Zombie King by J. C. Diem

Author:J. C. Diem [Diem, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Werewolves & Shifters
ISBN: 1505796962
Amazon: B00RW1UPIC
Barnesnoble: B00RW1UPIC
Publisher: Carpe Noctem
Published: 2015-01-03T23:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Eighteen

Flynn’s prediction that the bokor would act sooner rather than later turned out to be wrong. Five nights passed before he finally came out of hiding. He was correct when he’d guessed correctly that the Zombie King would lie in wait for us to search one of the cemeteries before moving in to perform his ritual again.

After four afternoons and nights of fruitlessly searching the cemeteries for ritual circles, I was frankly getting bored. Mark had paired me up with Flynn this time and we were watching one of the graveyards from a café across the street. It was another rainy night and I held a steaming mug of coffee in both hands.

Two young women were sitting at a table across the room and were sending flirtatious looks at my companion. He ignored them both, but he was well aware of their scrutiny. “You know, either one of those girls would be happy to go out with you,” I said quietly.

Sending me a startled glance, his eyes slid sideways to examine the pair. “They’re pretty, but I’m not interested.”

“Why not?” I asked him bluntly.

“What would be the point?” he shrugged. “We’re only going to be in New Orleans until our mission is over. Then we’ll head back to Denver until we’re needed somewhere else.”

“You’re not into one night stands?” I teased.

“I’m not Kala,” he responded. “She might be the love them and leave them type, but that just isn’t me.”

“Is that because of your inner snake or is that just you?”

He shrugged again and picked up his coffee. “I don’t know,” he said honestly. “I was injected with the virus when I was a toddler. I have no way of knowing what I would have been like if I was still human.”

I had changed in some ways, but I was still me on the inside. “For what it’s worth, I don’t think our morals change when we become shifters,” I told him. “I still feel the same way towards relationships as I did before I was bitten.”

His weird green eyes studied me closely. “What is your policy about dating?”

“It was never that important to me. I’d intended to put my career first,” I said softly and stared out the window into the drizzle. “It sounds corny, but I figured that I’d eventually meet the right man when I was ready to settle down.”

“You’d buy a house in the suburbs, raise two or three kids and have a normal life together,” he said with a nod of understanding.

Sadness rose when I realized none of that would ever happen now. I hadn’t just lost my dream career when I’d become a shifter. I’d also lost any hope of having a family. Being bonded to Reece meant that there would be no children for me now. I’d never allow myself to fall pregnant to a man who could barely tolerate my presence.

Blinking back tears, I had to put my misery and self-pity on hold when I felt a swell of power.

Flynn picked up on my tension immediately.

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