Page 99 of Defying the Relic Hunter

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Shrill shrieks sounded and the eyes vanished.

“Are they dead?”

“Si, but more demons come.”

Damn. My laser pistol was useless. If I was a good warrior, I would have gotten a pistol with salt bullets. But I wasn’t and now I was screwed. In utter desperation, I slid my hand into my left pocket and grabbed a handful of chocolate. It mellowed me out, maybe it’d work on the demons too.

Its large mouth opened in a hiss of fury a demon rushed towards me.

“Trust me. This will make you feel better.” I hurled the chocolate down its throat.

The demon swallowed it, coughed and convulsed violently. With an ear shattering screech it just shriveled away.

Huh? Not quite the reaction I was expecting.

Another demon landed in front of me.

I tossed a dark chocolate down its gullet.

It screamed bloody blue murder, convulsed wildly and withered into a pile of dust.

Death by chocolate. Go figure. I pulled out a milk chocolate and popped it into my mouth. It sucked to be a demon.

Ethan burst through the rocks and ran a concerned gaze over me. “Are you hurt?”

“No, but I could really use a kiss.”

Wrapping his arms round me, Ethan lowered his mouth to mine. “I love you, Angel.”

His long, gentle kiss touched my soul. “And I love you, sugar.”

Quinn shouted, “Ethan! Kizzy! Where are you?”

“Over here,” Ethan yelled back.

“Now that we’ve completed our quest, what’s next, sugar?”

“Our honeymoon in Maui.”

I grinned up at him. “Two weeks in paradise sounds like heaven.”

“A month in paradise is even better,” he amended, and his mouth closed over mine in a hot, intoxicating kiss.

Quinn, Xenia, Uncle Saul, Adan and Raj crowded around us and shot a rapid-fire succession of questions.

“Did you find the portal?”

“Did you close the portal?”

“Where is Ceti?”

“Are those demons remains?”

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