Halfway Hexed by Kimberly Frost

Author:Kimberly Frost
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Magic, Chick lit, Paranormal, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Witches, Texas
ISBN: 9780425238769
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-02-01T17:46:05.268000+00:00

Chapter 22

I dropped to my knees, slamming the gun on the ground as my heart hammered. “Where? Where’s he shot? Damn them.”

Bryn held up a tranquilizer dart. “This was in his shoulder.”

“Oh,” I said, melting with relief. “I’ve been shot with a couple of those. He’ll be all right. It’s a knockout drug is all.”

Bryn stared at me.

“He’ll be all right,” I repeated, standing up. “Help me put him on the couch. We’ll cover him with blankets. He can sleep here until it wears off.”

“He’s barely breathing.”

“Yeah, that happens. It’s actually kind of helpful if you’re buried alive.” I put a hand under one of Steve’s bulky arms. Bryn did the same and we hauled him onto the softer surface. I covered him with the throw blankets, then looked Bryn over. There was still blood dripping from his wound and his skin had taken on a faint bluish cast from the cold.

“Let’s get you inside,” I said.

Bryn studied Steve and rechecked his pulse. “I’m going to call the paramedics.”

“Okay. You’ll have to think up a story then. And you’ll have to make a police report since you’ve been shot.”

“I’ll say it was an intruder. Didn’t get a good look at him.”

“Shot you with bullets, but your security guard with a tranquilizer dart? That’ll seem odd.”

“That is odd.”

“For a regular kidnapper or thief, yes. For a Conclave minion?” I said, shrugging. “Knock out the human. Kill the wizard. It was Scarface. Before, I thought he might’ve been hired by DeeDAW even though he seemed too polished for them, but now I know he doesn’t work for them.”

“You think he was with Gwen?”

“Nope. He shot you, not me.”

“He might have been aiming for you.”

“No, I saw him. You were his target. Plus he could’ve killed me twice before if he’d wanted to. He tranquilized me. Why? Has to be that I’m not his target. Maybe he just wanted me out of the way.”

“So he’s Barrett’s man then. The president brought an official entourage and an unofficial one.” Bryn rubbed his arm, and I grabbed his elbow and tugged him to the door. The house was nice and warm. I took him to the kitchen and scrubbed his wound with soap and water, then wrapped a towel around it. He winced, but didn’t complain.

“Sorry,” I said, pressing a kiss on his jaw when I finished.

“Thanks,” he said, seeming distracted. He glanced in the direction of the porch. “You know, Steve’s young and healthy, but he’s also human. Maybe that tranquilizer will affect him more than it affected you.”

“He’s a pretty big guy, but maybe so.”

Bryn walked to the phone and called nine-one-one. When he hung up, I said, “Don’t tell them I was here. Also, I need a few more clips for this gun.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to have a look around.”

“A look around?” he echoed skeptically. “If you really are marked for death, you’ll have to go underground.”

I wasn’t doing that, but I wasn’t in the mood to argue about it.

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