Lost Beauty (Deadly Beauties Live On) by C.M. Owens

Author:C.M. Owens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JR Ward, Paranormal Romance, vampire romance, Shapeshifter romance, dark erotic romance, Romance, witch romance, erotic romance, Black Dagger Brotherhood
Publisher: C.M. Owens
Published: 2016-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

CHAZ

“How long until the portal opens?” I hear Roslyn asking as I walk in, not drawing attention to myself as I stand in the corner.

I can’t see anyone from here, and I’m preparing myself for the worst before making my presence known.

My jeans are torn and barely staying on, and my shirt was shredded. I don’t know what the hell ever happened to my underwear or shoes.

I’m sure they went missing when Kya was calming me down.

I’ve wanted nothing but her since that night at the rings, yet I finally get her, and she informs me she only fucked me to calm me down. Fucking awesome.

Maybe I’m overreacting, but it really sucks at how cold and detached she can be. I thought I was an exception. The way she looks at me is anything but indifferent. However, now I know my place.

It’s not her fault. She’s had to be that way. She had to survive, and feeling anything would definitely make that harder.

But knowing that meant absolutely nothing to her... Well, it fucking sucks.

“Slade said five days. That was two days ago. So that gives us three,” Thad tells her.

“Slade shouldn’t be our reliable source of information,” I hear Frankie grumble.

I get his reservations, but we need all the help we can get right now. Which means I’ll be seeing Kya again soon. I just need to make sure I have myself on a solid leash by then.

“Not necessarily,” says a voice I know too well, and my jaw grinds.

So they don’t trust Kya but they fucking have Sadie here? The woman who aided in kidnapping Kimber as a child.

Pushing off from the wall, I move into the back room where everyone is congregating around a long dining room table that has started serving as our makeshift headquarters.

Sadie stands at the head of it, next to Alyssa. This is fucking insane. Alyssa is pregnant, and Sadie does not need to find that out.

“Slade is basing his math off the stars alignment, but the math isn’t adding up,” Sadie tells everyone, pointing to something. “It’s something we learned when—”

She stops short of saying, when we opened purgatory. Her eyes flick to Kimber’s and she clears her throat. “Anyway, we learned the stars can be tricky. The stars may be supposed to align on the days he’s marked, but it could easily be a few days off in either direction. And one more thing, to open a portal like this, they’ll need a strong power source.”

Everyone tenses, and Ella looks up. “Such as?” she asks.

“The strongest being on the planet would be needed. And I mean that literally. To target an exact portal, you’d need to tap into the power of the strongest being. If you choose wrong, any portal could open. It’s just how these things work. The portals could close or shift dimensions or any number of things if the power source isn’t the strongest. It gravitates toward power.”

“Which is why they’re after Ella,” Gage says, his jaw ticking.

“They won’t get her,” Alyssa says darkly.

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