Shadow Of Death - Amy Blankenship

Shadow of Death

Blood Bound Series Book 8

Amy Blankenship, RK Melton

Copyright © 2012 Amy Blankenship

Second Edition Published by TekTime

All rights reserved.

Chapter 1

Chad and Trevor were currently participating in the battle of the century, one that only few could survive and walk away without serious injury a glaring contest.

Finally Chad gave in and blinked his eyes, I told you Trevor, theres nothing wrong with me. Trust me, if I had any supernatural powers I would use them on you right now. Even Ren says Im still completely human and I dont have any side effects.

Chad looked away from Trevor and set his gaze on Ren, Come on, back me up on this.

Ren shrugged but ignored Trevor knowing it would be Storm's decision whether Chad was off the hook or not. I dont feel any kind of power coming from him zilch. Hes still human as far as I can tell. Kriss said that he might heal faster than normal at least for a while.

So we dont know if his resurrection is permanent? Storm asked enjoying the comic relief of Chad and Trevor's argument. It was amazing at the things that seemed to entertain him lately.

Ren shook his head playing along with Storms train of thought, Its really hard to say. The only way well know for sure is if hes killed again and comes back to life.

Chad took a step back from the group and held his hand up, Dont even think about it. Im not a lab rat and I kind of like the fact that Im breathing.

Storms lips twitched but he held it in for Chads sake. Then we can safely assume he isnt going to sprout wings and fly off. He lost the little war with the suppressed smile when Chad looked at him like hed lost his mind.

Please tell me your joking, Chad stared at him hard because when Storm said something like that most people took it seriously.

Deciding not to answer that question, Storm turned his attention to Trevor who was also giving him an odd look. I see no reason why Chad has to stay at the castle if he doesnt like it here. Have any clues turned up yet on why he was targeted in the first place?

NO, and Ive had wolves watching and going over his apartment every day but the murderer hasnt shown his cowardly face, Trevor answered. The wolves would have smelled a demon if it were still sneaking around. But still, I dont think he needs to go back there. Its obviously not a safe place.

Will you stop talking about me like Im not standing right here? Im a grown man and can take care of myself, Chad narrowed his eyes on Trevor. You cant still be planning revenge for my death when Im not dead.

You were dead, Trevor shot back. The two men squared off in another staring contest.

Lets make a deal, Storm laughed at his own private joke. Micah and Titus, along with most of the pack are living at Night Light. Theres a lot of extra room in that huge club and, you already work with most of them at the station anyway. If you dont want to stay here, then why dont you agree to live there with the wolf pack?

Sounds good to me, Trevor said confidently. Its not as safe as living here at the castle, but its a step up from living someplace where a murderer can just walk in and kill you.

Who died and made you the boss of me? Chad nearly yelled at Trevor.

You did dummy, Trevor smirked at how easy that one comeback was.

Chad frowned at the thought of going from lab rat to stray puppy. What gave you the idea they would even want me there?

Your sister, Trevor sighed dramatically, using his trump card for all it was worth. Actually, Envy threatened to burn down your apartment if she caught wind of you ever going back there to live alone.

What? Chad made a face at his partner, Youre making this up as you go arent you?

Envy didnt think you would like to live with her because of all the action going on at Moon Dance right now. Its been hectic over there since they started getting ready for their annual Halloween bash and renovating the place at the same time. So, they all got together and talked about it and since Night Light is shut down for the time being, its kind of become the main hang out for all of the cops. They figured youd feel right at home.

Chad resisted the urge to growl at the three men who seemed to be ganging up on him. He was starting to feel like he was being babysat, but at this point he was willing to do just about anything to get away from the castle. Hed swear theyd put him under a microscope if he agreed to it it was a weird feeling to say the least. He was the only human living in this castle yet he was the one being treated like the freak.

Come on Trevor, Im sure Evey is bored. She can give us a ride to see Envy and while Im having a chat with my sister maybe you can introduce Devon to your very interesting car, Chad said with a glare then strode out of the office.

Trevor watched him go before looking over at Ren, You know if Evey hadn't grown on me, Id be extremely pissed at you right now.

Ren smirked, Just be good to her. She loves you. He laughed when Trevor rolled his eyes and followed Chad out the door.

*****

Angelica looked down into the entrance of the subway then up at the sun knowing she was going to miss it due to the fact that she was getting ready to go underground. Shed needed to get away from the castle to be alone for a little while and actually work. Syn had been very helpful as a partner for the last week but for her own sake she needed a little bit of separation right now.

While she had to admit that she enjoyed Syns attentions, when shed woken up earlier and he wasnt there, shed started looking for him. It was a bit of a wakeup call shed never looked for anyone like that in her life and here she was craving him.

She was high strung enough as it was with all the sexual tension sizzling between them the last thing she needed was for it to be her fault that she started depending on him for company. To make matters worse, shed had another dream right before leaving the castle. She shouldnt have let it bother her, but since it was only the third dream shed ever had in her life it bothered the hell out of her.

The other two dreams had been nightmares about a creepy little demon girl and a city of blood but not this one. Shed been making love it was as if shed opened her eyes in the middle of the dream to find herself laying under a man on a bed of moss and looking out at a waterfall that emptied into a lagoon only inches away from her.

Turning her head to see the man deep inside her shed locked eyes with Syn and jerked herself from the dream.

Unable to completely deal with how the dream had made her feel, shed gone to Rens office and searched his maps, picking the hottest spot of demon activity. Shed also packed an overnight bag with every intention of getting a hotel room for the night and snuck out of the castle with no one being the wiser. Just for one night to remind herself that she would be just fine alone.

Glancing over her shoulder one more time to make sure she wasnt being followed, Angelica started down the steps into the subways that ran under LA. This was one of the places she had avoided so far due to the fact that anything could be down here ready to pounce. But Ren had marked this area on the map as a hot spot and as far as she could tell, it wasnt coming from the street. That left one other place it could be underground.