Page 17 of Bonds of Hercules
I pulled out the Taser Persephone had gifted me and slammed down on the black button.
It was an emergency; my husband was an ass.
Kharon dropped like a rock.
Every vein on his body protruded as he writhed on the grass and his body lit up with bright blue streaks of electricity.
“Good.” He choked out. “Job.”Gasp.“That.” He made a horrible, strangled sound. “Also works.”
I slapped at the black button, trying to turn it off.
Kharon grunted as the voltage increased.
I hit the Taser, trying to stop the current.
Kharon grinned, convulsing helplessly on the ground.
“Wahoooo!” Nyx shouted, as she woke up and slithered around my waist. “Yes.Electrocutehim to death. We have no mercy on our enemies.”
A lot was happening (none of it was good).
Kharon made another awful, pained sound and rolled around, tensing as the blue streaks of electricity flashed across his skin.
“This is so fun—why didn’t we do this earlier?” Nyx slithered around my neck with excitement.
“This is not fun,” I whispered frantically. “How do I turn this stupid freaking thing off?”
I banged at the box again, and the agonized grunts increased.
“Why would you turn it off?” Nyx sounded genuinely confused.
Kharon rolled over.
Ohmygod.
He ripped one of the Taser prongs out of his chest with spasming fingers—blood and chunks of skin sprayed.
“Wait … he’s not getting up …” Nyx hissed with shock. “Right?”
Kharon sat up and turned toward me.
I shrieked.
He was no longer bothering to hide the depths of his madness—eyes promising unspeakable corruption, bright blue currents danced across his pale, nearly translucent skin.
The most skilled hunter on the planet got to his feet before me.
“Holy shit … he’s standing,” Nyx whispered. “How is he standing? Are you seeing this?”
I dropped the Taser and backed away. The excruciating pain in my leg was not the imminent danger; it was the man calmly standing there as a live current was electrocuting him.
Kharon wiped his sparking lips—fresh blood sizzled as he smeared it across his face.
“Carissima,” he purred darkly as he took a step toward me. “If you wanted to play … you just had to say something.”
Streaks of neon blue jumped across pale skin as a burning metallic scent filled the air.
His jaw clenched.
