Page 24 of Defying the Relic Hunter

I glared at him. “If you returned my bracelet and weapons, that wouldn’t be a problem.”

“I can’t allow you to run free until I have you tamed.”

I literally saw red. Pulling back my fist, I punched him as hard as I could.

“We need to work on your battle skills.” Ethan rubbed his jaw. “You hit like a girl.”

I narrowed my eyes. “I am a girl.”

A shit-eating grin spread across Ethan’s face. “Don’t I know it.”

“Arrrgh!” Swatting at his hands, I slid off his lap. “Don’t touch me again.”

“Not possible. The mating bond has started.”

“What does that mean?”

Ethan wrapped an arm around my neck, pulled me close and gave me a smacking kiss. “It means lots of hot, monkey sex.”

I rolled my eyes. “Got that part. What else?”

“You’re my girl forever.”

“Oh, whoopee and if I want a divorce?”

“You won’t,” Ethan promised.

“You’re an egotistical, conceited ass.” I frowned as my psychic senses went on red alert. I cocked my head and reached out mentally. Something nasty was heading our way. “You feel that?”

Ethan was suddenly all predator. “I do.”

“The Thunder God comes,” Granny warned.

“Some guy dressed up as the Thunder God or the real thing?” I opened my senses.

Granny materialized next to us. She was back in her Indiana Jones outfit. “The Thunder God has the power to summon the dead.”

Ethan’s jaw dropped and he cautiously reached out to touch her.

Granny smacked his hand. “Where are your manners, young man?”

“Sorry, ma’am.”

I bit my lip to keep from grinning and pasted a grim look on my face. “Are you prepared to meet something that goes bump in the night Ethan?”

“Coletti warlords fear nothing.”

I sighed. Testosterone should be banned.

Lightning crackled like fiery snakes and the sky darkened to night. The wind swirled around us, whispering that death was ever near.

“Ooh! They’re going for spooky!”

Ethan checked his scanner. “Nothing’s showing up on my sensors.”

“The illusions are merely a distraction,” Granny warned.

“For what?” The breath left my lungs in an involuntary gasp as a glittering blue light engulfed me. “Ethan!”

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