Keeper of the Stars: Part Three by Aliyah Burke

Author:Aliyah Burke [Burke, Aliyah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lian was furious. How dare Erlik set foot on his property? That wasn’t allowed. There were rules and, damn it, he followed them at his end. They needed to do the same. Not only that, but discovering he was the one who had subjected Lana to the hell she’d endured had catapulted Lian into acting recklessly. He had severed the head from the human form Erlik had adopted, and now he faced another form.

One of the shadowed beings—the They in his life—Erlik leaned towards the chaos end. Some of the They leaned more in the direction of order and light, but Erlik wasn’t one of those. Truly a sadistic being, it curdled Lian’s gut thinking this thing had dared to touch his Lana.

“You are going to pay for that.” Erlik retaliated, drawing blood himself.

Lian hissed with the sting of a tentacle that laced across his torso. He lashed out and slashed, drawing more blood. A flurry of attacks left them both cut, bruised, and bloodied.

“You can’t win, Lian. You’re already weakened. Keep it up and you will perish.”

“I die, you die.”

“True, but I have others who will come for Lana. We will get her back and stop the prophecy.”

He doesn’t know Lana is the one tied to me in the prophecy. That bit of knowledge gave him the strength to rein himself a bit more under control. Why tip his hand?

“Leave, Erlik. Don’t make the mistake of showing your face here again. Hara isn’t going to be pleased with your actions.”

If there was any being created who had the ability to scare Erlik, it was either Hara or Uma.

Erlik sneered. “You’re weakening, old man. The day is coming when we will be able to kill you and survive.” He stepped closer. “Wherever Lana is, I’ll be back for her.” His breath reeked of sulphur. Rotten eggs. And death. It didn’t create a winning combination.

He grinned, showing off his pointed, needle-like teeth before he vanished into thin air. Lian fell to his hands and knees, coughing and struggling not to collapse fully. What is wrong with me? Facing Erlik as he had shouldn’t have caused any issues.

“Lian? Oh my God, Lian!”

He turned his head to see Lana bolting across the grass towards him.

“Where did you come from?” he demanded as she sank to the ground beside him.

Her hands were everywhere on him, searching all over his body. “I’m so sorry about this. It’s all my fault,” she muttered between kisses on his lips.

“Lana… Lana… Lana!”

She drew back and he could see the fear lingering in her eyes. “What?”

“This wasn’t your fault.”

“It was. I tried to lead him away from the house so you and Mark would be safe but then you showed up and there was all this blood…” She gazed around then back to him. “I tried calling out to you and Erlik but you didn’t hear me.”

He slapped a hand over her mouth. “You know him as Erlik?”

“That’s all I know him as. That’s all anyone ever called him.

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