Wrong Side of Hell (The DeathSpeaker Codex Book 1) by Sonya Bateman

Author:Sonya Bateman [Bateman, Sonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fae, shapeshifter, thriller, dark urban paranormal werewolf elf fairies moon magic spells supernatural female werewolf seelie unseelie manhattan new york city evil ancient cult murder hunter police detective reluctant hero journey, witch, coming of age, humor
Published: 2016-01-23T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

Something had gone very wrong. But I still wasn’t going to blow my cover, if I could help it. “Stand down,” I barked. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“Subject Two-Six-Two, unidentified paranormal,” the one closest to us said. “Get on the ground, or we’ll open fire.”

No way could they know that. They had to be guessing, so I decided to call the bluff. “Are you blind, son?” I said. “Don’t you know who I am?”

The man next to the one who’d spoken first grinned and pointed at the elevator. “Weight sensors,” he said. “We know you’re the wrong mass for those bodies. You’re not Nigel Foley…but personally, I’m gonna enjoy finding out who you are.”

“On the ground,” the first one said again. “Last warning.”

Damn. So much for the glamour. I let the spell drop and tried to ignore the SWAT guys for a few seconds. Time for Plan B—not that I had one.

But I did have a gun. And a moonstone.

“Sadie,” I muttered. “Go wolf.”

“What—”

“De’àrsahd!”

Light burst from the pendant. Sadie didn’t waste any time—she was already growling. I managed to pull the gun before shots erupted from the SWAT team. Two hit Sadie, one grazed my upper arm.

It didn’t stop either of us.

I knew I didn’t have a chance of hitting anything unless I was close. So I lunged at the nearest man in black, grabbed his gun arm and shoved it up while I pressed the barrel of mine into his throat and fired. No hesitation. His blood spattered my face, and he fell back dead.

Part of me withered in horror at what I’d done, but I knew these guys wore body armor. A non-lethal shot wouldn’t have done a damned thing. And besides, what they were doing in this place was unforgivable.

Sadie already had two of them down.

The last man fired twice at me. One missed, the other carved a hot gash along my side. I had time to wonder how these bastards kept missing me when they were so close, before I jumped at him, slamming him into the ground.

Another point-blank throat shot ended him.

Shouts echoed through the building, and the elevator rumbled. There were more coming. I grabbed a second gun just in case, and shot a panicked glance at Sadie, who was still a wolf. At least she didn’t have to worry about running out of bullets. “Please tell me you know how to get out of here,” I said.

“This way.”

She ran down a hall, and I followed.

It wasn’t long before Sadie started to slow down. As we moved through a large room full of old wooden pallets and crates, she stumbled and bashed into a wall. She stood there panting for a minute—and soon, she was Sadie again.

“Can’t hold it,” she gasped, crossing her arms over her bare chest. There was an angry wound in her lower leg, and another at her shoulder. “Still not recovered…from the silver.”

I remembered the syringes of silver liquid in the room where they’d been keeping her.

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