Demon's Vow (A 3.2) by Drake Jocelynn

Author:Drake, Jocelynn [Drake, Jocelynn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Paranormal, General, Urban, Fiction
ISBN: 9780062359414
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-10-21T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Morning came too damn early. I groaned and rolled over onto my stomach, trying to escape the sunlight pouring through my open curtains. I forgot to shut them before falling into bed last night. No, this morning. The sun was already tinged with sunlight when I stumbled across the threshold.

Gideon and I spent hours digging through the archives of the library for books on Death Magic. There hadn’t been a lot there, but what we found was not reassuring. The books made no mention of the creatures that first used magic, but it had been linked to several groups over time. Of course, all those groups had been wiped off the face of the earth by time and war, so we couldn’t point fingers in their directions for our killer. Gideon had also been right in that the magic was only good for raising the dead, though most of the time the dead returned zombie-like rather than having any real resemblance to their former selves. I wasn’t sure if Death Magic could be used to free Lilith from the Underworld, but it was the only logical reason I could come up with for someone playing with it.

All in all, my trip to the Dresden Tower proved to be a waste of time when it came to the investigation. But in Simon’s rooms? Now in the bright light of day, every instinct screamed that I should have locked down the demon and destroyed the symbol etched into the floor. And when I was done, I should have gone straight to Asylum and destroyed the symbol there.

Did I?

No.

I was playing in something just as dangerous as the Death Magic killer.

But what if I could use it to protect Trixie and the baby? What if I could use it to stop the Towers and protect the world? Wasn’t something like that worth the risk?

Closing my eyes, I started to drift off again when a persistent ringing forced my eyes open again. It was my cell phone, which explained why I had woken up in the first place. Some asshole was calling at this ungodly hour.

“What?” I barked after fumbling to answer the call. My fingers weren’t working yet. I needed more sleep.

“Gee, you’re a cheerful guy in the morning,” Serah said.

Twisting around and propping myself up on my side, I looked at the alarm clock on my cluttered nightstand and groaned. “It’s eight in the morning. I’ve been asleep only two hours. What the hell do you want?”

“The cops found another body.”

“Fuck,” I whispered, flopping onto my back. I was definitely awake now. Rubbing my eyes with my left hand, I tried to order my thoughts, moving them away from demons, Trixie, and even the psychopath with his army of the undead vampires. I needed to catch this bitch before Low Town fell apart. “How long ago?”

“The victim was found about an hour ago in an alley behind a Dumpster. Her husband reported her missing last night.” Serah paused. I could hear her breathing and she sounded tired.

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