Blue Coral (Naga Brides Book 3) by Naomi Lucas

Author:Naomi Lucas [Lucas, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

The Elevator

Shelby

My back hits the wall on the far side of the room. Digging into my pocket for the guns, I remember they’re still sitting on the desk.

Vagan snaps upright and strikes his tail at the window. The Lurker doesn’t even flinch.

Clenching, wet, and covered in seed, I tear my eyes off Vagan to my pants and boots on the ground beside him. Hearing a wild pounding noise coming from the window, my whole body flinches. Running a hand roughly down my face, I rush across the floor to grab my clothes, dodging behind the table to pull them on.

The pounding on the window worsens.

“Can it get in?” I call out, heart racing with fear.

Peeking around the corner, Vagan’s still at the window, his back turned to me. The pounding stops, and then there’s a long, loud screech. I cover my ears and close my eyes as the Lurker rakes his claws down the glass.

“Get away from there!” I yell when Vagan doesn’t move away.

Through it all, his scent continues to invade me, making my nerves zing uncomfortably.

This is what I didn’t want to happen.

The pounding starts back up. Rising on my feet, I dash to the desk and grab one of the guns. Straightening, I face Vagan to scream at him again, catching a glimpse at the Lurker on the other side. With a mouth parted open to reveal its sharp teeth, it looks like it’s grinning. Deeply set slitted eyes and its reptilian features give way to predatory interest as they shift to me.

My fear skyrockets back.

“Vagan,” I say, nervously, taking a step toward him. “Look at me.” Why isn’t he responding?

“He speaks,” Vagan mutters. “They’ve never spoken before.”

“They?” I ask, hearing the Lurker scratch the window again.

“The other monsters. They were beasts. Even the ones that look like me…”

“Face me.” I reach out and touch his back. “The Lurkers are a completely different species than you. You’re not the same.”

His body jerks as if coming out of a trance, and he hisses, shooting out his arm to keep me from coming any closer. He turns to face me.

“Ssshelby,” he hisses my name, and the confusion in his eyes nearly breaks my heart. “Are you sure about that?”

“You’re not a monster—”

The Lurker slams his fists onto the glass, and we both startle back. Vagan’s tail coils around me.

“The glass will hold, r-right?” I stutter quickly. “Right?”

“He will break it. He can break it, if he wants to.”

“What?” That’s not what I wanted to hear.

The banging on the window gets louder.

“If he is that desperate to get through,” Vagan mumbles distantly, turning to look at the Lurker again. “I got through.”

I shake my head, having no idea what he’s talking about. “Through where?”

He doesn’t turn to look at me again. I back up a couple of steps and out of his tail. “Vagan,” I say, worry filling me, “we need to go then before that happens.”

We need to go right now.

The Lurker’s grin is back. The glass trembles and

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