Delphine will kill her. Trust me, Myles, you don’t want to go through that.”
Myles sat on the edge of the roof. “You want me to walk away from her?”
“I wan-”
Solomon’s words were suddenly cut off. Myles stood, apprehension flooding him. “Solomon?” he yelled.
The sound of boards breaking came through the phone, and then the growl of a wolf.
“Shit!” Myles turned around in a circle, unsure of what to do. He didn’t want to leave Addison, but if Solomon turned in the middle of the day, it was because he was ganged up on. And if Court and Kane were inside the bar, they would never know.
Myles slammed his hands down on the concrete of the roof edge, cracking it from his supernatural strength. He drew in a breath and opened his eyes to see the dark-headed wolf staring up at him.
He pointed to the entrance to the building, telling the wolf to watch it, and then he turned and jumped from roof to roof, making his way to the bar. Myles landed at the back of the bar breathing heavily. One look showed that a fight had taken place. All but one side of the fence had been obliterated. There were bits of white fur and blood about.
He leaned his head back and sniffed. Yet, he couldn’t pick up Solomon’s scent outside of the bar. Myles strode to the back door and threw it open. As he entered, he turned his head to the right and found Solomon leaning over the sink, bare-chested, washing blood off his arm.
~ ~ ~
Addison winced as she stretched her back. All of her research proved how dangerous a Voodoo priestess could be. Nothing she discovered gave her any hope that Delphine could be stopped with anything other than magic, however.
She rose from the table and walked around the space stretching her neck from side to side. Myles had gone to the roof to have a look around. He was trying to make her think it was all going to be all right, but there was no denying things were serious and everyone was on high alert.
Addison wished she had Minka’s number. She’d give the fortune teller a call and see if there might be something she could do.
Her stomach rumbled loudly. A glance at the clock showed it was six in the evening. The sun wouldn’t set for another two and a half hours, meaning there was plenty of light outside still. But it was dwindling quickly.
It was silly to think that evil only came out at night, but darkness seemed to hide evil so well. She hadn’t been scared in the daylight, but with each tick of the clock’s hand, she was becoming more and more frightened.
Her cell phone rang, startling her so that she let out a small scream. When she reached for it in her purse, her hand was shaking.
“Hello?” she answered.
“Addison?”
She closed her eyes with joy at recognizing Myles’s voice. “How do things look from the roof?”
“Normal. I called the bar for some food about ten minutes ago. It should arrive any moment. I want to make one more round before I come in.”
“No problem. I’ll get the food.”
She disconnected from the call and set the phone by the laptop. She didn’t bother with Riley’s flip-flops as she opened the door and hurried down the three flights of stairs. Addison tried to look out the glass window of the entrance door, but she couldn’t see anything. She then opened it a crack and poked her head outside.
Movement from her side had her turning her head toward it when something froze her muscles in place. She tried to scream, but her airways were closed off.
~ ~ ~
“What are you doing here?” Solomon demanded angrily when he spotted Myles.
Myles gaped at him. “We have the threat of Delphine, then you’re attacked while on the phone with me, and you want to know what I’m doing here? You’re such a prick.”
Solomon wiped his arms off with a towel before he tossed it aside. “I’m fine. It wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle.”
“Who was it?”
“Two demons.”
Court and Kane walked into the kitchen and hurried to
Myles sat on the edge of the roof. “You want me to walk away from her?”
“I wan-”
Solomon’s words were suddenly cut off. Myles stood, apprehension flooding him. “Solomon?” he yelled.
The sound of boards breaking came through the phone, and then the growl of a wolf.
“Shit!” Myles turned around in a circle, unsure of what to do. He didn’t want to leave Addison, but if Solomon turned in the middle of the day, it was because he was ganged up on. And if Court and Kane were inside the bar, they would never know.
Myles slammed his hands down on the concrete of the roof edge, cracking it from his supernatural strength. He drew in a breath and opened his eyes to see the dark-headed wolf staring up at him.
He pointed to the entrance to the building, telling the wolf to watch it, and then he turned and jumped from roof to roof, making his way to the bar. Myles landed at the back of the bar breathing heavily. One look showed that a fight had taken place. All but one side of the fence had been obliterated. There were bits of white fur and blood about.
He leaned his head back and sniffed. Yet, he couldn’t pick up Solomon’s scent outside of the bar. Myles strode to the back door and threw it open. As he entered, he turned his head to the right and found Solomon leaning over the sink, bare-chested, washing blood off his arm.
~ ~ ~
Addison winced as she stretched her back. All of her research proved how dangerous a Voodoo priestess could be. Nothing she discovered gave her any hope that Delphine could be stopped with anything other than magic, however.
She rose from the table and walked around the space stretching her neck from side to side. Myles had gone to the roof to have a look around. He was trying to make her think it was all going to be all right, but there was no denying things were serious and everyone was on high alert.
Addison wished she had Minka’s number. She’d give the fortune teller a call and see if there might be something she could do.
Her stomach rumbled loudly. A glance at the clock showed it was six in the evening. The sun wouldn’t set for another two and a half hours, meaning there was plenty of light outside still. But it was dwindling quickly.
It was silly to think that evil only came out at night, but darkness seemed to hide evil so well. She hadn’t been scared in the daylight, but with each tick of the clock’s hand, she was becoming more and more frightened.
Her cell phone rang, startling her so that she let out a small scream. When she reached for it in her purse, her hand was shaking.
“Hello?” she answered.
“Addison?”
She closed her eyes with joy at recognizing Myles’s voice. “How do things look from the roof?”
“Normal. I called the bar for some food about ten minutes ago. It should arrive any moment. I want to make one more round before I come in.”
“No problem. I’ll get the food.”
She disconnected from the call and set the phone by the laptop. She didn’t bother with Riley’s flip-flops as she opened the door and hurried down the three flights of stairs. Addison tried to look out the glass window of the entrance door, but she couldn’t see anything. She then opened it a crack and poked her head outside.
Movement from her side had her turning her head toward it when something froze her muscles in place. She tried to scream, but her airways were closed off.
~ ~ ~
“What are you doing here?” Solomon demanded angrily when he spotted Myles.
Myles gaped at him. “We have the threat of Delphine, then you’re attacked while on the phone with me, and you want to know what I’m doing here? You’re such a prick.”
Solomon wiped his arms off with a towel before he tossed it aside. “I’m fine. It wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle.”
“Who was it?”
“Two demons.”
Court and Kane walked into the kitchen and hurried to
Similar Books
