Charmed by the Beast

Author:Conner Kressley [Kressley, Conner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-03T23:00:00+00:00

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I stood at the corner of Cindy’s office building. Turned out Satina had found her when we couldn’t and left her whereabouts for me as a sort of parting gift.

Staring up at the huge silver skyscraper, I sighed. I didn’t want to do this, to march up to Cindy, explain who I was, what was going on, and why it was imperative that she listened to me. She hated me. She hated Charlie. She already considered us dangerous, and, at least from her perspective, she wasn’t wrong.

But Abram was right. Keeping Cindy safe was important, not only for me, but for Charlie. He loved this woman. And what was life without love?

That thought was more than enough for me to push through those doors, magically shutting down whatever security system this building had in place.

This was a little sad. Cindy was pretty successful—that much was easy to see from the elegance of the building and the staff plaques on the wall of the office I was now walking through that referred to Cindy Rembly as ‘Senior Vice President of Sales.’ But the fact that she was here this late in the evening alluded to a distinct lack of personal life.

Still, there was plenty of time for all of that once I made sure she didn’t end up dead. As soon as this was over, I would convince her to give Charlie another chance.

One thing at a time.

I marched through the office, pushing back fear as it bubbled up in my gut. I was strong. Abram said as much. I was the strongest person in the whole freaking universe. That was what he said, wasn’t it?

And Abram wouldn’t lie to me.

A loud boom sounded through the floor, so fierce and startling that it seemed to shake the entire building.

I stumbled back, holding onto the wall to steady myself. Once the sound leveled off, I heard panting. Cindy came stumbling out, her blouse torn and bloodstained, her lip busted, and her hair a stringy mess.

She blinked from behind her tangles. “Did you…did you do this?”

“My God,” I stammered, letting go of the wall and rushing toward her.

“Get away from me!”

I swooped onto her, wrapping my arm around her shoulders and pulling her forward. “Come on,” I said. “We have to get out of here.”

Maybe she was too tired or afraid, but she wordlessly did as I asked, limping toward the door of the building in pace with me.

“Who was he?” she finally asked. “Who was the monster?”

“Doesn’t matter,” I said, but a whoosh of energy disagreed.

It knocked me backward, ripping me away from Cindy and knocking me flat on my ass. A man settled in front of me dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowler hat and a mustache that twisted up into curls at either end. I knew without asking who he was.

Satina’s father.

He had a blade in his hand and a smirk on his face. As he stared down at me, a shudder ran through my entire body.

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