Demon Kissed (A Demon Huntress Novel) by Bentley Karilyn

Author:Bentley, Karilyn [Bentley, Karilyn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Contemporary,Ghosts,Demons-Gargoyles,Action-Adventure,Paranormal
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2016-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Bam, bam, bam! My door vibrates from a heavy fist. What do people think my bedroom is tonight? Grand Central Station? I glance at the alarm. Two minutes before it’s to go off. Figures.

“What?”

“Get dressed!” Smythe’s voice carries none of the sleep noticeable in mine and enough hurry it up for the both of us. “Dr. Sheevers’ lab was just broken into.”

“Smythe. I have to go to work. What part of that do you not understand?”

“You need to come with me and look for that demon. Now get dressed.”

“Work, Smythe. No can do.”

“Get dressed, and I’ll take you to work afterward.”

“Fine. But if I’m late you’re explaining what happened to Nurse Hatchet.” My boss is a stickler for punctuality. Late is not in her vocabulary.

“Deal. Now hurry it up.”

Five minutes later, I yank open the bedroom door, dressed in my scrubs and sneakers, my eyes puffy from lack of sleep courtesy of Zagan. Demon visits tend to keep one awake for the rest of the night. Especially when they come with more revelations than John the Baptist experienced.

When I walk into the kitchen, Smythe grabs my arm as he speaks the portal forming words.

“Wait. I haven’t had—” my coffee never leaves my lips as he thrusts a mug into my hand, never breaking the rhythm of the spell. Gotta love the man. He might not trust me, but he knows me well enough to know I don’t function without a large amount of wake up juice.

The portal swallows us, the freezing cold a breath stealer, but lucky for me the coffee remains steaming hot when we arrive at the medical school.

We’re halfway down the hall, striding toward a shield of blue clothed police and security before the caffeine kicks in and my sluggish brain coughs up questions. I grab hold of Smythe’s arm and yank him to a stop.

“How did you know about the break-in?”

“You really are slow in the morning.”

I shake the coffee mug a little and raise a brow. His lips twitch.

“Police scanner.”

“Where do you hide that thing? I’ve never seen you with it.”

The lip twitch becomes a full-on grin. “I hide it in places you haven’t seen. Yet.”

Attraction slides low in my belly and rolls south. The electricity arcing between us intensifies the longer our gazes lock.

“Oh?” I lean forward, drop my voice to a whisper. “Where is that?”

He taps his ear.

I roll my eyes. “I’ve seen your ear.”

“Yeah, but you haven’t seen inside it.”

“Nor will I. Whatcha got in there, a wire thingy?”

“In a manner of speaking. Must we go through this now?”

I’m about to say yeah, we must, when Nurse Hatchet’s face pops into my mind. Can’t be late to work. If I continue this conversation then very bad things could happen.

Like a mark in my personnel file.

“Fine. But we will go through it. Later. When I get off work. Along with other things.”

“What other things?”

I take a sip of coffee, wink and walk toward the blue coats. Smythe steps beside me, his voice pitched low as he grabs my arm.

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