Bewitched on Bourbon Street by Chase Deanna

Author:Chase, Deanna [Chase, Deanna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781940299334
Publisher: Bayou Moon Press, LLC
Published: 2015-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Jade

“Demon! Stand back!” I ran full out toward my friends. Lailah must have felt the demon behind her, because she spun at almost the exact same time I’d started running. And in her haste, salt sprayed out in front of her from the open container. The bluish-gray demon jumped back, roaring and rubbing at his eyes as he writhed in pain.

“Nice aim,” I called as I caught up to her.

She dropped the salt container, because as useful as it was to create a circle, it didn’t do anything in a battle other than blind someone temporarily. Magic balled in her palms before the demon could recover, and she started throwing ball after ball of magic at him.

He jumped and lurched, trying to get out of her line of fire, but she hit him almost every time, causing his skin to sizzle with the electric bolts of magic she was tossing his way.

Good—she was keeping him occupied.

I sprinted to Lucien’s side. “I’m going to help Lailah. Get everyone else in a circle around us. Fast. Spell the salt if you can, but if you can’t don’t worry about it. Join everyone’s power together, and whatever you do, don’t drop it.”

“Got it.” He took off, running to get the salt, calling orders as he went.

I moved so the demon was between me and Lailah, and I joined her in her assault. When my first stream of magic slammed into him, he turned toward me, his mouth open in a silent objection. His body convulsed under my attack, and a large chunk of blue, leathery skin disengaged and disappeared from his neck, leaving an oozing wound. Disgusting.

Lailah was unfazed and relentless with her magic bombs. I matched her single-minded focus, pouring raw power into him, intending to burn him alive if at all possible. I was taking no chances. Not after what I’d seen demons do in the past.

Only he had his hands stretched out and had managed to form some sort of barrier to keep the bulk of our magic from continuing to burn his wrinkling skin.

He was on the shorter side for a demon, no fangs, over-sized disproportioned head, large ears, and was dressed in contemporary clothes, jeans and a T-shirt. Was he trying to fit in? Usually demons took on some sort of human-looking persona unless they were really old and didn’t care about such things. This one either failed or hadn’t bothered.

I felt it the moment the coven snapped into place, creating a barrier of magic around us. It solidified my confidence that this demon wasn’t laying a hand on anyone. That we’d either end him or send him back to Hell so fast his head would spin.

Then suddenly, Lailah stopped her magical onslaught and stared at the unmoving demon. She held her hand up, signaling me to stop as well.

“Are you mad?” I cried.

She shook her head. “He’s not fighting back. I want to know why.”

Of course he wasn’t. He was too busy holding my power off. Except upon closer observation he was doing that with one hand.

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