Payable On Death: A Jax Rhodes Novel, Book One (The Jax Rhodes Series 1) by Rachel Rawlings

Author:Rachel Rawlings [Rawlings, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: R Squared Publishing
Published: 2016-04-04T22:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

The next few days progressed much the same way, with Joseph teaching me a new move and beating the hell out of my body with repetition until I mastered it. I'd managed to complete his training course once with passing marks since we began, a pace that had my drill sergeant less than pleased. Thomas continued to offer support and encouragement, reassuring me I was up to the task while Joseph reminded me the fate of the world rested in my weak little hands and based on my performance, everyone was pretty much doomed.

"Thomas, may I have a word?" Joseph held the door leading to the rooftop open, asking his brother to join him for a private conversation. No doubt about me. "I don't believe I said you could take a break, Jax." Joseph pointed to the balancing blocks of varying heights. "From the beginning."

"Did you run the rest of the Elioud through this course, because I could see why they'd switch to the other side. It probably felt like a vacation."

"Jax." Joseph tried to make it sound like a warning, but my smart mouth and sarcasm was beginning to grow on him.

I'd been holding my tongue less and less since the first day. In a weird way, Joseph and I were starting to understand each other. Neither of us were overly impressed with the other. At least we’d found a common ground.

Thomas.

While he'd reluctantly acquiesced training me to his older brother, Thomas remained the driving force that held us together. Joseph and I might have killed each other if not for our mutual feelings for Thomas and his unwavering faith in both of us.

The two angels went up to the rooftop to talk once I stepped onto the first block. Before my foot hit the second, my internal demon alarm went off. Silent for so long I almost failed to recognize it. Pivoting on the two blocks, I turned from the door my angelic keepers left through to the opposite side of the gym where a monster waited to pounce. A misshapen man, with muscles too big for its short frame, brow and jaw bone too big for the rest of its face, the demon continued to morph from its human disguise to its true beastly form.

Razor sharp talons dug into the floor as it fought for purchase on the slick wooden surface. The smell of burnt flesh filled the room, triggering my gag reflex as human flesh burned away, leaving a blackened reptilian skin behind. With a mouth full of teeth designed for tearing through muscle and two large tusks protruding from its upper jaw, it snapped and snarled.

I screamed for Thomas and then for Joseph, certain if one demon found the location of our training facility more would pour through the doorway any second. No one answered.

Except the demon.

It let loose a deafening roar before lunging at me.

Without thinking, I moved, my mind switching into survival mode. I pushed off of the blocks, reaching out for the rope hanging from the ceiling and climbed quickly to the top.

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