Becoming Forever by McVea Heather

Author:McVea, Heather [McVea, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Urban, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Genre Fiction, Lesbian, Literature & Fiction
Amazon: B00I5B5U1K
Goodreads: 20661266
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Published: 2014-01-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Ash slipped the key in the front door of her apartment. The shock of what Rachel had told her, and the realization the world she had always understood was merely a fragment of a larger, darker place left her feeling restless and awake. She had been living a sheltered life. Her world was far more fragile than she had ever dared imagine.

Her already complicated feelings for Emma were further confused by the realization that she wasn’t what or who she had claimed to be. In spite of this, Ash could not stop her feelings for Emma, even if she didn’t want them.

Entering her apartment, she struggled to lift her trembling arm to turn on the light. Movement out of the corner of her eye brought her senses to full alert. The illumination she expected when flipping the light switch didn’t occur and the apartment remained cloaked in shadows.

“Who’s there?” Ash projected confidence when she spoke even though her heart was racing. Reaching down slowly, she unclipped her gun holster.

A deep baritone voice filled the space as two red orbs appeared in the corner. “You don’t fool me, detective. I can smell the fear.” Dorsey stepped out of the shadows, his eyes glowing red, and his jaw looked abnormally long.

Ash pulled her gun, and pointed it directly at the man. “Dorsey, you stop or I’ll shoot!” She bit the inside of her cheek, focusing on the pain instead of the fear coursing through her.

The room suddenly reeked of rancid meat and mildew. Ash nearly gagged as she used her free hand to cover her nose. Still focused on the large man in the corner, she watched in disbelief as he opened his mouth to reveal several rows of elongated, razor like teeth.

Dorsey’s neck was extended, and muscle and tendon began to expand and fold in on itself seemingly at the same time. The apartment filled with a series of loud cracks and pops as bones fractured and realigned.

Ash backed against the front door. “My God.” The man hunched his back forward and the outline of his spine became more pronounced against the t-shirt he wore. Reaching up with hands that now tapered to inch long nails, blackened at the beds, Dorsey ripped at the shirt, exposing his broadening chest that was rapidly becoming covered in long, coarse, black hair.

Ash aimed her gun, but before she could fire, the man lunged at her. His weight was immense, and the breath was knocked from Ash’s lungs as he landed on top of her. She fired the gun, the recoil sending a shock up her arm. The thing that had been Dorsey pulled back with a slight twitch. That was the only indication the bullet had struck it.

A noise came from behind her, and the weight of the monster was suddenly off Ash. Rolling to her stomach, she quickly got to her knees. Her brain was struggling to process what her eyes were seeing.

Emma, clad in a pair of jeans and a blue

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