Earth Remembers (Earthrise Book 13) by Daniel Arenson

Author:Daniel Arenson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moonclipse
Published: 2020-10-15T06:00:00+00:00

Smart girl, Marco thought.

Corvin leaped onto the café's counter, shattering glass jars.

Coffee beans spilled everywhere, cascading like miniature avalanches. Corvin looked down behind the bar. The barista was cowering there.

"Please, sir, pl—"

Corvin fired his gun. He laughed. Blood dripped from behind the bar.

Marco ran after him.

Corvin hopped off the bar, landing in blood. Windows rose from floor to ceiling, spanning the entire café, revealing the city below.

With another gunshot, Corvin shattered the towering windows.

Shards of glass flew onto the street several stories below. Cars honked. People screamed. Cameras flashed.

Marco leaped onto the creature.

Corvin swung his arms. Four fists slammed into Marco, knocking him down. He hit the ground, groaning. He had taken punches in his life. But this was different. The scrawny man fought with alien strength.

Marco tried to rise, felt dizzy, wobbled. His vision doubled. But he saw enough. Corvin approached the broken windows, reloaded, and opened fire on the street below.

From up here, several stories high, he had his pick of targets.

Thousands of people filled the streets below.

Thousands began to flee.

Where the hell were the cops? Marco wished he had brought a gun. Addy was probably carrying, but she was a dozen intersections away, roaring in the hockey arena. Hell, maybe every cop in the city was watching the Stanley Cup.

Marco rose again. He saw stars. His face was bleeding. His nose was possibly broken. He swayed toward Corvin, who still stood at the window. As Marco approached, he saw the bodies outside. A mother. A child. An old woman. Finally sirens were blaring in the distance, but Marco couldn't wait. Every second counted.

He picked up speed, ran the last few steps, and plowed into Corvin, attempting to shove him out the window.

Corvin did not fall.

He spun from the window, grabbed Marco with four hands, and lifted him overhead.

Marco screamed as claws cut him.

"I am strong now, Marco!" Corvin said. "You can no longer hurt me. Nobody can hurt me now! But I can hurt others. I will hurt you, Marco. I will not kill you. You will live! You will suffer like I suffered."

He hurled Marco. Thankfully not out the window. Marco crashed onto a table, shattering it. He howled in pain. Coffee mugs fell and shattered.

Corvin scuttled toward him on his six limbs, moving like a centipede. His jaw opened obscenely large, revealing fangs. The creature leaped.

Marco swung a chair, shattering it against Corvin's head. But the beast only laughed, snapping the chair's legs between his jaws like breadsticks. The scummer leaped onto Marco, knocked him down, and bit his shoulder.

Marco roared. He struggled, kicked, tried to shove off the alien hybrid. But Corvin pinned him down, so much stronger.

"Let him go!" rose a cry from behind.

Terri emerged from hiding. She must have been hiding behind a nearby bookshelf.

"Terri, no, get back!" Marco cried.

But the teenager ran closer, grabbed a chair, and slammed it onto Corvin's back.

The chair shattered. It was enough to disorient Corvin. He dropped his gun. The weapon clattered across the floor.

Still pinned down beneath Corvin, Marco punched upward with all his strength.

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