Phoenix Born (The Jacob Graves Series Book 1) by Sean Stone

Author:Sean Stone [Stone, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

‘Get up, Jacob,’ Drew growled from above me. ‘We need to find that Phoenix-Born before he starts regenerating.’

I threw my eyelids up and pulled my aching body off the ground. We were close to winning now and I couldn’t afford to rest yet. I’d rest when Kagen was dead. ‘Where did he land?’ I asked.

‘Looked like he went out the back somewhere. Come on we don’t have long before the police turn up. Fire brigade is already out the front,’ he said and then led the way to the back of the building. He had his sword unsheathed and ready for action.

We reached the back door and Drew pushed the door open slowly, peeking out to make sure there was nobody waiting to ambush us. It was all clear so we headed out.

‘What happened to the security?’ I asked.

‘Leah sent them home as soon as the shit hit the fan. It was smart. We needed as few witnesses as possible.’

‘Not that it made much difference,’ I muttered. There were still hundreds of witnesses in the party.

‘It kept the body count down though.’ That was a blessing. The newspapers would have a field day when they caught wind of how many people had died at the party.

I saw Kagen lying in the alley that led onto the street. He was face down on the concrete and completely naked, his clothes having been incinerated when he went full phoenix on me. As we approached I saw that his was body was twitching involuntarily. He wasn’t dead.

‘He’s hurt badly but he’s healing,’ Drew said. ‘It’s a good thing. If he had died he might have already burned to ashes and risen again.’

Without another word Drew plunged his sword through Kagen’s back, piercing his heart. The Phoenix-Born convulsed and groaned before going still. Now he was dead.

We moved fast. Drew brought the van he’d prepared and we tossed Kagen unceremoniously into the back. I stayed in the back with him whilst Drew drove us to the next location. We left Monkeys just in time as a whole horde of police cars raced past us on our way out. If we’d dallied a moment longer the police would have never let me leave. They’d have questions. I’d smooth things over with them in the morning. I didn’t have anything to worry about, I hadn’t committed a crime. My club had been attacked and I’d attempted to fight the assailant. There was nothing illegal about that. I was the victim.

I owned a few different properties across the city which I used for various things. I had a warehouse in the South End far from anything worth visiting. It was good for taking people who needed more forceful lines of questioning. Not that I often needed to do that. I was seriously considering taking Ethan there though. But I couldn’t afford to think about him right now. My full attention needed to be on executing the Kagen plan.

Drew drove the van in through the loading door and brought it crashing down after us.

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