Hell Raising and Other Pastimes by Jayce Carter

Author:Jayce Carter [Carter, Jayce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2021-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Persephone, the cheery women who was difficult to hate, had abandoned me within thirty seconds of arriving at the party when she spotted someone she hadn’t seen in months.

It left me standing awkwardly by what was either a morbid display of body parts or a buffet table.

Or both.

Being in parties had never been my thing, but it turned out there was nothing quite as uncomfortable as doing that in hell. I didn’t know anyone and starting up a conversation with people who sometimes had hooves, horns and occasionally actual flames on them was outside of my realm of knowledge.

“So what do you think, Ava?”

The familiar voice was like a hug I hadn’t known I’d needed. I turned to find Gran standing there, beside the table of bloody bits, and before I had the time to even think about it, I threw my arms around her.

It felt like it had been so long since I’d seen her, since I’d been anywhere I understood, that she was a connection back to my real life, to the normal world. Funny that I never thought I’d miss my old life so much.

She was my past, the only true constant for me. I’d spent so much of my time in her occult shop, the one place I’d had where I felt as though I truly belonged. During a life of being unnoticed and unwanted, Gran was the person who had always seen me, always made time for me.

She huffed a soft laugh before hugging me back. “I take it you’re not doing so well?”

I pulled back and wiped my thumbs beneath my eyes for any stray tears that dared to escape. “It’s horrible, Gran.”

“Really? I rather like hell.”

I gave her a look that said exactly how stupid I thought that was. “What are you even doing here?”

“I’m always on the party list and given Lucifer hasn’t had a real one in ages, I had to assume you were at the root of this one. Whenever things become chaotic, I know you’re at the center.”

“What does he want with me?”

“Believe it or not, I don’t know everything.”

I crossed my arms and blew out a long breath. “I just want to go home, Gran. I’m tired of this game. Do you know I almost got chopped into little pieces and buried as plant food? I got kidnapped by a hellhound—”

“Oh, but Hunter is cute. I’d let him kidnap me.”

“It wasn’t him.”

“Pity.” Gran offered me an indulgent grin. “But you’re here, and you’re fine.”

“Fine seems like a very generous word. I’m stuck in hell, by myself, and am a prisoner of the devil.”

“You’re not alone,” she said.

“I don’t even know if Kase, Troy, Grant and Hunter are okay.”

“They’re fine. Even if they weren’t, you’d be okay.”

“You like to say that, but I’m not so sure, especially after all this.” I pressed my lips together, then asked her, my voice low, “What am I? I went incorporeal, like a ghost, and my blood is dangerous to creatures here.

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