Demon Quest: Portal Hunter Chronicles Book 2 by Craig Askham

Author:Craig Askham [Askham, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Lite Publishing
Published: 2019-07-24T22:00:00+00:00

Eight

Yooku Sangari gathered her thoughts. Or at least, that was what she told herself she was doing. In reality, there was only really one thought to try and gather, and that was the thought of hitting Rafferty Barnes in the face until his head fell off his neck. She tried telling herself she was better than this, but it didn’t work. She wasn’t better than this. She was this. A maelstrom of anger and violent tendencies she could barely control, and he was the one who had pushed her over the edge. No. That was neither fair, nor true. He was the straw that had broken the camel’s back. She was going to have a breakdown, no matter what. The doctors had told her it was only a matter of time. Rafferty Barnes, though, was the catalyst. The insufferable little wanker in the wrong place at the wrong time. She shouldn’t blame him. But she did. She’d nearly lost everything, after all; had certainly lost her career. Nobody had dared hire her since, and it was of absolutely no comfort to her that he’d pressed his own self-destruct button as well. He’d pressed hers first, and she’d hate him forever for that. Thank God Stillwater had come along and taken a chance on her. It wasn’t the same, though; her work here was never going to win her any awards. Nobody of any importance would ever get to see it, and that was what made it such a colossal waste of time. Still, the money was better than anything she’d ever been paid before, and had undoubtedly saved her from bankruptcy. And when she’d started to put the pieces of her broken life back together again, there’d been time for children…her real saviours. She’d probably never have had kids, if not for…no. She wasn’t going to think that. She hated him, and that was that. Nevertheless, the thought of her children had the desired effect. Her heartbeat slowed, and so did her breathing. Had she really just stormed off a set like one of those diva actors she used to laugh at? Oh, the shame.

Thoughts of violence slowly started to be replaced with thoughts of a cigarette. She was back in her favourite spot, although favourite was probably a strong word to describe any part of a warehouse. She had her view of the sky, though, and clean air in her lungs. And those moons…

The sound of raised voices drifted to her from across the street. The area was pretty much deserted, so there were no lamps to show her who the voices belonged to. Not gamers, she hoped; they weren’t ready yet. Realistically, though, it couldn’t really be anybody else. The game was on. Still, considering they thought they were creeping into the lair of a deadly demon, they could have made more of an effort to keep quiet, couldn’t they? Were they arguing? It certainly sounded like it. She sighed. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to be working with professionals again.

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