SUCCUBI LIKE IT HOT by Jill Myles

Author:Jill Myles [Myles, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010-01-19T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

There was a dirt path behind the small area designated for receiving, and I ran down it, clutching my grocery bag and purse. The path descended into the woods and I followed it, trying not to think about scary stuff like wolves and bears and things like that.

After all, I couldn’t die from a grizzly bear attack. It’d just hurt like a bitch. And I didn’t even know if grizzlies lived in this neck of the woods—so to speak.

I ran down the path for what seemed like forever until it branched down the side of a hill, and I paused. If Luc tried to follow me, I was going down the exact way he’d expect me to. And the path wasn’t too hard to find behind the gas station. Sucking in a deep breath, I eyed the woods to the right of the path and took a step off. I could go cross-country for a bit.

As it turned out, cross-country sucked.

My cute ballet-style sneakers weren’t made for heavy hiking, and by the time I’d gone a couple hundred yards, my ankles were hurting and my shoes were filled with mud. A stick jabbed me in the leg and I swore, resolving to take a plane on my next road trip across the damned South. Damn Remy and her nitwit ideas.

“Jackie,” Luc’s voice called in the distance.

Shit.

I dropped to the ground, ignoring the mud and the branches that dug into my skin. It didn’t matter if I was sitting in a nest of snakes—I was not getting up until Luc was gone.

Sure enough, he paced down the path a few moments later, shining a flashlight as he looked for me. I ducked my head, hiding behind the foliage and keeping my body as low to the ground as possible.

“Jackie,” he called again. “Where are you, ma belle? Come back. We are almost to New Orleans.”

Lying bastard. I clenched my hands, resisting the urge to choke him. Better yet, smack him on the forehead and wipe his mind—

Wait. I froze in place, thinking hard. My hands had been all over Luc just a short time ago and he hadn’t shown any signs of succumbing to my curse.

Which meant that Luc was something supernatural.

Which explained why my internal tuning fork went nuts every time I saw the guy.

Which explained why I was alternately attracted to and utterly frightened by him. What was he? A demon? No, demons were female, I reminded myself, thinking of Mae. He wasn’t an angel or a vampire, since he wasn’t affected by night or day.

So what the heck was he?

And why did he want me?

My stomach growled, reminding me that I hadn’t eaten in hours. I unwrapped a Twinkie very slowly and ate it, careful to make as little noise as possible. I wasn’t getting up from here until I knew it was safe.

When sunlight broke through the trees, I sat up and dusted myself off, surveying the damage. Snack cake wrappers and empty chip bags littered the area around me, but at least I was still safe.

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