Outlaw by Heather Elizabeth King

Author:Heather Elizabeth King [King, Heather Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

In reflex, she fell into battle stance with legs spread, her muscles loose and ready, and her eyes fixed on the enemy. She was no match for the oversized thug so she had to think fast, had to act fast.

He launched himself at her, slicing the air with his right hand. She dropped to the floor a second before he would have made impact. The high swooshing sound of his talons slashing the air where she’d been was the last sign she needed that Nick wasn’t pretending. If he could, he would kill her. Slice her to bits and watch as she bled to death.

She kicked out as hard as she could, connecting the heel of her boot with his right knee and winning a surprised cry of pain from him. The already injured leg wobbled, but he didn’t go down.

She rolled toward him and made a grab for the blade embedded in the flesh above his knee. She got close, reaching out with the tips of her fingers, then all at once, blunt pain had her curling in on herself.

The beast had kicked her in the stomach. The pain jarred, was nearly too much to bear. She couldn’t scream because the air had been driven out of her with such force all she could manage was a weak intake of breath. Without her enhancements, the blow would have killed her. As it was, she fell back, clutching her injured abdomen with one arm.

He lifted his foot a second time, no doubt to kick her again. She tried to move away, but the small space was too constricted. There was no place to retreat, no way to get away from him.

Keening and mad with blood lust, he brought his foot down. The pain of this second blow washed over her. She thought she heard her forearm break, and possibly a few ribs. She cried out at the pain.

Before she could catch her breath, he fell on her. There was the sting of his claws along the side of his face. She cried out again when he dragged the talons over her breasts. The pain of it was nearly too much. He was too strong and too fast. He countered every move she made before she had a chance to hurt him. But he didn’t kill her, though he could have done it quickly. Instead, he dragged the torture out.

He wanted her to suffer.

With one hand, he lifted her by the throat, spun toward the aisle and tossed her as though she were a rag doll. She landed hard on her back in the center of the cellar. The air erupted out of her lungs. She’d long since lost the wine bottle, hadn’t even had a chance to use it.

Then he was on her again, grabbing her by the hair and pulling her to her feet.

“Gaia will be devastated by your loss,” he said, laughing manically.

Gaia? What did Gaia have to do with anything?

“Her little apprentice,” he went on. As he spoke, he spun her to face him.

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