In The Devil's Shadow (Dangerous Lovers Book 2) by Maggie Bonnet

Author:Maggie Bonnet [Bonnet, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

As we stepped into the circle, I felt a force pulling me back, knowing immediately that something wasn’t right. I tried to let go of Diana’s hand so she would be able to cross through, but we were both caught.

“Mal, what’s going on?” she asked me.

Her voice wavered, and when I tilted my head down to look at her face, she was sweating bullets. I held her hand, keeping her in place next to me.

“I’m not sure, but don’t leave the circle. Bash may have rigged this to act as a portal, but it’s still a summoning circle. We’re protected from outside forces as long as we’re in here.”

“He isn’t wrong,” a snide, pitchy voice said from behind us.

We whirled around to see an average-sized man dressed in a navy blue suit. He had chocolate brown hair, pale skin, and a run of the mill Wall Street douchebag haircut that was so common in NYC’s business district. At first glance he appeared like a normal, sour asshole you’d find hanging by a pool table in a bro bar. But as I looked at him closer, I noticed his dark hair and his nose. They look just like Diana’s.

“Let me guess…” Diana drolled. “Damon Morningstar? My half-brother who’s been trying to kill me?”

“Wow, you’re smart. It’s going to be a shame to waste all that brain power when I kill you,” he laughed.

Not today, you fucking asshole. “You won’t touch her unless you want me to rip you apart and feed your flesh to Ares’ three-headed dog, piece by piece.” I grabbed Diana’s hand, pushing her behind me and trying to fade back to our suite in Las Vegas, but we didn’t move. My magic sizzled and died on my palms. I tried again, using my telekinesis to port us out, but it seemed as if we were stuck.

Damon villainously chuckled, as if he was pleased with himself. “Not so scary when your crew isn’t here to back you up, huh? I locked down the house with anti-travel wards, so your telekinesis and fade won’t work here, Malcolm. The only way to escape is to leave the circle, but if you do, I’ll kill you…if you’re lucky.”

Diana smiled at him. I thought she’d be more upset by that development, but she seemed to find it hilarious. She giggled at him, covering her mouth like she had some big secret. She peered into my eyes, and although we couldn’t mindlink, I knew she was trying to tell me something. She had an idea on how to get us out of here, which was great because neither of mine had worked.

“What’s so funny?” he asked. Her failure to take his threat seriously obviously rubbed him the wrong way. Diana squeezed my hand as Damon walked all the way to the circle line to sneer at his sister. “You’re about to die. You should be begging me for your life.”

“I don’t beg,” she stated. “And you’re woefully misinformed, because Mal and I aren’t dying today, or ever, actually.

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