Demon Kissed: Book 2 of the Venandi Chronicles (An Urban Paranormal Romance Series) by Sara Snow

Author:Sara Snow [Snow, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

Carter

Miraculously, Jose hadn’t cracked his own skull, and a CT scan showed that he hadn’t suffered any brain damage. But his nose was fractured, and it had to be packed and splinted.

“I had a hell of a time convincing the social worker that Jose hadn’t been abused by a human being.” Kingston sighed. “I could tell she was itching to turn me in to the police.”

He was giving me a report on Jose over the phone. The boy had raccoon eyes, and he was in a lot of pain, but he was refusing medication. He was terrified of losing consciousness—at least the pain kept him awake.

“Well, you couldn’t exactly tell her the truth, could you?”

“Believe me, I wanted to. If the mortal realm knew about the danger they’re facing right now, they might be able to prepare for it.”

“They can’t prepare for something they don’t believe in,” I pointed out. “The government isn’t going to mobilize the armed forces to confront an attack from the demon realm.”

“No, and the military wouldn’t be of any use in this kind of war. The battle Paimon is waging is for our minds and our souls. He and his henchmen have their weapons of terror, but in the end, they’ll rely on Paimon’s charisma. His knowledge. His intelligence, his looks. He’s capable of mass deceit and mass destruction at the same time, and the mortals will flock to him because of it.”

“Sounds like a cult leader,” I remarked. “Or a typical politician.”

“Very much so. He’ll come to us in a form that’s both familiar and alluring. He’ll be accepted as one of us, possibly as a president, king, or savior. And when that happens, the mortal realm will be lost.”

“You sound like you think there’s still a chance to save the poor, doomed mortals,” I said.

“We have more than a chance,” Kingston said, with more confidence in his voice than I’d heard in a long time. “We have a plan. Jose’s episode proves that the demons are on to us. They know what we’re doing and where we’re going. We’re going to use their hunger for power to lead them to their destruction.”

Kingston turned from the phone, and I heard muffled male voices. When he returned, he told me that Jose was being discharged. His face was black and blue, and his nose was swollen, but he hadn’t suffered any serious injuries in the episode.

“Keep your spirits up, Carter,” Kingston said. “You’ll be leading this mission. You need to believe you can succeed.”

“I do believe it, my friend,” I said, trying to sound convincing.

I don’t have any other choice.

I let Kingston go, then I went to the training room to stock up on weapons. Even with Georgia’s newly discovered powers, we were going to need a lot of ammunition to defeat the Tenebris.

Another question burned at the back of my mind. Just before I ended the call with Kingston, that question flared up again, huge and overwhelming. I was so afraid of the answer that I’d put off asking it.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.