thinking you’re a big, terrifying red flag.”

Bel winced. “She’s not wrong.”

“What exactly happened?”

“A car almost hit her. Some drunk idiot running the red light. I tried to shove her out of the way, but I pushed her too hard and she went flying.”

“Oh, damn,” Eva said.

“That’s not all.”

“Uh-oh.”

“The car hit me instead. I got…pissed. Lost my temper a little. Smashed the hood in.”

“With what?”

“My fists.”

“Oh my god.”

“Bunch of humans saw me.”

“Shit. Was there fire?”

“No. But it was close.”

“Shit.” Eva was personally acquainted with the phases of Bel’s temper tantrums. First, his eyes flickered with hellfire, then he started to gain height. The air around him would waver with heat waves, and then he’d burst into flames.

But that was only the beginning.

“You got hit by a car though?” Eva asked. “Are you okay?”

“The car was in worse shape than I was.”

“Well, that’s kinda badass.”

He snorted. “Ask Skye how badass it was.”

“She thinks you have like, next-level anger issues.”

“Again, she’s not wrong.”

“And…she’s inexplicably, irrationally terrified of you.”

“What?”

“Yeah, I had to help her through a near panic attack just from talking about you. I think the supernatural stuff made her instincts go haywire. She doesn’t even understand why she’s so scared.”

“Fuck.” He really had traumatized her. This was exactly why Eva hadn’t wanted him hanging around her.

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