Avenging Heart (The Ignited Series Book 4) by Desni Dantone

Author:Desni Dantone [Dantone, Desni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

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We found Club Red on the outskirts of town—a large, brick building painted in a bright blood red, surrounded by a wide open parking lot and nothing else. A quarter mile from anything else remotely civilized, it presented the perfect isolated location for Circe’s dirty work.

The card indicated that the doors would not open for another hour, yet I was anxious as we stood in the empty parking lot. The evil housed within the building’s walls was palpable.

Certainly, if I were a human, I would never venture into a place like this. But I doubted the humans that showed up tonight would be of a sound mind. The whole operation probably feasted off the drunk and roofied.

Lillian was visibly tense where she stood against the vehicle, her eyes scanning the building with trepidation.

“What do you remember, Lil?” Nathan prompted softly.

“A back room,” she murmured. “They brought me humans . . .” She trailed off to swat at the tear that rolled down her cheek. “There’s a Skotadi—goes by the name Marcus—who runs the whole operation. He’s the contact to the demigods.”

“Do you think he’s still here?” Jared questioned.

She nodded slowly. “Marcus opened this club decades ago. Even before Circe, he was preying on humans for the fun of it. Unless he’s dead, I don’t see him giving this place up. He’ll be here.”

“Tonight,” I concluded.

“No, not tonight,” Nathan countered.

I spun on him. “Why not?”

“Because we need a plan, that’s why,” he fired at me. “This isn’t something we can just walk into and expect the result we want. It doesn’t work like that.”

“So we wait some more?” I straightened my back in defiance. “How long are we going to wait? For Circe to finish the curse herself? For her to find Alec? For Callie to die?”

“Kris . . .” His eyes softened as he took a step toward me.

“Don’t.” I backed away. “Who’s going to have to die before we make a move? We need to strike first.”

“We will,” he insisted. “After we come up with a plan of action.”

I felt a spark. My temper flared, and my other half rode it like an amusement park ride. She loved it, welcomed it. My eyes sought Alec’s, and he shifted to my side, recognizing that I needed him.

All he had to do was give me a look, and I started to calm down. But I was still mad. Mostly disappointed.

I hated waiting. Waiting risked the safety of everyone around me. Since no one understood my concerns, I had to bury my fear. Because I knew I couldn’t do this by myself, I had to wait, even when every instinct told me to act now.

I passed Nathan as I moved to open the car door. “You better hope my best friend doesn’t die first,” I muttered before I climbed in.

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