Claimed by the Demon Hunter 3 (Guardians of Humanity) by Harley James

Author:Harley James [James, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Matrix Media LLC
Published: 2020-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Out of breath and teeth chattering, Sydney slipped into a low-profile bar whose patrons were more the blue jeans and baseball cap sort than three-piece suit types.

A few people glanced over their shoulders with raised eyebrows as she scanned for bathrooms and all possible exits, but it was more likely because she wasn’t wearing a winter coat. They couldn’t tell her hands were still shaking, her heart still pounding so forcefully she was almost seeing stars.

Here in this All-American bar she was safe. Hidden away from Spencer’s scary brand of sexy. The fine hairs on her arms and the back of her neck rose as she passed behind the people bellied up to the bar.

Were any of them demons?

Would she ever take anything or anyone at face value again?

Stop. Wigging. Out.

She took deep, cleansing breaths as she made her way to the bathroom.

Alone. Thank God. She spent long minutes warming her arms and hands under the electric hand dryer before locking herself in a stall so she could think.

Holy shit. Demons. Angels. Holy relics and magical feathers. Immortal warriors. Being able to control the elements.

What the hell? How had she gotten mixed up in all this and why? Was there a reason, or was it a chance happening like one of those wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time things?

Her heart continued to bang against her ribs as she looked up at the water-stained ceiling tiles. In her panic, she’d made a rash decision to escape from Spencer.

What if that was her worst mistake?

What if he was really the only one who could protect her family?

But what if he had been tricking her, and her escape angered him so much he retaliated by hurting her family?

Her gut said he wouldn’t, but what did she know anymore?

Tears rose to her eyes, and she wrapped her arms around her waist. She had no phone, no money, and if something happened to her parents, siblings, or the Torque crew because of her decision...

Laughter and strains from an old Bruce Springsteen ballad spilled into the bathroom as the door opened. She held her breath, but no one entered the other stall. Then...sounds of slurping. A wet, sucking sound that made dread pool in her belly.

She tried to look through the stall door crack, but the sound was coming from the right. She leaned down to peek under the stall and saw two pairs of feminine shoes, facing each other.

Sydney inhaled and exhaled as quietly as possible, then flushed and exited the stall, averting her gaze from the two young women—making out, or just friends huddled together, gossiping?—by the wall next to the condom dispenser.

She must have imagined the slurping. She quickly washed her hands and was almost to the bathroom door when the taller woman lifted her head.

Sydney gasped. Something red stained the woman’s lips, her large, black eyes soulless for a single heartbeat until her irises clicked into a lovely cornflower blue.

The blue-eyed lady smiled and swiped at her mouth. “Hey, you alright? You look like you’ve seen—”

Sydney pulled her palms from her temples and raced out the bathroom door.

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