Curse of the Jade Cat by A. E. Churchyard

Author:A. E. Churchyard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, A. E. Churchyard, Werewolves and Vampires, Jade Cat, Dragons, Ghouls
Publisher: Kira Morgana
Published: 2022-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

THE BLOOD HAD DRIED on his face, but the pain from his ruined eyes was still fresh, every muscle movement causing a spiral of agony. Peter could hear the building below them burning and the voices of Riordan and her companions on the roof, but the air around him was cold and clear.

“Those fools down there still think they can rescue you.” The shadow beside him giggled.

“She’s not going to give up. That’s one of the reasons we chose her.” He murmured.

A sharp point tapped his cheek lightly, “I have a job to do Capall Adhmaid, and her persistence will help me do it.” The point slipped downward toward his throat, leaving a burning sensation behind it.

He shrieked, “Why?”

“You are not my only target,” The shadow whispered in his ear, “the Glascat is also on my list.”

Peter finally recognised part of the accent the voice carried, “Why are you doing this... your wife...”

“My Mistress is more important.” The voice caressed the first two words.

“The Fae Queen is crazy.” Peter said.

The knife slipped into the soft flesh under his jawbone and twisted, once, twice, boring a hole into the underside of peter’s tongue, “Speak no more insults about my one and only true love, Capall Adhmaid.”

“RIORDAN, GET OUT OF HERE; I’LL BE DEAD BEFORE YOU MANAGE TO GET UP HERE AND HE’S AFTER YOU NEXT.” Peter screamed out with his mind, hoping that Kai-Lynn heard him and did as he said.

The knife blade was slammed upward, and he felt the point slide through his tongue, crunch into the bone in the roof of his mouth, “You’ve ruined my surprise, Peter Derwin-Hepler and for that I’m going to destroy everything about this city you love.”

Peter would have glared at his assailant had he the eyes but between the pain of the blade in his mouth and the jerking of his optic muscles, he felt a wave of nausea sweep over his body. His stomach jerked and the bile shot up his throat and into his mouth, burning through the holes the blade had created. It was followed by what little food was left from his breakfast.

“Urgh... Peter control yourself, please.” The knife jerked out and the vomit poured out of the hole after it, mixing with the blood that spattered across his legs.

Another voice roared out “ALL CLEAR!” in Peter’s mind as he fought to stay conscious. It wasn’t a voice that he recognised though.

“What in the seven hells are they up to now?” peter’s tormentor stood and in a dramatic swirl of dark coat moved to the edge of the platform that he’d dragged the mind bound man up to.

“Jade Cat, for the last time, get yourself out of here.” Peter made a massive effort to project to the woman, “My successor will activate as soon as I die, and you will be needed by the Black Dragon to deal...”

A fist caught him unawares across the side of the head and Peter slammed down onto the platform, “Enough. You’re far too talkative for a man on the edge of death and I’m getting bored of the whole shebang.

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