Page 55 of Defying the Relic Hunter

I edged around the couch. “We’ll just be going.”

“Not without a kiss.”

I flinched. Lover Boy’s breath smelled like he had been licking someone’s nasty butt. “No!”

“C’mon baby, just one little kiss.” He licked his cracked and bleeding lips. “I can tongue fuck with the best of them.”

My stomach roiled in disgust. “I’m afraid I have to turn down your generous offer.”

A red glow bled into his eyes. “I won’t take no for an answer.”

“He’s possessed.” Xenia stunned him, but he didn’t go down.

Out of sheer desperation, I yanked out my mace and sprayed Lover Boy in the kisser.

His shrieks shattered all the glass in the office as he convulsed violently and crashed to the floor.

“Run,” Xenia yelled.

“I have no idea what’s possessing him,” I gasped as we sprinted down the hallway.

“Nor do I.”

I burst out the back door and crashed into a mountain of a man.

“Gotcha, little girl,” the mountain rumbled as his massive hand closed around my left arm.

“Beg to differ.” I doused him with mace.

“You bitch!” He rubbed his eyes frantically.

Another goon charged out of the shadows.

With a spinning side kick, Xenia knocked him off his feet and drove her boot into his bearded jaw. A satisfied smile curved her mouth as his teeth made a cracking noise and he toppled over.

“You’re one dead bitch,” the mountain spat, lunging toward me. He tripped over a pile of garbage and crashed headfirst into a dumpster.

Xenia yelled. “Duck!”

I instinctively obeyed and a fist missed my head by a scant inch. Great. There were three of them.

A red energy beam flashed in the darkness. His limbs twitching wildly, the thug fell to the ground.

“Nice shot.”

Xenia bowed. “Thank you.”

BOOM!The back door disintegrated.

I hit the deck.

The old guy stepped out of the shattered doorway and chambered another round into his shotgun. “I want my kiss,” he shrieked and fired again. The kick knocked him on his ass and the birdshot hit the mountain in the butt.

Cursing a blue streak, the mountain drew his pistol and opened fire.

I dove behind a smelly dumpster as they exchanged gunfire. Bullets pinged off the metal. Holy hell! I was a shit magnet.

Xenia appeared behind me. “Another death squad?”

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