Dangerous Angel by Stacy Gail

Author:Stacy Gail [Gail, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781426898099
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2014-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The setting sun colored the sky a sullen orange over the mangroves. The cacophony of what sounded like every frog in the state filled the air, while a lone snowy egret glided over the calm waters of Oleta River. Over the next day or so, other houseboats and watercraft would appear to lay anchor in preparation for the incoming tropical storm now known as Oscar, but for now Kyle’s was the only boat around. He was alone on the river, because concern over a storm wasn’t what had compelled him to pull up stakes. The one and only priority that burned like a fever in his brain was to get Nikita to a place where nothing could reach her.

But if Dantalion had already achieved full manifestation, there was no place on earth where he could hide her from the madness.

Ensconced in a chair by a mosquito-proof screened window, Kyle stared without blinking at the inert woman on his bed. The last thing he’d wanted to do was Tase her—or his own personal type of Tasing—but she’d given him no choice. He’d always known Nikita Tesoro could handle herself in a fight. But damn, she’d been cage-match dangerous in her need to either kill him or herself in her need to escape.

Escape what, he still didn’t know. After a quick burst of electricity from his palm had shocked her into unconsciousness, he’d followed her trail—bloody footprints and eventually her shoes that she’d run out of in obvious blind panic—only to find signs of a struggle at her car a quarter of a mile away from where he’d finally managed to catch her. There was a small spattering of what looked like blood, several scuffed footprints, and a man-sized handprint that proved at one point someone had been knocked in the dirt. But other than that, he had nothing.

Nothing, but a gnawing suspicion and a conscience drowning him in a sea of guilt.

He didn’t blink when his phone vibrated. Instead he gave it his best fuck you look. For the first time since finding Neo-Philim, he actually regretted the close ties he’d managed to build there. Yeah, there was an apocalypse to worry about. But texting every ten goddamn seconds to see if there was any news was wearing on his last nerve.

“Have your houseboat on satellite. No one within three miles of you. She awake yet?”

Kyle stared at Macbeth’s comment box and gave serious thought to not answering. “No. No change.”

“The mind and body are intrinsically linked, Kyle.” A rare drop-in to their chat room, Sara’s brand-new husband, Dr. Gideon Mandeville, surprised him by appearing next. “From what you’ve reported, your friend suffered a serious attack today. Sleep is the great healer now. She’ll wake when she’s ready.”

That did nothing to quiet the panic gutting him now. “If she was attacked in a mental way, I don’t know how to treat her. It’s not like I can put a sling on her brain.”

“Don’t go borrowing trouble. Wait and see if she presents any symptoms when she’s awake.

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