Grim Girl: A Grim Reaper novel (Reaper Files Book 1) by Nicky Graves

Author:Nicky Graves [Graves, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pierced Heart Publishing
Published: 2020-04-22T05:00:00+00:00

14

The Supreme Elder dropped the stone onto my bloody hand before I could pull it from Lawson’s hold.

“Thought it would be less stressful if you didn’t know I was going to cut your hand,” Lawson said with an apologetic tone.

The sting of the cut had me swearing up a storm in my head. However, soon the stone began liquefying and mingling with my blood, leeching into my body. Any mask of calm I wore shattered.

“What the hell is going on?” I asked.

“We’re speeding up the bonding process,” the Supreme Elder said.

“It’s going into my body. This isn’t bonding. It’s a parasite!”

In a moment of panic, I shook my hand to get the blue liquid off of me. But it clung to my skin. And then it was gone. Inside my body. And the cut that had been bleeding closed, not even leaving a faint mark to show where it had been.

“How do you feel?” Lawson asked.

“Freaked out!” I said. “And furious!”

“Besides that,” the Supreme Elder said as if bored.

The Supreme Elder placed his hand along mine. He closed his eyes and was silent for a moment. He then stepped back. “She’ll be fine. The process has begun.”

“What process?” I asked.

“Bonding,” he said.

“Why do I feel like I’m in for another surprise?” I asked.

“Cuthbert, take her home,” the Supreme Elder said. “I have to get back to the council.”

“Wait,” I said. But he was gone. I looked at Lawson.

“It will be okay,” Lawson said.

I shook my head. How was it going to be okay? The king of reapers wanted what was flowing in my bloodstream. And I only had Ranger to protect my family. Sure, he was formidable, but against Azrael and his blanks he was as dangerous as a pesky fly.

I shouldn’t have agreed.

When I began shivering, Lawson hugged me into him, his hands rubbing my back as he whispered reassuring words. But they were just words.

And then he said, “With the stone, you can save your family and yourself.”

I looked up at him. “How?”

“Azrael wants the stone to make him stronger. It means the stone can do the same for you.”

“I can use it?” I questioned.

He released his hold from me. “Yes. Just like Azrael.”

“Do you know how it’s supposed to work?” I asked. I had no time to waste. I needed to know how to use the stone and quickly.

“In theory, yes. There are many types of stones out there that are similar in respect to bonding like the life stones.”

“Like what?” I asked.

“I’ve heard of a dimorphous crystal that was bonded to an incubus.”

“What’s an incubus?”

He paused. “Let’s forget that example. Let me think a moment. I’m sure there was another one I heard about.”

I pulled out my phone as he was lost in thought. Incubus. I typed it into the search field. “A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. Well, that’s disturbing. These things are real?”

He looked at my phone and grimaced. “Yes. And so are succubus. Women demons who . . .

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