Infinity: Chronicles of Nick by Kenyon Sherrilyn

Author:Kenyon, Sherrilyn [Kenyon, Sherrilyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2010-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Nick staggered back as the “little” girl grew to over six feet tall. Towering over him, she grabbed him by the shirt with hands made of talons and laughed in his face. “You should have done what your friends wanted you to, Gautier, and helped them rob and kill that couple. You made a big mistake by being nice. So long as you let your goodness weaken you, we can feed on you.” She moved to bite his neck.

He kicked her back and sprinted for the street.

Just as he reached it, three more creatures appeared to block his way. They looked like men, but cold lightning danced in the sockets where their eyes should be. The courtyard’s temperature instantly dropped twenty degrees to leave him shivering. Worse, these newcomers smelled like something that came out of the back end of the mules that pulled the carriages through the Quarter.

Dang, didn’t they ever bathe?

The lead one tsked at him, flashing a set of sharp, jagged fangs. “Did you really think you could get away from us?”

Yeah, he did. …

Nick stepped back and looked for a way to get past them. They completely shielded him from the street. There was no way to reach it without coming into contact with them. And behind him was the closed-off courtyard.

Crap …

“What do you want?” Nick asked, trying to think of a third option.

The girl grabbed him from behind. “We want to kill you.” She sank her teeth into his neck.

Hissing, Nick slammed his good arm into her midsection. She released him enough that he was able to twist out of her arms and scramble away from her.

The other three came at him.

Where’s an ax when I need one?

Better yet, a rocket launcher.

The raven swooped down to land on his injured shoulder. The moment its talons touched him, something like electricity went through his body. It was so intense and painful that it sucked his breath out. For thirty seconds, everything seemed to stop. The wind, his attackers, the bird.

His heart.

When the world returned to normal, it came back with a rush that slammed into him so hard, he gasped. His senses sharper than they’d ever been before, he realized his arm was no longer injured.

Fight. The voice in his head sounded demonic.

From somewhere deep inside him, Nick felt a power rise up and radiate through his entire body. The bird launched itself back to the balcony to watch as the things attacked him.

Even though he knew they were moving at an inhumanly fast speed, he saw them as if they were in slow motion. It was like he was possessed by something else.

The first one struck.

Nick dodged the blow and returned it with one of his own. The creature staggered back. He spun to catch the next one with a head butt.

The third one screamed out in rage as he ran for Nick’s back. Nick flipped him over and slung him to the street before he slammed his fist into his chest.

The female kicked him into the wall.

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