Hell Bent by Marie Bilodeau

Author:Marie Bilodeau
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S&G Publishing

We were sitting ducks.

Chapter Fourteen

Clay tumbled to the right, away from me. Glitter held his head in his hands, looking for cover under a desk. I crouched, folding the shadows deep around me.

But that left Clay and Glitter without protection, and that thing could be anywhere with its deadly blades. I imagined one of them getting cut in two, not even having the chance to yelp…

No.

I pushed the shadows away from me, forcing them to form before me, to wrap themselves like a great shield around the opened door. Fueled by my adrenaline and fear, the shadows did as I bid. They formed like great wings, visible only to me and Glitter, whose eyes widened as he shuffled further under a desk.

I tightened my grip on the hangers and brought them before me, feet apart and ready to move in any direction. Half a heartbeat passed (though it felt like a lifetime), before the creature stepped through my shadow shield. The shadows coated the creature, like a thick film, like chocolate around a mold, wrapping around it gently without hurting it, only revealing its shape without betraying anything else.

Like a ghost from my most terrible nightmares.

It wasn’t that big – maybe five feet in height. With two sturdy legs, practically barrels, its shape seemed humanoid, with all the pieces where they should be. Except, instead of arms, it had four swords, one in each quadrant, sticking out. And its head was misshapen, like a triangle that turned into a rectangle halfway through.

My shadows revealed its shape and movement, but none of its finer details. It paused, its head shifting from side to side as though realizing its invisibility was compromised.

Now or never.

Before it could recover, I threw a hanger its way and managed to hit it in the head, where I hoped an eye might be.

But it didn’t connect, going straight through it and bouncing off something in the office beyond it.

In those two, eternal seconds, Clay had pushed himself back to his feet, pulled out a curved blade, and headed for the creature, screaming in anger.

The creature ignored him, walking straight for me, sword arms extended.

“Shit,” I threw myself back, keeping my shadows around it, so that Clay would have something to target. Clay jumped from behind and landed a blow. This time, it connected, but the creature shrugged him off and sent him flying with a grunt, landing hard against a wall. Drywall and bricks shattered and tumbled on him, daylight breaking through the new hole.

Clay crumpled and didn’t get up.

“Clay!” I shouted but turned back to the creature as it accelerated toward me, my shadows now revealing a glint of its eyes.

Intelligent, ferocious. Deadly.

And targeting me.

I kicked a chair its way and jumped over a desk, feet over my head, landing on the other side as gracefully as I could. It crossed the desk like it wasn’t even there.

This was a hell of a lot more than just the ability to stay invisible. The desk hadn’t shifted under it, or moved, or shimmered.

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