Dark Hunter 14 - Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-05-04T19:51:46+00:00

But evil would never be

denied. "Help me!" the human woman screamed.

"Oh, shut up," he

snapped at the simpering human. For the cowardice alone she deserved to die.

"Please, let me go."

"Oh, I will, lovely. I'll

let you go in just a moment." He dove for the tree. As he swooped in, he took a moment to survey the area. There was nothing around him. No witnesses.

Good. He landed a few feet

away. Holding his sacrifice under one arm, he stalked toward the tree. The light of the full moon whispered through the bare branches. It was cold enough that he could see his breath in the air around him. He inhaled the crisp weight of it.

The woman struggled against

him as he raised one arm to sever a single limb from the tree. He could hear the oak screaming as he cut through the wood. Loud. Strong. Thank the gods it was healthy. The limb landed at his feet.

"P-p-please."

"Shut up." He slung

the woman against the tree so hard, she died on impact. A human sacrifice wasn't necessary for what he intended but human blood was, and since he doubted the woman would have let him cut her without more whimpering and pleading, this sufficed. Using the claw from his right hand, he opened the human's throat and let her blood flow into the tree and soak the roots.

Then he opened up his own

wrist as he chanted the ancient demonic words that would awaken the Primus Potis—the first power. Before there was light in the world, there was darkness.

Chaos. And that power slept. Now it was time for it to reawaken and help him.

"I summon you forth with

voice and blood. With the weight of the moon and the strength of the sacred wood. Oh darkness, come to me. So say the dark oh mote it be..."

As he chanted, the wind picked

up speed. It whispered around him as ancient forces gathered to awaken the one he called. Al-Baraka...

The tree began to shake as a

black mist from the earth rose to encircle it. Kaiaphas looked up to see a pair of glowing eyes—one vibrant earth green and the other dark earth brown—materialize in the center of the mist. The air swirled faster, rising up like a geyser that began to form the shape of a tall, lean man standing on a large limb.

Black hair rose up, tangling

in the wind before it settled over broad shoulders. It was followed by a rippling white that formed a shirt, then black pants and a brown, stitched leather jacket. The last to form was a face that was as handsome as it was brutal.

A thin gold band encircled the

man's throat and there at the base of his neck rested a stone as green as his inhuman right eye. As quickly as it'd come, the wind stopped. The mist evaporated. Now the man and the tree stood out crisp and clear against the backdrop of night.

Those fierce duo-colored eyes

seemed to penetrate Kaiaphas. Suddenly, something hard wrapped itself around his neck and squeezed it closed.

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