Sin & Spirit (Demigods of San Francisco Book 4) by K.F. Breene

Author:K.F. Breene [Breene, K.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hazy Dawn Press, Inc.
Published: 2019-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

17

Alexis

“Protect yourself.”

The strange slide made of rainbows disappeared from my dreamscape. I floated toward consciousness, confused, but was waylaid by a playground made out of melting chocolate. I bent to lick the ground, not a rational thing to do, perhaps, but the chocolate was calling.

“Rise. Protect yourself.”

It was a man’s voice, at the edge of the playground. Something zoomed past me, rubbing against my legs. Little feet pitter-pattered.

I jolted and felt my physical body jolting with me. I was near wakefulness. This was usually when the shadow thing would swoop in and take me into the spirit land. When I was strangely conscious yet not awake.

A strange little chirp met my ears, then a small weight settled onto my left thigh.

I froze as candy apples fell into the pooling chocolate. It occurred to me how fucking weird my dreams were.

“Wake up! Something is here!” the voice repeated.

I looked around the nightmare candy land, the apples now glowing a toxic red, looking for the source of the warning.

The weight moved up my body, and something rough, like wet sandpaper, ran up my cheek. Again. The third time it scratched against my nose before the weight settled on my chest.

I jolted again and fluttered my eyes open, struggling to wake up.

Something small and furry stood on top of me, looking down at my face.

It was the damn cat.

It chirped, an unexpected sound. I froze. Cats didn’t chirp, did they? Was I still dreaming?

My inactivity was apparently a green light, because the cat kneaded at the edge of my boob with its paws, taking turns pushing and releasing with each foot. A moment later, a claw dug into my skin. Pain shocked into me, and I slapped at the creature.

It was already moving.

It let out a small meow-purr as it bounded away, hitting the floor with an elegant plop, if such things existed, before darting into the shadows.

My heart thudded. I sucked in startled breaths, staring wide-eyed in the direction the creature had run.

“What is it?” Kieran asked sleepily.

“I’ll tell you what it is. It’s a dead cat, that’s what it is.” I flung back the covers and threw my legs over the edge of the mattress. The door stood cracked open. The cat was nowhere in sight, but I doubted I was lucky enough that it had left the room. “Out,” I whispered, bending to look under the bed.

Without warning, something darted at me, swiping. I flinched, nearly losing an eye but refusing to lose the battle. I rushed forward, reaching out for the blasted thing, but it took off, its bright body streaking across the floor and through the black crack out of the room.

Opening that door was probably Daisy’s idea of a joke. Or maybe a challenge to see if she could pick the lock and open the door without getting caught. Well, the joke was on her—or it would be tomorrow when I punished her within an inch of her freedom.

Speaking of Daisy, I did a quick check to make sure she wasn’t wandering around the house, looking for more mischief to make.

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