Dragon’s Gift: The Sorceress Complete Series: Books 1-4 by Hall Linsey

Author:Hall, Linsey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2021-07-17T00:00:00+00:00

Demon Curse

Dragon’s Gift: The Sorceress Book 3

1

Bourbon Street was disgusting at midnight.

I sidestepped some beads and puke and peered into a neon-lit bar that sold daiquiris by the bucket.

Nope, no demon in there.

I looked down at my tracking charm and shook it. Damned thing was faulty.

A job for the Council of Demon Slayers had brought me to New Orleans—an otherwise very beautiful city—but of course the demon had headed straight for Bourbon Street. On a Saturday night.

The result was a hunt through masses of drunken humans, all who seemed to think this was their last day on earth, and they were going to live it up with alcoholic day-glow slushies loaded with cheap booze.

Well, it wasn’t their last day on earth, but I had to bet they’d wake up tomorrow and wish it had been.

I dodged a tall man who was so wasted that he listed to the left like a ship at sail.

“Hey, pretty lady,” he slurred, his bleary eyes meeting mine.

“That’s going to be a hard pass.” I gave my voice its iciest inflection, but he didn’t seem to notice.

Instead, he reached for my hip and squeezed. Hard.

“I didn’t say you could touch.” I kneed him in the balls, giving it all my strength.

His eyes nearly ejected from his head, and he gave a long keening wail before toppling over.

“Bitch!” his friend shouted.

I turned to him and hissed.

He stumbled backward. “Uh, sorry. Sorry!”

“Morons.” Maybe I needed to engage my ghost suit. That would at least allow me to avoid these little irritations, and none of these drunks would notice bumping into someone who they couldn’t see.

But then again, I liked teaching assholes a lesson. After all, everyone needed a hobby.

I strode away, dividing my attention between the street around me and the charm in my hand. It vibrated harder the closer I got to my prey, and it was rumbling low right now.

The party heaved around me, people spilling out of bars and onto the street. Wild faces and cups of neon booze filled my vision, along with beads flying from the balconies above.

In the distance, a tall, dark-haired figure caught my eye.

Declan.

My heart leapt, just slightly. Then he turned.

Not Declan.

Not even close.

He wasn’t as tall or as handsome; his shoulders weren’t as broad. And I’d bet the guy—a thoroughly average human, at that—wasn’t half as charming or clever.

Damned Declan had been on my mind ever since we’d parted ways a few days ago. He’d figured out what I was—and promised not to tell—but since I’d created nullification magic within myself, my touch made him sick. That was one of the major downsides of repressing someone’s magic—they wanted to puke.

And as much as he wanted to kiss me, becoming physically ill while doing so was a pretty big buzzkill.

Ah, well. I shook away any thought of him and focused on the hunt.

The charm in my hand buzzed hard, and I stopped, peering into the bar next to me. It was dark and dirty, with no neon daiquiri machines.

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