Demonic Power
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Holly turned her head slightly, pressing the softest of kisses to his bare chest. “I’m glad I found you.”
“Technically I found you. I searched and searched, remember? That hell-hole dimension?”
She laughed. “I’m so glad you did. You’re perfect.”
His voice was gruff and she knew she’d embarrassed him. “Not perfect.”
“Perfect for me. I love you just the way you are.”
“Exactly why I can’t figure out why you were so afraid to have me know your fear of insanity. I love you just the way you are, demoness.”
“Even minus the horns?”
He kissed the top of her head. “Even without the amputated horns, baby.”
“Ace?” Holly murmured sleepily.
“Mmm?”
“Do you think there are others out there on Earth? Stuck in the wrong dimension? Like me?”
Epilogue
Many years earlier, best friends Keara and Natalya had discovered that with a few modifications, they could actually make phone calls to each other across the dimensions. It was completely necessary once Keara and Caleb’s daughter was sent to Luciefyiore to be trained by her aunt and uncle. As an adult, little Randi would decide which dimension suited her better.
Natalya Hershkle had nearly gnawed her nails to the quick. Right now Talya needed to talk to Keara. Only she would understand her worries. So much had come together perfectly, but one thing worried her.
Keara answered on the first ring. “I’ve been waiting for you to call. How is Holly, sis?”
“She’s mostly fine. The bottoms of her feet are still scarred and she’s quite proud of the mark of Enishka around her neck. The paralysis is still gone, and most of the numbness is gone, so apparently her feeling is returning. But Keara, something else is not right.”
“What do you mean?”
“I haven’t been able to find my pet. She’s never been gone this long. I’m worried. I can’t track her anywhere on Earth!”
“Okay, I’ll see what I can find on this end. I’ll enlist Caleb. Don’t worry, hon, she’ll turn up. She’ll be fine. Now, we’re crossing the border to visit Holly. Do you and Jere want to come?”
Three hours later, Keara, Caleb, Natalya and Jere walked by the Horned Hood on their way to the house where Ace and Holly were residing.
Six male demons wearing thin gym tank tops with the name Excel across their muscular chests straggled from the bar, swaying drunkenly and completely worn out, banging into each other in their exhaustion, oblivious to the four who watched.
“We have to swear to an oath of silence,” Ken mumbled. “We’ll go to hell for sure if anyone finds out about some of those acts.”
Greg was staring at the top floor of the bar, where the three luscious witches hung out a window. “I can’t believe you claimed to be a one-woman man.”
“I am,” Ken insisted. “One woman on top. One on bottom. One was on the east and one was on the west.”
Greg counted on his fingers. Then he looked up to the window and counted the women. He looked puzzled, and again counted his fingers. “Bottom. Top. East. West. Four.” He counted the witches again. “Three. Umm, dude, what other woman did you do?”
But Ken was distracted by the vision of the three witchy women offering peek-a-boos of their breasts out the window.
Trisha was waving madly. “Rest up, sugar,” she called. “And hurry back.”
Monika blew a kiss.
Rena slowly pulled the index finger she had been sucking from her mouth, kissing the tip and pointing it at him.
“Damn, that Rena’s hot,” he muttered.
The rest of the demons apparently agreed, looking incongruous as all huge, horned men blew sickeningly sweet kisses at the window. Finally they turned and made their way down a steep embankment, still swearing their oath of silence.
“You’re my favorite, Ken!” Trisha called out.
“I’ll take Greggy Ruben any day!” Rena called. “And you at the same time, Georgie!”
“I’m gonna git the rest of you!” Monika said. “Wayne, Jeff and Steve. You’re all mine!”
Jere and Caleb stared at each other in shock. They’d completely forgotten about the Three. Ugh, which of them was supposed to be babysitting them?
Natalya stood staring at the window in shock, completely missing the scene with the demon gangsters as focused as she was on the window instead. “That’s my… Is that my Rena…pet… What the hell did someone do to my pet human? Whose spell is this? When does she return to normal? Jere!”
Jere looked pleadingly at Caleb. “Help me out, man!”
Caleb shook his head emphatically and turned, continuing his walk alone. “I ain’t touching this.”
“Baby,” Jere gulped, pulling Talya away. “We need to talk about the next forty years.”
About the Author
During my daytime job, I explore people of all types. At night, I love to read.
Why did I start writing? My favorite authors were all between books and I twiddled my thumbs until deciding, “Hey, I can do this for someone else out there who’s waiting for a new release too!” My favorite authors in no particular order include: Kim Harrison, Laurell K Hamilton, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris and Kelley Armstrong. So obviously, I cling to urban-fantasy-type work with one difference—I’m a romance author at heart. I must have my happy ending with Prince Charming. And no, it doesn’t matter if he has fangs. Or fur. As long as he’s naked, we’ll be just fine! Therefore, Ellora’s Cave seems a perfect fit for my work.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Epilogue