Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan

Author:Isabel Jordan [Jordan, Isabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Riddick rounded the corner just in time to see Harper step out the front door and clothesline the bartender, throwing her neatly to the ground. Flipping her over, Harper wrenched the girl’s arms behind her back, pulled a plastic zip tie from her jacket pocket and used it to bind her wrists. The whole thing took less than a minute.

It was maybe the hottest thing he’d ever seen.

“What the hell’s going on?” the doorman asked.

Harper yanked the girl to her feet. “Nothing to worry about,” she said calmly. “VCU. I’m taking this one in for questioning. Tell your boss she won’t be working tonight.”

“Whatever,” he replied. “Just take that shit away from the door. You’re scaring people.”

Riddick glanced around. A few people were snapping photos with their phones, but no one looked scared. Except for the girl Harper was pushing through the parking lot.

“I swear I didn’t do anything wrong, Officer,” she said, her voice breaking pitifully. “I’m innocent.”

“Oh, save it,” Harper replied, spinning her around and shoving her back against Mischa’s Honda. “You’re about as innocent as I am a cop. Tell me about Phoenix. And give up the big-eyed Barbie doll routine. It annoys me.”

The girl’s delicate features immediately took on a hardened look as she glared at Harper. “Phoenix will rip your heart out and eat it, bitch. And I’ll laugh while he does.”

“Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Riddick, hold her here, would you?”

Riddick held her shoulders against the car. She turned big blue eyes on him hopefully. “Help me. Let me go and I’ll give you whatever you want.”

He glanced down at her. “Sweetheart, you’ve got nothing I want.”

Harper chuckled. “Nice try, though.” She laid her hands on either side of the girl’s face and closed her eyes. She frowned after a moment. “Huh. Nothing.”

"Phoenix probably gave her blood," Mischa said, strolling up behind them. "A lot of vampires do that for their familiars. Makes them immune to seers and empaths, even some psychics."

"What took you so long?" Harper asked.

"I don't run unless chased," she said dryly.

Harper turned to Riddick. "Well, my plan is shot to hell. What was your plan for getting her to talk?"

He shrugged. "Didn't really have one. Torture usually works, though."

Lisa shook her hair back and laughed. "Phoenix trained me to withstand torture. I can take anything you can dish out, pretty boy."

Harper's brow furrowed as she looked back at the girl. "Why do you do this?" she asked quietly. "Is immortality that important to you? You want to stay young so bad you'll condemn innocent women to death? That you'll let Phoenix torture you as some kind of training exercise?"

Some of the anger bled out of the girl’s features. “You try living with bone cancer and see what you’re willing to do to stop the pain.”

She didn’t have to explain further. Vampire blood didn’t cure cancer or any other ailment, but it sure as hell could slow the progression of disease and give someone the illusion of health between transfusions. Riddick had never been sick a day in his life, but he imagined that would be a pretty powerful motivator.

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