Commanding Chaos (Fire Witches of Salem Book 2) by Carrie Pulkinen

Author:Carrie Pulkinen [Pulkinen, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-27T18:30:00+00:00

13

CHAOS

Their insolent police chief, Higgins, stopped us the moment we exited the building. Ash lifted her head and showed him a weak thumbs up. “We’ll get the van and take it around back to remove the monkeys.”

“Took you long enough,” he said with a toothpick in the corner of his mouth. His words dripped with enough disdain to take down the Minotaur.

I couldn’t stop the growl from rumbling in my chest. “If you prefer to handle the supernatural yourself next time, that can be arranged. I’ll give you an adversary to battle right now, and we’ll see how you fair.”

Ash patted my chest, ending my tirade. “Let’s get the van.”

Never in my existence had I encountered such a useless piece of flesh. His disrespect of the very people who kept his town safe made my blood boil, and if a crowd, including several people with recording devices, hadn’t gathered outside the scene, I would have taught him never to disrespect a Holland witch again.

Ash stumbled, so I tightened my hold of her. I wanted to scoop her into my arms and carry her, taking away the burden of walking, but I didn’t dare. She was finally coming into her power, her self-deprecation becoming less frequent. If she could walk after that ordeal, I would let her.

We approached the van, and she reached for the driver’s side door. That, I would not allow. “You need rest. I will drive.”

I attempted to steer her toward the other side, but she protested. “Ember will kill me if I let you drive.”

“I have done it before.”

“I know, but that was out of necessity.” She stepped out of my grasp and fished the keys from her pocket. She swayed, clutching her head. “Whoa. Okay, maybe this time is a necessity too.”

I helped her around to the passenger seat and buckled her in before getting behind the wheel and starting the engine.

“How do you learn so fast? You haven’t existed in this time more than a few weeks, yet you understand all our technology.”

I chuckled. “I am a Prince of Hell.”

“Commander of armies, destroyer of all who vex you, yada, yada, yada.” She rested her head against the window and offered a teasing smile. “It doesn’t mean you have to be so smart.”

“Powerful, smart, good-looking…” I returned her grin and drove toward the back of the store. “Hard to resist, I’m sure.”

“You have no idea.” She laughed and winced, gingerly touching her injured shoulder.

My face fell, my mood darkening. “I could have ended that battle with a snap of my fingers. You didn’t need to get hurt.”

She closed her eyes. “We’ve been over this.”

“Indeed. It doesn’t mean I have to like it.” I stopped the vehicle in the lot behind the store, and the other witches climbed in.

Ember’s jaw tightened when she saw me behind the wheel, but she remained silent as she returned her weapons to the hatch and buckled her seatbelt. “Here.” She shoved her phone toward me with the directions open on the screen.

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