Page 28 of Lunar Desires
At first, I thought I’d misheard. My ears might be malfunctioning. When it hissed again, the penny dropped.
“You smell delicious, human,” it spoke, setting my nerves on a razor’s edge.
Putting one foot forward, I stumbled, only just managing to stay upright.
Shit.
“Don’t try to run,” the shade warned. “Give in to me. Give in to death.”
Against my better judgment, I glanced over my shoulder. A set of red eyes greeted me, burning in a humanoid body made of shadows. It bared its teeth, crouching into the pre-race stance of an Olympic runner.
“Your blood smells as rich as honey,” it added. “I cannot wait to devour it.”
Maybe in your next life.
I clenched my fists, braced for a fight, then almost pitched forward as my head spun with queasiness.
The shade hissed, breaking into a sprint as Shade Horns boomed their warning.
Here goes…
Chapter 9
RILEY
“Do not be greedy,” a second shade said, its eyes appearing beside the first one.
Oh, God.
A vicious hiss responded, the first set of eyes narrowing. “This is no ordinary witch blood. I smell vitality. I smell great power.”
The Shade Horns went off, making me jump.
The shadowy arseholes hissed angrily, glancing about the tunnel.
Yeah, soon you’ll be blasted by a Radiance Pulse Cannon, and all will be right with the world.
I readied my power to deliver some smackdowns.
“I smell it too,” the second shade said. “Which is why you must share. No greedy shade. No greedy shade. No greedy shade.”
“You would not share,” First Shade said. “You would steal. You mean to steal. You are?—”
A roar made me leap into the air with a squeak.
A man’s roar.
“Drake!” I cried.
The shades hissed as one and came at me.
With my heart drumming like it belonged in a heavy metal band, I unleashed my power and pulled them in my direction, then shoved them back. They screamed, their red eyes vanishing into the darkness.
A sickening thud pleased the crap out of me.
“Drake!” I called, dashing back down the tunnel.
Please be okay.
