Seized: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Thrice Cursed Mage Book 4) by Cipriano J.A

Author:Cipriano, J.A. [Cipriano, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Action & Adventure
Published: 2016-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The whole world went blurry as the Princess of Mirrors gripped my head in one hand and slammed my skull against the ground for the second time. Chunks of shattered glass bit into my scalp and neck as I did little more than flail feebly at her. My head throbbed, and darkness encroached upon my vision from all sides. If this kept up, she’d kill me with ease. It was especially lame because escape was only about a hundred feet away.

Not that it mattered. For all the good it would do me, it might as well have been a million miles away. The princess’s red nails dug into my scalp as she hoisted me effortlessly up with one hand so I dangled in front of her. Blood seeped down my face and into my eyes from where her nails had pierced my flesh.

“Do you know how long it’s been since someone hurt me?” she asked, touching one finger to the eye Jenna had ruined with a .40 caliber bullet. Black gunk oozed from the shattered socket, and as she drew her finger away, a thin tendril of slime came with it. “Answer me.” Her other three eyes bored into mine, and I felt her will push into me, pressing into my defenses like a tank.

“No.” I reached out, grabbing onto her wrist in a vain effort to try and pull her off. Yeah, it was about as effective as playing tug of war with a pit bull.

“You’re not understanding how this works,” she said, opening her mouth to reveal a long serpentine tongue the color of day old mucus. “I’m the pusher, and I’ve come to shove.” Her tongue slithered out of her mouth, sliding between her unnaturally white teeth. It rubbed against my left cheek, leaving a slimy trail in its wake.

“Mmm, you taste good,” she cooed, and the words slammed into my brittle mind like a wrecking ball. My hand clenched around her wrist like I’d been hit with a live wire. “You’ll make a dainty dish to set before the king.”

“As much as I appreciate the compliment, love,” I said through clenched teeth. “I’m afraid, I’m a taken man, and even if I wasn’t, who knows where you’ve been.”

“As if,” she snorted right before her tongue pushed through my lips and pressed against my gritted teeth. It was a losing battle. I knew that, but that didn’t mean I was going to let her stick her slimy tongue in my mouth.

A bullet whizzed by my ear and smacked into her right eye. She shrieked, releasing me as ichor splashed across the front of my face. It burned like fire, and as I fell, I tried to wipe it away. My hands started to burn from where I’d touched the substance, but the pain of it was drowned out by my shoulders smacking into the mirrored ground with enough force to make my head whip back. I wasn’t sure if the crunch I heard was the floor or my skull, but it didn’t matter because everything was fading fast.

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