Lilith by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: urn:ean:9781937771515
Publisher: DarkFuse
Published: 2013-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 52

Seawater sprayed over the side of the small boat and Hunter could feel the salt pummel his skin like it was being sandblasted. He shouted over the roar of the diesel as Lilith stared from beside him into the darkness of the harbor ahead.

“So tell me, your bitchiness, what do you hope to accomplish by taking me hostage?”

She turned her silver eyes on him. In the dark, Hunter thought they looked liked empty sockets and he cringed.

“You are an impetuous man, aren’t you Hunter? Defying the odds to the last.”

“I don’t care how powerful you are—you can’t force someone to love you. It doesn’t work that way.”

Lilith moved closer to Hunter, until she was only inches away. He could feel her warm, wet breath in his ear and it sent a shiver up his spine.

“Who said anything about force? Once you’ve tasted the sweet nectar of the Lilitu, nothing else matters. You should know that.”

Hunter shifted his head slightly to the left, away from Lilith’s breathy whispers.

“Where are we going, anyway?” he asked.

“To the 79th Street Boat Basin on the Hudson. There will be someone there waiting for us.”

Hunter raised a brow. “Someone? You mean more of you?”

“Not exactly like me, just followers. They have witnessed my powers and have devoted themselves to serving me.”

“I get it. Kind of like the Manson Family, right?”

Lilith shook her head. “That’s what I like about you, Hunter, always laughing in the face of danger.”

“Aren’t you supposed to send a signal to your…minion…on the ship to stop that missile launch? Or were you just bluffing?”

Lilith reached into her pocket and pulled out the cell phone, smiled, then tossed it over the side of the speeding boat.

Hunter looked behind the boat where the phone fell, then back at Lilith.

“You really are psychotic, aren’t you?”

“Hunter, Hunter, such harsh words. The CIA can easily trace the signals of a cell phone, so there’s no sense in keeping it. As a matter of fact, why don’t you hand yours over.” Lilith held out her hand.

Hunter hesitated at giving Lilith the only means of communication with his wife, but changed his mind when the barrel of the Beretta was pushed firmly into his ribs. He fished it out of his pocket and handed it to her, then watched as that, too, was flung over the side of the barge.

“That thing costs me forty dollars a month,” he murmured.

The lights of the boat basin soon began to come into view and Hunter wondered what awaited him there and whether he would ever see Lisa again, or see his baby born. But that thought gave him even more determination to stop Lilith, whatever the cost.

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