Redemption by Eleri Stone

Author:Eleri Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2011-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Sophie looked up, repressing a shudder. Another shape-shifter like Adriano? She wished she had her rock back. Or a gun. Would she need silver bullets to bring one of these monsters down? Her stomach clenched. All along, she should have been more worried about the monster in her bed than the ones hiding beneath it.

The man who crouched at the edge of the pit appeared human but she knew better than to assume that kind of thing now. His face and body were entirely in shadow but she could feel him watching. When his gaze turned on her, his eyes flashed yellow.

“You killed my cat,” he remarked almost casually. His voice, or rather his accent, shocked her. American, with a drawl that suggested a southern state.

“Your man attempted to rape my mate,” Adriano growled, stepping forward and pushing her behind him.

Sophie felt those eyes rest on her again and this time she couldn’t stop the shiver that chased down her spine. “Mate, is she?” He sounded amused. “My apologies for that. I was beginning to suspect the cat had overpromised on what he could deliver but I didn’t think he’d go this far to cover his ass.”

“What exactly did he promise you?” Adriano demanded coldly.

“You know what we want. There’s only one thing down there worth fighting for.” His low rumble of laughter raised goose bumps on her arms. “Although your count might differ. Tell me, jaguar, which one are you willing to give up?”

“She’s not involved in this.”

“She is now.” The man nodded toward the corpse. “That one said he could find the stone but this is as far as he got us. Piece of shit that he was, we don’t have a replacement for him. Now, I might not know how to break your little code but I know it’s down there somewhere. You fetch it for us and we’ll let the both of you out unharmed.”

“Why don’t you come down here and I’ll show you, you fucking coward?”

The man gave a sharp-edged grin. “You’re outnumbered. Even if you managed to kill me, you wouldn’t get far before my team took you down.”

“If I refuse?”

He signaled to someone Sophie couldn’t see and there was the loud grating sound as the large cracked stone was pushed over the opening. “Then this will make a fine crypt for you both. We’ll be back by dawn which gives you eight hours. This isn’t worth dying over. Fetch the stone and I’m willing to offer you a cut of the profit and a place on my team. A position’s recently opened up.” He stood, brushing the dirt from his hands. “Of course, you can sit here until morning if you want. The equipment I need will be here by then. We’ll kill you and find the stone without your help. Maybe we’ll even let your girl live. At least for a while.”

“Fuck you,” Adriano snarled.

Whatever the man might have said was cut off by the stone slamming into place, closing out the world and sealing them inside.

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