Redux by J.C. Diem

Author:J.C. Diem
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, urban fantasy, coming of age, dark fantasy, shifters, werewolves, dragons, vampires, zombies, undead, witches, wizards, magic, fae, demons
Publisher: Seize The Night Agency
Published: 2023-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

I’D ASSUMED TROLLS would be living in one of the realms closer to the ninth and final dimension, but it seemed I’d been wrong. While big and strong, they appeared to be incredibly stupid. I was having trouble keeping my thoughts straight. My mind kept wandering and I was easily distracted.

“Saige!” Aurora snapped when I wandered off the path for the tenth time in an hour.

I flinched at her annoyed tone and shuffled back onto the track. I’d smelled a rotting carcass of an unidentifiable animal and wanted to take a closer look at it.

“Maybe we should put a leash on her,” Ruen said with a wide smirk.

I bared my fangs at him and lifted a huge fist threateningly. He sneered, knowing I wasn’t going to hurt him. One punch from me could do serious damage, even if he deserved it for being so mean to me.

“Can you compel her to follow us?” Aurora asked.

The vamp turned to face me and an intense look of concentration came over his narrow face. “You will obey Aurora and me when we give you an order,” he intoned. “Follow behind us unless we tell you otherwise.”

“Frug ylu,” I said with a sneer.

“I definitely understood her that time,” the demon said with a grin at my blunt insult. “Either she’s getting more coherent, or I’m beginning to understand troll language.”

Ruen made a disgruntled noise and flounced off. I couldn’t be compelled even in this form.

We’d left the cemetery behind and hadn’t run across the necromancer who’d raised the zombies. Using the walking dead as guards was a good idea. They were strong and mindlessly determined to kill anyone who passed through the portal. Sadly for them, they’d been no match for a troll.

The woods continued to flank us and there were a lot of trails to choose from. Animals were abundant, but Ruen spotted footprints that had been made by humanoid forms. It was inevitable that we would come across a settlement soon. We just didn’t know who or what would be inhabiting it.

I heard a dog howl and my head snapped up. “Grarg!” I growled and my instincts kicked in.

“Here we go,” Ruen said with an eyeroll as I rushed past my companions. Aurora caught my sack when I tossed it to her. The vampire took hold of her hand and raced in my wake.

Bursting out of the forest onto the main path a few minutes later, I barreled into ten armed and armored soldiers. The guard dog with them took one look at me and went into a panic. Yipping in distress, it tried to run, but I clubbed the guards out of the way with my weapon and grabbed hold of it.

“Ew!” Aurora said as I bit the beast’s head off and began to chew.

Ruen cackled in delight as he carved his way through the soldiers. I’d killed two of them by accident more than design. He finished off the rest while they were still screaming in terror at the sight of a ravenous troll.

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