Shadow's Passion: The Shadow Warder Series: Prequel Novella by McGregor Molle

Author:McGregor, Molle [McGregor, Molle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Ginger Quill Press
Published: 2014-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Gabe’s feet pounded down the gravel drive. He'd never run this fast. Was it adrenaline fueled by panic, or could he really be faster today than he'd been the day before? His sense of Celeste, so far restrained to anxiety, then fear, exploded in a blast of sheer anguish. It was torture to feel her pain yet not know what was happening to her.

A second later the tower came into sight. The heavy front door hung open, light spilling into the dark night. The door. The dense ball of guilt in Gabe's chest grew heavier. How could he have left the door unbolted? He was a soldier, not a child. A Sicarius. He knew better than to leave a building unsecured. Not only had he left Celeste undefended, he'd left her exposed. Real fear, icy and metallic, cut through him. If the Vorati had taken her—

Forcing back worry and guilt, Gabe drew his long, bladed knife and approached the door. Blood splattered every surface. A dead body lay in a pool of red on the floor in the entry, its head several feet from its torso. From the jagged neck, Fitz's kill. Two other bodies with no visible wounds lay nearby.

The great-room reeked of blood and burnt flesh. An oily red cloud of Vorati spirit lingered near the open door, as if the demon hadn't decided to stay or go. Gabe hovered just outside the door, trying to locate Celeste. The moment her saw her on the floor, soaked in blood and wrapped around Fitz, he was certain she was dead. Rage tore through him, even as he realized the grief and pain he felt through their bond meant Celeste had to be alive. The gruesome wound in Fitz’s abdomen told him that Fitz, however, was not.

Blake and the other remaining Voratus were slow to notice Gabe, too drunk on the rush of Celeste's anguish to pay attention to the open door. Blake didn't notice the threat until Gabe was almost on top of him. With a shout, Blake bolted to his feet. The other Voratus jumped Gabe, forcing him to turn away from Blake for a moment. When he looked back, Blake had fled out the open kitchen door. Escaped again.

The Voratus clinging to his back almost an afterthought, Gabe pulled out a calix. Still intoxicated by the flood of Celeste's emotions, the demon didn't seem able to focus on the fight. Gabe wrestled it to the floor, power flooding his muscles, and pinned the demon with ease. A knee in its ribs, a hand on its shoulder and Gabe drove the calix to the hilt. Easy target.

Gabe barely had his mind on the kill. All he saw was Celeste, wrapped around the body of her dog, holding Fitz and weeping silently into his wiry, gray fur. Her jeans were soaked in his blood. She was covered in it. Her clothes, skin, and hair soaked in red. She wasn't injured. Gabe could feel it. Just as he felt the agony tearing through her heart.

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