Deadline (Blood Trails Book 1) by Jennifer Blackstream

Author:Jennifer Blackstream [Blackstream, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skeleton Key Publishing
Published: 2018-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

“Let her go!”

Flint let out a grunt of surprise as Peasblossom punched him in the nose, using her tiny body as a battering ram. Despite her size, the pixie knew how to make momentum work for her, and Flint’s head snapped back. She darted out of the way immediately, instinctively dodging his swing. The bike veered sharply to the right, and my heart leapt into my throat. I clung harder to Flint even while the warm fuzziness coating my thoughts froze and shattered as reality crashed down on me. The street looked harder than it had a second ago, panic making me aware of every rock, every stone, every facet of the city that had the potential to bring a great deal of pain to my body if the fey didn’t keep control of the motorcycle.

“Shade, get off the bike!”

Peasblossom dove again, but this time, she hit me in right temple—hard.

“Ouch!” I yelped.

“Get off, get off, get off!”

Flint cursed and pulled over to the side of the road. As soon as he’d come to a complete stop, he waved a hand in the air, no longer batting at Peasblossom, but this time trying to snatch her out of the air. The pixie dove into the turned-up collar of my coat, and I felt her brace her back against my spine and start kicking me with her tiny feet as hard as she could. The dull thuds against my vertebrae pushed the rest of Flint’s influence from my mind, and I stumbled off the bike.

“Run,” Peasblossom spat. “Run to the car now!”

I ran. My hands closed into fists, and the ring on my finger dug into my skin. I jerked the ring through the air over my chest, marking out the same equal-armed cross I’d used before and refreshing the original spell. Blue light flared over me, closing me in enchanted armor.

“That would have been a good idea before having a chat with the fey,” Peasblossom pointed out crossly.

“I didn’t know he was out here,” I protested, breathing a little harder. I spotted my car in the parking lot ahead and ran faster.

“I told you he was there!”

“You told me a split second before he made eye contact!” I fumbled for my keys, stabbing at the button on the key fob that would unlock the doors. “He’s strong.”

“No kidding.”

I tumbled into the car. Peasblossom leapt out of my coat and landed on the GPS. “Start the car. I’ll put in the address.”

I didn’t argue with her. I didn’t think Flint was giving chase, but I wasn’t going to stop and check. I needed space between us, space to gather my thoughts and figure out what a sane person would do in this situation.

Three minutes later, the GPS interrupted my chaotic thoughts. “You have arrived.”

I blinked. “Goodfellows?”

“Yes. I have earned some honey, and I’ll collect now, if you don’t mind.”

I sighed and pulled into the parking lot. “You realize it probably would have been smarter to run away somewhere more than half a mile from the attack.

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