Death's Daughter by L. A. McGinnis

Author:L. A. McGinnis [McGinnis, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781970112061
Publisher: Fools Journey Press
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

27

Hunter could not believe her eyes.

The stupid man was alone, just waiting for the thing to rise up and strike him down.

After the interfering son of a bitch had decided to take matters into his own hands, she’d had no choice but to follow. Tyr made such a racket, even the dark god had become curious. And when he’d left her trail for Tyr’s, Hunter had tracked them both, across rooftops and through genteel neighborhoods. At first, she’d been fueled by anger, and now it was sheer will driving her, as she stayed a hundred paces behind them, waiting to see what Tyr might do next.

She certainly didn’t expect him to beckon the thing on, sliver of steel in hand.

Then again, she hadn’t expected the Orobus to actually fall for it.

Yet there they both were, testaments to raging testosterone and male idiocrasy. Tyr might as well have been waving a red flag and yelling olé.

It was just like him, she groused, to stick his nose in where it didn’t belong. She had this situation under control. One more circuit around the city, and she might have lost the creature for good. Another one and she’d have snuck up behind him and blown him to kingdom come, along with a couple of city blocks.

Bur she couldn’t deny, even bleeding and exhausted, Tyr made an impression. Especially now, braced for battle. Perfectly honed for conflict, he carried himself with such ferocious certainty, he rattled her to her core. For a second, all she could do was stare.

But with the two of them in such close quarters, her options were nil.

Trying to shake off a feeling of vague, yet familiar déjà vu, she stumbled slightly on the uneven tarmac, sending a stone flying, the sound amplified to unnatural loudness. When Tyr froze, she stepped away from the building, the bulk of the Orobus looming between them. “Tyr,” she said clearly, her voice ringing over the concrete, “I need you to back away. Then I need you to run.”

“I can’t do that. And you have a hell of a lot of nerve asking me.”

Stubborn ass.

“Think about the damage I did to the mountain in the Highlands. Then tell me I have a hell of a nerve. Leave. Let me do what needs done.”

“I’ve got this under control.” His tight, even voice belied the amount of blood already staining the front of his vest and leathers. Either from fighting or from his old wounds, she didn’t know. “You’re completely exhausted. I don’t want you anywhere near him, Hunter. Trust me, it’s not a good plan.”

“You don’t even know what I’m planning to do.”

“You can’t destroy him. Not if your power comes from him. Why do you think he’s been tracking you all this time?” Tyr’s voice dropped. “Think, Hunter. He wants what’s inside of you. He wants his power back. But once he gets it? I can’t lose you, if he…” Then Tyr just stopped talking, as if he couldn’t get the words out.

Hunter didn’t care.

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