Page 123 of The Book Reader
When he goes silent and the spinning stops, his dead body lies limp, hanging in the air like a wet flag in a breeze. Using her powers, Lexus lifts her hands and moves him over to a pile of other dead daemons.
Next, she aims her powers at a human hunter. Knowing this is going to get worse, I take a breath, relax my hold on this reality, and let Trelor shift forward, taking over my body.
Trelor
I liftmy head and sniff the air.Fuck, my mate smells so sweet.
No wonder they all found her so quickly.
“Enough!” I boom loudly. Lexus jumps a little, startled. She lifts her head to look at me, her face turning curious as she sees that my daemon body is almost the same as hers; I’m just bigger. Shaking my head slowly from side to side, I command: “Lexus, leave them alone.”
Lexus smirks before giggling. “You gonna stop me?” She dares, her eyes surveying the scene around us. She’s making it known she’s fully aware of her surroundings and the people gathered here, and ready to attack if she needs to.
She may sound brave and act like a fighter, but I sense her nerves.
If she wants to play this game, then I will gladly play with her, but I will win. And she will be screaming my name by the end of this moon. She ismine,and I will fuck that into her until she understands.
I continue to walk closer to her, my tail dragging on the ground behind me, leaving a trail as I go. She narrows her eyes as she turns entirely to me, my gaze drifting over her naked body.
Fuck she is so stunning, her white skin looks luminous in the reflection of the moonlight. My cock hardens. I need this little playing around to go faster; I need to bury myself in her.Now.
I lift my hand, my powers sparking, and glowing white sparks travel between my fingers, getting brighter until a ball of lightning forms in my palm. With a flick of my wrist, I send a low-power lightning bolt at her; it bobs through the air softly to her, like a beach ball floating on the surface of the ocean on a stormy night.
Lexus smiles a little too sweetly as she holds her hand up and stops it just before it hits her shoulder. Balling her hand into a fist, she sends the bolt back toward me.
Lexus-Rose wants to be naughty,
Taking a step forward, I smack into some kind of invisible wall. Lifting my hand, I hit the space in front of me and am met with something hard that rattles like glass. My nostrils flare, knowing that I am not going to be able to pass. My mates’ powers are too strong for me to break.
Lifting my eyes, a growl rumbles in my chest. Lexus has now skipped to the other side of the glass, so close that it teases me when I can’t reach out and touch her. She tilts her head to the side, studying me. “What are you?” She asks me, making me frown.
“I like you, daemon,” I inform her.
She blinks a few times, then steps back slowly and whispers. “We are not the same.”
A fireball comes out of nowhere, almost hitting Lexus in the head. An evil, hot-as-fucking-hell smile creeps over her face before she turns slowly. She snarls at the group of daemons that have just shimmered in. At lightning speed, she rushes toward them, slicing through each body like butter on a warm day. Her gold claws are covered in blood and guts, and my chest heaves with my need to go and help her, to make sure she is safe. I lift my fist and pound on the invisible wall, but it only makes the ground shake; the glass stays in place.
When Lexus meets my eyes again, she looks at me with a mix of fear and lust in her glowing gaze. She holds a daemon around her neck and squeezes it tightly before shimmering from sight.
“Nice work.”Gaelan scolds sarcastically in my head. I ignore him; the tiny daemon has no idea how to handle a mate.
I turn again and cast my eyes over the mess Lexus left. Dead bodies and blood splashed everywhere. I need to find her before they send another hunting party after her. I don’t want to kill everyone, but I will if I have to.
I close my eyes and take a deep breath; I align my senses and try to reconnect our mating bond. Even though I have not marked Lexus, I’ve marked Ari, meaning there will be a link of some kind. My mind rushes through darkness until it sees a tiny gold spark, a light at the end of a never-ending tunnel. A feeling of warmth washes over me, and my eyes snap open.
“She has gone home.”
“Her safe place,”Gaelan answers.
Power radiatesfrom the small house’s gate as I stride up to it. There are old wards around this place, and for a second, I wonder if they will let me in. By the gods, a moment later, the gate swings open, allowing me to walk through. I can feel the light caress of power over my skin; even though it has opened for me, it is ensuring I am not here to cause harm.
The front door is next; it swings open and hits the wall, almost breaking off its hinges. I step into the dark cottage.
It’s dead silent.
A light in the kitchen ahead flicks on, casting an orange glow in the room. Walking toward it, I pause when a blood-curdling scream comes from the backyard.
“Why did you throw a dagger at me?” Lexus demands; she must have been bringing some of her killings back here.
