Spider Bite by J.R. Rain

Author:J.R. Rain
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“But first,” said the Count, pointing to the scattered remains of the woman he’d obsessed over in this life and the next, “we can’t just leave my dear, dear Maria here.”

“I agree,” said Dylan. “We can’t just leave her like this. She deserves better.”

“In case you two hadn’t noticed, the real Maria—not to mention someone I’m highly fond of—is presently with the Prince of Darkness in, for all I know, Hell itself.”

“They’re not in Hell,” said the Count, and for the first time since I’d had the displeasure of getting to know him, he sounded reasonable and, well, human. Long gone was the ghost act. He was a fully fleshed entity. How this came to be, I didn’t know, but I suspected it had to do with his little side deal with the devil.

“And you know this how?” asked Dylan.

“Because I’ve been dead for nearly fifty years,” said the Count. “There’s a rule in place here. The devil can’t just take anyone to hell with him, especially the living, and especially not my sweet Maria.”

“My sweet Maria,” said Dylan.

They were about to face off when I grabbed Dylan by the shoulder and pulled him back. “Don’t be an idiot.”

“Well, I love her just as much as this jerk does.”

“No, you don’t.”

“I do, and how dare—”

I smacked him upside the head. “Just cool your jets, Romeo. Let’s grab Maria—all of her—and bury her somewhere.”

“On a hill,” said the Count.

“Overlooking the ocean,” said Dylan. “That would be romantic.”

“Oh, brother,” I said, and fetched a hand that had gotten missed.

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