Black Hand: A Snarky Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance series (Infernal Regions for the Unprepared Book 1) by Maya Daniels

Author:Maya Daniels [Daniels, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

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By the time I reached the room at the back of the house, I regretted the deal Dominic made with me. He should’ve handled Alice and I should’ve gone to deal with Noah. I was not made for this. Calming people down and having them complacent was Veronica’s field of expertise. The lump in my throat did its best to choke me, but I pushed it down, blinking away the burning at the back of my eyes. Thinking about her only made me less willing to face the human. Stopping a few feet from the closed door, I leaned one shoulder on the wall and stared at the entrance as if the entire Council was waiting there for me. Alice’s voice floated through the wood and tickled my ears.

“Don’t be stupid Alice, vampires and people turning into animals is your crazy imagination,” she hissed, the frustration evident in her tone. “Right, because you didn’t see fangs and damn panthers in your living room like it was a set for a horror movie,” she answered herself, which made me frown until I heard the wolf shifter snarling softly, agreeing or disagreeing with her, I couldn’t guess which it was from the sound. “If she really was a monster from nightmares, she would’ve killed me many times by now. I yelled at her all the time … hello … I yelled…” My heart broke when her voice trembled at the end. I didn’t want her to be afraid of me, especially when I needed to get her out of here alive.

The sound of shuffling and a few things banging echoed from behind the closed door, and it was followed by more arguments, but this time her words were muffled as if her head was stuck between two of those large pillows. Glancing down at myself, I grimaced at my torn clothing and the drying blood all over me. I had nothing to change into, nor could I go back to my room to take a shower to protect the fragile state of the human, but I had one thing going for me. Backtracking down the hallway, I crossed the room that was trashed from the fight with Noah and stepped outside under the still-pouring rain.

Straining my ears in case someone was approaching, I lifted my face to the sky and let the rain wash away the night. Hot tears mixed with the icy drops sliding down my face, but I ignored them the best I could. Aware of the dagger still buried under broken wood and splinters behind me, I knew I was stalling. Not even the lightning still splitting the sky or the booming thunder could force me inside to look at Alice. Would she see me, Brooklyn, or would she see the monster she was referring to while talking to herself? It made no difference one way or another because I could tell her to do anything and she would have no choice but to listen. But I didn’t want that.

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