Succubus Hunter 2 (The Succubus Series) by Daniel Pierce

Author:Daniel Pierce [Pierce, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-08T22:00:00+00:00

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We still didn’t have a solid lead on Benazir. Culverton had returned to his work, claiming his contribution was more than enough, and I was getting antsy just sitting around and waiting for another golem to show up at my front door, so I decided to pay Maura another visit. Perhaps what we had discovered would ring a bell with her and she would be able to point us in the right direction.

Before I had fully descended the stairs leading to The Dispensary’s simple door, I knew something was wrong. My instincts always acted up when I got close to Maura’s, a consequence of her diverse clientele. What I felt at that moment wasn’t so much the usual tingling sensations as it was someone taking a hammer to the back of my brain.

I turned just in time to see something rushing down the stairs toward me at inhuman speed. By instinct The Night Fail was there and shooting out toward my assailant’s center. A cloud of dust filled the air, expanding rapidly from the point of impact like I had struck an old rug. It did nothing to slow the momentum of the rapidly closing figure.

The staircase was too narrow for me to try and get out of its way, so I took a step down and tried to pull the flail back to me in time to make another swing. There wasn’t enough time. I was tackled at the legs and went tumbling the last few steps to the door. Thankfully I was able to get my arms up in time to shield my head and neck from the worst of the fall’s impact.

At the moment I didn’t know if the creature was here for me or Maura. It was possible I had just been in the wrong place at the wrong time as one of Maura’s enemies made a play for her. She had a strict neutrality policy in The Dispensary, so anyone who wished to commit violence there had to recognize they would also be up against Maura’s not inconsiderable resources.

I decided it was worth finding out. If the creature, which I could now make out was a small, thin man with wrinkled skin and violence in his eyes, was sent by Benazir or Pembroke, it might be able to tell me something. The easiest way to tell was to run and see if it followed me or proceeded into the bar. Plus, the bottom of the stairs wasn’t a great place to fight.

Whatever he was now towered over me on the ground, doing a good job of being imposing despite his small stature. He reached down for me, and I rolled, flipping over to my front and pushing myself onto all fours. I then kicked off the door and pushed past the creature as he turned. I scrambled up the first few steps that way before pulling myself back upright and running up the last of them.

I turned and saw that my speedy new friend was indeed following after me, not so much running up the stairs as seeming to leap between them.

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