Jaguar by Kate Krake

Author:Kate Krake [Krake, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy, shaman, magic, werewolf, urban, shapeshifter, fantasy romance, curses, urban action, nekomimi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Nahual

Standing before this monster my legs felt as though they were made of lead. His eyes did not move from me.

"I am Nahual," he said.

"I don't care. What do you want with me?" I tried to hide the quiver in my voice.

"I would assume you would have known."

"You want to kill me?"

Nahual made an odd sound somewhere between a cackle and a snigger. It made me angry.

"No, not tonight," he said. "Tonight we just meet."

"Sorry," I said. "I still don't get it."

He was close to me now. I could feel the heat radiating out of his body, a thick smell of wolf was so heavy on him it made my eyes water. He slowly raised his arm. His hands were human though covered in fur with a long, grey claw extending from each finger. He ran a nail down my cheek.

"You are a different creature," he said. "Like me."

My jaw hardened against his touch and his words. "I don't know what you are, but I'm telling you now, I am nothing like you."

He withdrew his hand and smiled. "Well, I guess in many ways were are as different as cat and dog," he paused while he smirked at his own joke. "But from the same dream we were born."

"Look," I said. "I appreciate that you've come a long way to meet me or whatever. Hell, I'm even a little bit flattered, but I really don't have time for another monster in my life these days. So, if you can just go back to that dream or whatever you came from."

I turned to leave and had not made it three steps away when Nahual's arm shot out and his hairy hand locked around my throat.

"Should I kill you now?" he growled.

I tried to say something obscene but the terrifying pressure on my neck made saying anything an impossibility. I scratched at his hand with my now clawed fingers, but his grip was relentless. I felt myself lifted until my feet dangled above the concrete.

I hated it that my only thought then were of Vele. I wanted him to dash in, like he had done before, and save me from this creature. Since when did I need so much rescuing? Rescue your damned self, I thought, but I was paralysed. Little blue pin pricks of light flashed around before my eyes and for the second time in less than a week, I thought I was at my end.

Nahual released his hand and I fell to the ground gasping great gulps of precious air. I scrambled to my feet, rubbing the burning skin around my neck.

"You will do well to fear me," Nahual said. "We will meet again before long." He turned back into the shadows like some action movie cliché. And he was gone, his band of obedient dogs following him into the night.

Throw your damned knife, I cursed myself. Who was this warrior who stood motionless while the bad guy walked away? Who was this warrior who had lost, how

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