A Job From Hell by Jayde Scott

Author:Jayde Scott [Scott, Jayde]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781461131335
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-05-09T07:00:00+00:00

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We drove up the Scottish coast, heading north, past one long strip of trees on both sides of the highway. The air smel ed of rain and salt. The moon hid behind heavy clouds in the pitch-black sky.

"We're in the middle of nowhere. No wonder we never found them," I mumbled.

"We're slowing down," Clare said from the backseat. "This must be it."

"Where?" Kieran asked.

Clare pointed at the darkness stretching to our right. "The mountains." The brake lights in front of us came on as Thrain pul ed his SUV onto a track and stopped.

"Don't say anything to piss him off. In fact, don't do anything to screw this up," I said to my brother.

"Come on." Kieran parked the SUV behind Thrain's. "Give me a little credit."

"Give you some credit? If you protected Amber the way you should've we wouldn't be here."

"Drop it, Aidan. You're not helping. Now, let's go," Clare said. I exited after her, lingering near the vehicle.

"We're close. I can smel their faint scent," Blake whispered.

Kieran snorted. "That makes one of us. Al I smel is dog shit."

Leaves rustled. The long grass swayed in the wind. "You know this is the craziest thing we've ever done," Clare said, wide-eyed.

"That you've done," I said. My work as a bounty hunter usual y involved more than trekking through the Scottish Highlands.

"Exactly," Kieran said. "Like Aidan, I live for this kind of stuff. If you want adventure, I'm the guy for you."

"I just hope Thrain doesn't screw us over and feeds us to the wolves," Blake mumbled.

I nodded. "Me too. I can't believe we're putting our lives in the hands of Cass who picked this winner."

"She says he's the best shape shifter there's ever been," Kieran said. "Yeah, right."

"We haven't seen him shift shapes, so quit judging a book by its cover." Clare's blonde hair shifted in the wind, floating around her like a halo, as she turned to stare at Thrain.

Kieran snorted. "The best? I find that rather hard to believe. The dude can't even grow a beard, he's never seen a brush, he's never heard of an iron, and—"

Clare cut in. "Classic bad boy, very sexy."

"I cal it unkempt," Kieran said. "Don't tel me he can't afford a pair of jeans that haven't been put through a shredder. What's taking him so long anyway?"

I cocked my head to get a better view. "He's fumbling around in the glove department."

"I hope he's looking for a map and not a weapon," Blake said, leaning against a tree.

I turned to face him. Blake must be nervous. That was about as much as he talked in weeks. "You don't have to join the mission. I'm not twisting your arm."

Blake pointed at Thrain's car, ignoring my statement. "He's coming."

We watched in silence as Thrain marched over to join the waiting party, eyes glittered in the moonlight. "It's up there," he said, pointing at the dense forest on the mountain behind us. "We need to reach the trees before the clouds clear again."

"A midnight strol —how romantic," Kieran said.

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