Hunter's Legacy (Nephilim Rising Book 1) by N. P. Martin

Author:N. P. Martin [Martin, N. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark World Press
Published: 2018-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

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I came to slowly, my eyes opening to what seemed like pure darkness, until they were able to adjust to the gloom of my surroundings. I realized I was lying flat on my back, on a hard surface. A groan left my mouth as I felt a dull pain in my chest, and my hands immediately went there to feel what the problem was. When I saw my hands were bloody, I soon remembered what had happened. I’d been stabbed in the chest with a knife. A knife that didn’t appear to be in me anymore.

Then a dark figure hovered over me. "You’re awake…about time."

It was Frank, and he crouched down to show me his face, which was full of grim concern. "Frank?" I said groggily.

"I’ve done my best to heal you," he said. "But I still think you’re bleeding internally. The knife went deep, and only missed your heart by an inch. You were lucky."

I did my best to sit up, with Frank’s help. As I did so, images flashed through my mind of Kasey when she was possessed by the demon. Her black eyes. Her cold smile.

Then I remembered I literally stabbed her in the back.

It was all I could do to turn my head to look at her body, which lay on the floor next to the window. She was face down, although I noticed her eyes were now closed. "Kasey…"

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I looked over at her. I could hardly believe she was gone. My best friend.

Gone forever.

"Hey," Frank said gently. "You aren’t out of the woods yet. I need to take you somewhere so you can be checked out properly."

I was barely listening to him. All I could think was, Why? Over and over. Why did Kasey have to follow me into this place? Why did she have to die?

The questions seemed to hang in empty space, garnering no response whatever, as if there was no answer to those questions.

But there is an answer, isn’t there? I thought. She died because of me. She went into that place because of me, because of my shitty, and maybe even cruel, behavior of becoming so self-absorbed in my own safety, and my own worries, that it ultimately lead to her driving need to know what was going on. I both literally and figuratively led her to her death.

I killed her.

"Leia." Frank gently turned my head with his hand so I was facing him. "I’m sorry, but we have to go."

I shook my head just as a burst of pain spread out from my chest, causing my abdominal muscles to tense in reaction, which only intensified the sensations. Through pain and gritted teeth, I said, "I’m not leaving her."

"Yes, you fucking are," he said. "I’m not leaving you here to die of fucking sentimentality, so you either get up now, or I drag you kicking and screaming out of this place, which given the fact that our gunshots have no doubt drawn attention to us already, I’d rather not do.

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