Bittersweet Blood (The Order) by Nina Croft

Author:Nina Croft [Croft, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: detective, Vampires, dark paranormal, paranormal romance, romance series, demons, Romance, private investigator, secret powers, Nina Croft, demon hunter, The Order
Publisher: Entangled Edge
Published: 2013-02-17T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Have I mentioned the fact that I hate the fucking fae?” Piers asked as they exited the elevator onto the open rooftop.

Christian ignored the comment. All his senses were alert, but the roof appeared deserted, and nothing moved in the shadows. He glanced at Piers. He’d been preoccupied with his own thoughts, but now, for the first time he noticed that Piers looked pissed.

“I mean,” Piers continued, “with a demon you know where you are, what to expect—”

“Them trying to kill you?”

“Yeah, but at least they’re up front about it and you get a good fight. Hell, demons are fun. The fae on the other hand don’t know what fun is, and they certainly don’t know how to have a good fight. They’re more likely to wait until they can stab you in the back or bore you to death with all that purity of the blood shit. And that magic stuff, what’s with that?” He shook his head in disgust. “Man, I hate the magic.”

Christian had to agree. The fae were tricky. The one point in their favor was that they kept to themselves. That was the thing about thinking you were better than everyone else—you didn’t want to mix. In his years running the Order, he’d never had much contact with them.

“Have you ever met the Walker before?” he asked.

Piers nodded. “Oh yeah, I’ve had the pleasure, more than a few times, and boy was that fun. What about you?

“Once. At the end of the last wars. They’d been trying to recover something the demons had stolen from them. They wanted our help.”

Piers grinned. “I bet it hurt them to ask for that. Did we give it to them?”

“We never found whatever it was.” Christian shrugged. “They weren’t happy, but there wasn’t a lot they could do about it.”

“What did you think of the Walker?”

“Very focused. Ruthless. I was glad when they went back where they belong.”

“So you don’t like them any more than I do. Though I have to admit they are good for one thing.” Piers’s eyes gleamed in the darkness. “Have you ever tasted fae blood?”

“It’s against the Accords,” Christian said.

“This was before the Accords were signed.”

“You’re that old?”

Piers nodded. “And it was wild times back then. Pretty much a free for all.”

“And the fae blood?”

“The sweetest thing you have ever tasted.” He licked his lips and grinned. “You can understand why a demon will break the Accords to get some of that.”

Christian stepped out of the shadows and searched the open area in front of them. The night was clear, and up here, high above the city streets, it was quiet. Far below, the constant hum of the city continued as normal.

“Perhaps I should tell you,” Piers said, “the Walker and me, we have some history.”

Christian swung around to face him “You do?”

“Hmm.

“Is it going to be a problem?”

“Probably.”

“And you only thought to mention this now?”

“Hey,” Piers said, “the fae approached the Order for this meeting not the other way round. So they can take what they’re given or fuck off back to fairyland where they belong.

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