Midnight Echoes_Crimson Ops by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour, LLC
Published: 2016-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Meena tried to make sense of what was happening. One second she’d been happily browsing through books in the secret PSI section of the library, and the next the shelf had seemed to come alive. Now everything on her hurt.

She rubbed the back of her head and pushed up and off the floor. Her gaze whipped to the blur of forms before her. It took her vision a moment to adjust, and she realized she must have taken a knock to the head. When she was finally able to see straight, the first thing she saw was Bhaltair slamming his fist into the face of some sort of creature. It dropped away quickly and then lay there motionless.

She was almost to her feet when she caught sight of another creature leaping down the aisle at them.

In the past, she’d spent endless hours pouring through PSI archives. They kept records of all kinds of supernaturals. She’d never seen anything like what was attacking them. And she’d seen some sketches of some pretty hideous-looking demons.

Bhaltair didn’t seem fazed. He crouched and then slammed his body into the creature, lifting it up and off the ground. The force of the collision shook the area. Meena glanced to the side just in time to see what remained of the massive bookshelf coming at her.

Lifting her arms, she tried to deflect the giant shelf, but it didn’t work. The shelf hit her arm and she felt the bone snap like a twig before the entire weight of the unit was on her, thrusting her back against the very wall she’d only just managed to get up from. Thankfully, the wall caught the shelf, and kept it from crushing her, though everything on her hurt as if an anvil had dropped on her.

She clutched her arm to her chest. She crawled as best she could in the direction of Bhaltair and the creature he was fighting. She knew enough about Bhaltair to know he’d win the fight, and she also knew she didn’t want to be far from him.

Something snatched hold of her ankle, ripping her backward, out from under the collapsed shelf and away from Bhaltair.

Away from safety.

A scream tore free from her as she was flipped over by another monster. This one somehow managed to be uglier than the other two. It stared down at her from eyes that reminded her of Bhaltair’s when his vampire had taken over his actions. Was the thing part vampire?

It leaned in, inhaling deeply before licking her temple. She froze in terror and horror as its hot breath peppered over her face. Spittle from it dripped down her cheek, and she fought the urge to retch. It brought a clawed hand to her other cheek and she lay there, helplessly trapped beneath it, her broken arm wedged between her and the monster.

“M-Meena,” it said in a voice that was barely understandable.

The thing knew her name?

She shrieked and tried to no avail to push it from her. Pain shot through her arm, and she cried out again.

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