Hell Fire by Lia Davis & L.A. Boruff

Author:Lia Davis & L.A. Boruff [Davis, Lia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Davis Raynes Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2019-07-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Sterling's car pulled up to a gate and he pressed buttons on the keypad.

"I would've thought it would be magically warded," I said as the gate opened, and he pulled forward. With a gasp, I realized I'd spoken too soon. The feel of the ward letting me enter chilled me to my core.

"Feel it?" Sterling asked with a wide smile. "Everyone makes some sort of noise the first time."

"Will it feel like that every time we go in and out? What was that?"

My voice faded as I stared at the house. It was brick, and bigger even than the one I'd grown up in. That was saying something, as my childhood home had also been the government for the entire species of vampire and lycan combined.

He chuckled as he pulled into a massive garage full of all kinds of cars. "No, just the first time. It's a layer of wards. I'll take you to the perimeter and let you focus in on it and feel it. There’s wards to cover every contingency we and our Circle could think of."

"Then why the gate?" Sterling pulled into a spot near a door in the corner and hopped out of the car. He'd come around and opened my door before I even stopped gaping at the cars lined up beside us. "So, you're rich?"

He laughed. "The gate is for appearances, and to keep humans out. Wards aren't always as effective on them. Wards are designed to work for or against magic."

"So what's to stop someone from hiring a human to come to kill you?" We walked around the back of the cars. "You still didn't answer my question."

"We are wealthy, yes. Our sales in the paranormal community have enabled my parents to invest in the human stock market."

The rumors about the Hightowers being a part of some sort of mob or mafia filtered through my mind. For the first time, I wondered if staying with Sterling really was the safest option. "Are you sure it's okay for me to be here?" I asked as I looked at the rather plain exit to the house.

"This is the safest place a witch can be."

"I'm not a witch," I reminded him gently. After our bond, there was no way he could be hiding anything too nefarious. I didn't know all his secrets or anything, but I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he had my best interests at heart, and at his core, he was good and honorable.

"No, but you have plenty of magic. Almost as much as I do. You're in a league all your own." He opened the door and motioned for me to go through first.

"My sisters are there with me."

"Not totally. You're the alpha, right?" I nodded and looked around. We stood in a small foyer with a tile floor. The walls were cream and had nothing adorning them.

"Right through here," he said, opening another door to a large laundry room with two washers and two dryers. It was large enough for a clothesline and industrial mop sink as well.

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