Rogue Rider (LD4) by Ione Larissa

Author:Ione, Larissa [Ione, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Azizex666, Fiction
ISBN: 9780446574488
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2012-11-20T08:00:00+00:00

Traveling via the thing Limos called a Harrowgate was an unnerving experience, especially when Limos said that the Horsemen were the only beings who could take a conscious human through a portable gate without the human coming out on the other side… dead.

She stepped out with Limos, inside a circle marked by little flags outside a huge Greek-style mansion. Olive trees rose between huge Greek-style pillars and snow-white statues of Greek gods.

“I guess this is Greece?” Oh, Jillian, you’re a rocket scientist, you are.

“Yep.”

“Why are there little flags around us?”

“It’s the designated Harrowgate landing. At our houses we keep them marked off so people know not to enter. When a gate opens, it’ll slice into any living thing it touches.”

Jillian missed a step. Then she missed another—God, Limos must think she was drunk—when she noticed that there were a lot of people and… not humans… gathered around the mansion.

“Um…”

Limos waved her hand in dismissal and started walking toward the crowd. “Don’t worry about the females. They’re here for Reseph.”

Females? All those things were females? With some it was hard to tell. “What… what are they?” Please don’t say demons, please don’t say demons…

“Demons.”

Jillian’s throat closed up so hard she actually reached up to loosen the noose that seemed to be around it. Demons. Holy shit, demons.

“Hey.” Limos’s voice cut through the panic that buzzed in Jillian’s ears. “They won’t hurt you. I promise. Jillian? Stay with me. Reseph needs you.”

Jillian squeezed her eyes closed. With the world shut out beyond her eyelids, she could picture Reseph’s smile, the hard set of his jaw when they made love, and she could hear him telling her how strong she was. He’d brought her back into the world she’d been hiding from and had given her a precious gift. She would give him the same. Somehow she’d survive this, and she’d help him.

She opened her eyes but kept them glued to Limos. “I’m okay. Let’s go.”

The throng made a path for Limos, and Jillian followed until one of the creatures, who appeared human-ish except for her gray skin and hair, black horns, and clawed feet, blocked their path.

“Why are you taking this… human… when we have to wait out here?”

Jillian didn’t even have time to blink before Limos had the demon by the throat, lifting the thing off the ground. “You do not question a Horseman of the Apocalypse. Speak like that again, and you’ll be lucky if I only take your tongue.”

The demon in Limos’s grip nodded—as much as she could—and every demon around them backed up, widening the circle. Jillian wondered how close Limos had been to doing the same to Jillian back at her house, because she’d been nothing but questions.

Limos released the demon, who fell to the ground and stayed there, gasping for air.

“Anyone else want to piss me off?” When no one came forward, Limos smiled. “Good. Come on, Jilly.”

Yeah, Jillian would let that one pass. Good God, she’d threatened a Horseman of the Apocalypse with a frying pan.

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