bedeviled & beyond 03 - bedeviled & beleaguered by cheever sam

Author:cheever, sam [cheever, sam]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: science fiction romance, books futuristic romance, sci fi romance, Paranormal Romance, fantasy & futuristic romance, angels and devils, Dark Paranormal Romance, science fiction romance angels & devils, books romance angels & devils
Publisher: Electric Prose Publications
Published: 2015-09-06T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

A Fine Adventure

Through tunnels made of stone they ran, to escape the Devil’s spawn,

Only to find themselves entrapped and to the Devil drawn.

As we ran, I kept nudging my mental drawers to see exactly where we came out of the shadows and reentered the real world. I started to get a slight crackling static when we were about two-thirds of the way through the tunnel.

I knew we were getting close to the river because the ground beneath our feet turned sandy and squished with moisture. However, as we finally emerged, panting and covered in dirt and debris, from the mouth of the tunnel, it looked like we were still in the shadows.

The air was thick and dense with mist. I could barely see Darma, bent over at the waist and panting as if she would die, just a couple of feet away from me.

Then my mental drawers shifted and Emo’s voice came to me. Astra are you okay? Captain Lee said some dark haired woman popped into unplanned care and shifted you away.

Out of the shadows, thank the Big Guy. I allowed my weary knees to buckle and sagged to the ground. Cool moisture seeped into my clothing but I didn’t care. I’m fine now. It was Danika. She took Darma too. But we got out and we’re both fine.

Thank Him for that. I couldn’t feel you at all, it scared me.

I nodded, earning a strange look from my sister, who’d dropped down into the sand beside me. “It’s Emo.”

She bobbed her head in understanding and lay down on her back. Her chest still heaved with the effort of running and she was rubbing the demon mark on her wrist.

That was when I realized mine was throbbing. My eyes widened. Holy shit, Emo, I think we need to get out of here now! Where are you? We’ll try to come to you.

I’m with Bob, Ralph and Captain Lee in the streets. We couldn’t find you so we decided to do what we could out here. It’s really bad, Astra. Worse than before... I don’t think the humans have much time left.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw the air shifting and swirling in the mist. The colors of fire danced on the particles and began to take shape until the Serpent’s lithe form appeared.

He was only a few yards away from Darma, who had her eyes closed and was totally oblivious.

Shit! I gotta go, the devil’s here!

Astra! Where are you...

Darma! Up! Now! We’ve got to get out of here fast!

To her credit she didn’t argue. She shot to her feet and I grabbed her hand. Without thinking I used my power to jump us both over the river. We landed hard on the stony soil of the other side and banged up against the jagged face of the cliff from the momentum of our landing. On that side of the river the cliffs ran almost up to the water. What little ground there was looked nearly impassable.

I suddenly realized I’d put us into a dead end.

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