The Witch's Protector by Leia Shaw

Author:Leia Shaw [Shaw, Leia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Her sister was a prize?

What kind of sick, twisted person made a fifteen year old a prize in a bloodthirsty game for creatures straight out of a nightmare?

The answer came easily. Shade. Her father’s debt collector. The overseer of the Games. A winged incubus with a wicked streak. Wicked in more ways than one. Over five hundred years old, he was a notorious womanizer. Well, most incubi were. They got their power from sex. They needed it to live. Other than that, they had no weakness. Immortal, like much of the supernatural world, they could only be killed by beheading. But good luck getting through their thick skin. Shade, from what she’d heard, was devastatingly handsome. All the easier to lure women in. The incubi didn’t need to kill their victim to get the burst of power, they only had to pleasure them, which made the incubi popular bed conquests.

Shade had a reputation for being a generous lover, but a ruthless villain when it came to the business of making money. And violence made a hell of a lot of money.

Samantha looked at Aedan. “Are you trying to win her?” she demanded.

He flinched. “Fuck, no. What would I do with a child?” He scooped more food in his mouth. “No, I’m here for a talisman. The dragon promised I could leave if I won it for him. I just want to go home.”

“Seems to be a recurring theme around here,” she murmured. After a deep breath she turned to Geo. “So that’s it then. That’s how we get my sister. We win her.”

Geo’s eyes widened and he opened his mouth.

Aedan cut him off. “You’re going to let her fight in the Games?”

He nodded. Aedan shook his head disapprovingly.

“She’s stronger than she looks,” Geo said in her defense.

She blinked in surprise then grinned up at him.

Aedan shrugged. “Suit yerself. She’s your woman.”

Geo, seeming to relax a little, smirked. “She walks the line between courage and stupidity very closely.”

Her grin faded.

“I’d imagine so,” Aedan said. “Takes a little of both to be here in the first place.”

“Besides.” Geo crossed his arms and stared down at her. “She’ll be in a protection circle the whole time. Won’t you?” He gave a look that dared her to defy him.

She smiled sweetly. “Except in dire emergency.”

His eyes tightened. “Maybe we ought to define emergency.”

They stared each other down, fire burning in their eyes. It was silent for a few tense moments. She could see Aedan shift uncomfortably from her peripheral vision.

“Well, I’ve been here a while,” he said brightly. “I’ll help you.”

Geo broke eye contact to glare at Aedan. “Why?”

“I owe the lass.” He smiled at her. “She may have won me that fight.”

“I did win you that fight,” she muttered.

Aedan chuckled. “Maybe so.”

Geo gave him a wary look, but surely he wouldn’t refuse free help? And for some reason, she trusted him. He had an ease about him – he hid nothing, was ashamed of nothing, wore everything out in the open. Either he was trustworthy or a damn good actor.

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