Dark Demon (Demon Assassin Series Book 2) by A.C. Wilds

Author:A.C. Wilds [Wilds, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-21T06:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

TORQUE

She falls asleep in my arms moments after she connected the bond. I can’t help but squeeze her tighter as I watch her breathing. She’s all I’ve ever wanted in a mate, and now that we’ve explored each other, it’s all I want to do.

Forget wars or reigning kings. I want to squirrel her far away, where no one can find us. Live our lives in peace. Maybe have children and grow old together. Nothing is more important now.

Thunder rumbles, and lightning strikes to lighten up the sky. The wind blows harder into the room and pulls open the curtains.

A giant crack sounds, and I’m up and to the window before it ends. Outside in the darkness, fire is moving toward the castle. The forest is lit up, a blaze overtaking the sky.

People file out of the castle, but as soon as the gardens are full of revelers, they creep from the shadows. Soldiers wear my brother’s coat-of-arms across their chests.

“What happened?” Anima asks, lifting my arm so she can get a better look.

As soon as she realizes what’s going on, she throws open my closet and rifles around. “What are you looking for?” I ask, pulling on a pair of pants and a t-shirt. I can fight in anything; my blood armor will protect me.

“Clothes. I’m not wearing a dress to fight.”

She pulls a pair of boxers out of the drawer and throws a t-shirt over it. She ties it in a knot at her side, so it’s form-fitting. Forgoing shoes, she takes off without another word.

“Thank fuck I had Hubris with me,” she whispers while we run down the hall.

The demons are all rushing around, the sounds of armor and swords clanging ringing out like a call to war.

“Torque,” Mammon calls. I glance behind me to see my general, suited for battle with two swords. He throws me a weapon and follows us.

“How the fuck do we get out of here?” Anima shouts. They’ve barred the front doors of the castle. Demons huddle in a corner, awaiting their fates.

“This way,” a soldier calls out. She doesn’t second guess who he is, just follows blindly.

We race down two more corridors before we come to a small side door. This must be the servants’ entrance. He pushes the door open, and the sounds of battle assault my ears.

My blood pumps as we rush into the fray. Anima sticks to the shadows, dipping in and out to slice down her enemies. Mammon and I charge straight ahead, cutting down as many of our foes as we can.

The sky opens again, and lightning strikes steps away from where I’m slicing through a soldier. It briefly highlights the battlefield, and I look up to see the source of the power.

Three dragons swoop in our direction; one is a storm dragon. Where in the fuck did he get a storm dragon?

Uriel flies high, his flaming sword at his side, ready to cut down the riders and their mounts. I turn my attention back to the fight on the ground to see Anima beheading a demon with Hubris.

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