taunt by claire farrell

Author:claire farrell
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: vampires, speculative fiction, paranormal, fantasy, supernatural, ireland, angels, urban fantasy
Publisher: Claire Farrell
Published: 2011-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

“That’s sick.”

“Whatever, it comes in handy when—” I doubled over and dry-retched

“Jesus, Ava. You haven’t even had a drink yet.”

Bile burned my throat. There was something in the air, something dark and malicious, something that made me want to run. Something familiar.

I quickly scanned the room, looking for the malevolence I could almost taste on my tongue. The air was clammy, as if something hovered over us in a sticky mist.

“What’s wrong?” Peter touched my arm, but then I saw what I had sensed.

A pretty woman stood across the bar talking to the object of my attention. Chocolate-skinned and black-haired, she laughed merrily at something he said, but an object gleamed in her companion’s hand. Anger, confusion, and fear, his emotions were so strong, they sent a rush of adrenalin shuddering through my body.

He moved his hand backward, gaining traction even as I leapt to my feet and ran over to them. He swung his hand toward her. The whole bar went silent as if time stood still, but they all watched me run. Before I had taken a second to think, I jerked his arm backward. Too late, he’d already grazed her, but I couldn’t stop to ponder the implications of that. I struggled to get him to the ground; he was strong and enraged. The scent of blood filling the air was distracting, almost human, but not quite. I did my best to ignore it, determined to stop the man from doing any real damage.

He fought, struggling to throw me off, but he was weak enough that I was able to wrestle him to the ground. His long brown hair stuck to his face with sweat. I could hear screams and shouting in the background, but nothing prepared me for the bright light that suddenly filled the room. Wincing, I rolled away from the man and covered my eyes. After a second, I tried opening them. Gabe stood over us with streams of white light surging from his body.

He glared down at me.

“I was trying to help,” I muttered, my eyes still half-closed. The light suddenly disappeared amid a lot of groaning from most of the bar.

I jumped to my feet and went over to the young woman who lay on the ground holding her side, a look of shock on her face.

“Are you okay?” I asked. Peter grabbed my arm and pulled me aside. Glancing behind me, I saw the man raise his knife, but at the last second he drove it into his own heart. He shuddered violently before dropping to the ground, dead.

“What the hell?” I whispered amidst more screams.

“How did you know?” the woman asked me, and I realised I recognised her as one of the Guardians from the hearing.

I shook my head, not sure what had happened. I’d reacted without thinking, as always. The Guardian examined her wound, suddenly more sure of herself than before. “It’s nothing, just a shallow cut, it’ll be gone as soon as I phase.”

Phase? I glanced at Peter, who shook his head slightly.

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