Dark Promises 2: Demonic Obsession by Elisa Adams

Author:Elisa Adams
Format: epub

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Ellie accepted the glass of iced tea from her grandmother and sat in one of the plastic chairs on the porch. Eric had stayed with her for a few hours before he’d gotten up and dressed, saying he needed to get to work. Something about his tone had worried her. There was still so much about him that she didn’t know, but with any luck she’d have plenty of time to ask questions later.

The man was a demon, not entirely good, but not entirely evil. A man who spent his life “taking care of” the bad guys, in the worst sense of the word—those thoughts settled a knot in the pit of her stomach and filled her with apprehension. She hadn’t wanted him to leave, but maybe it had been for the best. A little separation might do her some good.

“You’ve been very busy lately.” Carol sat down across from her, breaking into her thoughts. “I haven’t seen you much. Is it because of your painting, or is it something more personal?”

Ellie shrugged. In all honesty, she’d done hardly any painting since she’d met Eric. Her concentration, and her drive, just hadn’t been there. “Personal, I guess.”

“Eric seems very nice.”

Oh, yeah. About as nice as you could get for a demon. She bit back a bubble of hysterical laughter. When had her life turned into some kind of supernatural soap opera?

“Tell me about him,” Carol continued, leaning forward on the table. The interrogation was about to start.

Ellie shook her head. “There’s not much to tell.”

“What does he do for a living?”

I don’t think so. “Oh, this and that.”

“He’s unemployed.”

“No, he’s not unemployed. It’s complicated, okay?” She felt bad for snapping, but she wished her family would just butt out of her business for once. It was bad enough that she was becoming attached to the man—Carol would definitely not approve, she’d liked Royce fine as long as he stayed away from her granddaughter—but she had a feeling there was a lot more to his job than being a simple bounty hunter.

“You’re very touchy today. Maybe you need to get more sleep.”

“Yeah, that must be it.” Ellie took a long sip of iced tea through the straw. She’d been decidedly crabby lately, and most of it could be attributed to the murderer still on the loose. She wasn’t usually extremely intuitive, but she had a feeling this was going to last for a while, or at least until the murderer was stopped.

“Make sure you don’t go out alone, especially after dark,” Ellie said to Carol. “It’s not safe for anyone right now.”

Carol nodded. “I know. I had a talk with Charlotte about it, but I’m concerned about you, too. Sometimes those friends of yours make me a little nervous.”

“They’re vampires, Nana, not serial killers. I’m safer with them than Charlotte is with those ghost investigator guys she hangs out with.” Ellie set her glass down on the table. “I’ll be fine. I have plenty of people watching out for me.

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