Demon Unbound by Jenn Stark

Author:Jenn Stark [Stark, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Published: 2018-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

“Jesus!”

Maria hesitated only a moment as Warrick tossed the door to the side, then gamely ran through as he gestured at her almost angrily to precede him. They raced into a large room that had once apparently served as the building’s attached garage—not for the residents, though, but for commercial equipment. The service elevator had a bay here, and there were three large garage doors for truck deliveries.

“You know those are going to be attached to some sort of alarm system,” she said.

Warrick didn’t seem to hear her. He passed her and kept on running, reaching the door a full five strides before she did. She thought for sure he was going to punch through that one too, but he pressed his hand flat against the door instead, his shoulders convulsing.

“What is it?” Maria demanded, looking back over her shoulder. “They’re coming up fast, exploring all the exits. They’re going to see the shattered door.”

“That might not have been us,” Warrick said, still exploring the door with his fingers—not even exploring it, but more like testing it for weakness, his hands splayed on the flat surface as if he had some sort of electronic stud finder embedded in his fingertips. “There’s a full contingent of demons that’s been let loose here. It will be easy to lay any damage at their feet. That’s exactly what Nico will do. It’s what I’d do.”

“Who?” And wait, demons?

“The doorman.” Warrick’s gaze shifted to Maria again, and he frowned, but he was clearly still distracted. Did he really just say demons?

Warrick reached out and put one hand on her shoulder, the other one against her face. He stared at her intently. “You’re still bleeding.”

“Head wound. They’re bleeders.” She shrugged, though in truth, she did feel light-headed—whether that had to do with the fight, the horror back in that lab room, their mad dash up the stairs…or the fact that Warrick had put a name to the creatures who’d attacked them. Not a hallucination, but…demons. Honest-to-God demons.

No…no, that couldn’t be possible.

She shoved the thought away. “You need to focus, Warrick. The moment they realize we’re not down there, they’re going to come running for us up these back stairs. We need to be gone.”

“No,” Warrick said. “We need to wait until they pass by us. Then we can follow them.”

“But—”

“Shh. Keep your hands on my skin—my arms. My waist. Don’t look at any of them as they pass us. You don’t have to shut your eyes, but keep your head down.” He pulled Maria close behind a stack of pallets, wrapping his arms around her as the footsteps hit the stairs they’d just climbed. There was a rush of outrage and confusion as the door that Warrick had ripped off its hinges was discovered, and then a knot of armed guards poured through the doorway onto the oversized loading dock.

“Search!” ordered the doorman—Nico, Warrick had called him—as two of the men ran forward and checked the garage doors.

“Locked, sir!” they cried.

Others fanned out in a

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