The Witch's Familiars: A Reverse Harem Fantasy (Harem of Babylon Book 1) by G.A. Rael

Author:G.A. Rael [Rael, G.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

"Jordan?" Darren's voice broke through the memory as she was shaken back into the land of the living. When she opened her eyes, Darren was untied and leaning over her, his eyes full of relief as he said, "You're awake."

"Susan?" she asked hoarsely. The vacant look on his face was all the answer she needed. "I'm sorry," she murmured. "I tried, but I'm not strong enough."

"Why didn't you tell me?" he whispered.

Jordan couldn't see Hank and she didn't have the strength to lift her head to look for him. She smiled tiredly. "You didn't believe in my tinctures. Would you really have believed me about any of this?"

Darren hesitated. "Probably not," he admitted, looking up. The way his eyes widened in fear gave her only a moment's warning before a large hand grabbed her by the hair and yanked her to her feet. Soon, Hank had Jordan pinned to his chest with his gun pressed into her temple.

"What the hell did you do?" he snarled.

"I told you it wouldn't work," Jordan said hoarsely. Giving her energy to Susan had taken whatever fight was left in her. "I did everything I could."

"You're lying," he growled. "You're still alive, and you can try again."

"No," Darren snarled, taking a step forward.

"One more step and I'll shoot," Hank warned.

"Please," Jordan begged, “just let him go and I will. I'll try again and again until it brings her back or kills me, just let him go."

“No!” Darren bellowed. “This is over.”

"It's okay, Darren," she said tiredly. Just like that day under the tent and the bright lights, exhaustion and heat from an unknown source was weighing her down. She had been running, hiding for so long that death didn't hold the same dread it once had, especially if it meant dying in the place of the man she loved. "Hank is right about one thing. I did kill all those people and I deserve to die. It was foolish of me to think I could keep running forever."

"You were a child!" Darren snapped, his brows furrowing in that familiar indignant scowl she had come to love. "Even if you somehow started the fire, you weren't to blame and you sure as hell don't deserve to die!"

"He's right," Hank said in a dangerously calm tone. Jordan tensed as she felt the gun leave her head and aim at Darren. "Maybe I should let you live, at least long enough to know what it feels like to lose the one you love. Maybe then you'll understand."

"No!” she cried. Before the word had fully escaped her lips, the shot rang out and a red blotch appeared on Darren's coat, just over his heart. He looked down in disbelief, then back at Jordan for an instant before the light faded from his eyes completely and he crumpled to the floor.

Jordan stared in shock. She had prepared herself for death, but not for the sickle to swing in Darren's direction.

Hank's vice grip uncoiled from around her chest. He staggered back

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