Total pages in book: 127
Estimated words: 120562 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 603(@200wpm)___ 482(@250wpm)___ 402(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 120562 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 603(@200wpm)___ 482(@250wpm)___ 402(@300wpm)
Still, she didn’t give up. She kept fighting, feeling sweat dot her upper lip and bead her forehead, making the cut there sting like a mother. Her demon egged her on, a mass of fury and resentment. If this didn’t—
Telekinetic power rippled through the doorway and crashed into Clyde’s skull, sending his head whipping to the side. A mere millisecond later, flaming walls burst to life around her and a hand gripped her arm. The fire eased away, and she realized she was now in the master bedroom with Knox.
Taking in her wounds, Knox growled. “Does he still have hold of your mind?”
“Yes,” she replied, inwardly frowning as she heard sounds of a minor battle coming from within the apartment. “Where’s Levi?”
“Dealing with the problem at hand.” Knox turned to Keenan. “Hold her here.” With that, he disappeared in a roar of fire.
Keenan locked his arms around her from behind, careful not to touch any of her injuries. “Sorry, Piper, but we can’t chance that you won’t be forced to hurt yourself by the bastard controlling you.”
“He wants Levi to kill him,” she said.
“That isn’t your mate’s intention.”
“Then, yeah, we should worry about what will happen if … God, what’s the asshole’s name again?”
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The very moment flames surrounded Piper, Levi came out of hiding and pitched an orb of hellfire at Enzo while Larkin blasted the nightmare—Clyde, he remembered—with hell-ice.
Shock plastering his face, Enzo ducked with a muffled oath and then winked out of view, concealing himself. The flaming orb instead whacked the doorjamb, charring the paint.
Spitting a curse, Levi fisted his hands. He caught a glimpse of Dez’s limp body near the front door and had to force aside the anger that tried sweeping through him. Aware via his peripheral vision that Clyde and Larkin were trading blows, Levi went to conjure—
A crackling hot orb whooshed through the air, heading right for him. He telepathically batted it away with a flick of his hand and then blindly hurled a series of hellfire orbs—all of which halted midair and then came sailing back at him.
The fuck?
Surprised, Levi jerked to the side, but one orb’s crackling heat grazed his temple. The others crashed into the wall, and a mirror fell to the floor. Enzo had obviously purchased the ability to repel.
Fire burst into existence as Knox returned. Moments later, he was gone again, taking Clyde with him as planned.
As Larkin joined Levi in attempting to thrash an invisible Enzo with orbs of hellfire, Levi touched Keenan’s mind and asked, You have Piper? She’s okay?
I’ve got her, the incubus assured him. She has a few cuts but she’s otherwise fine.
I’ll cover the front door. Larkin took up position there, her wings spread to block the exit, as she and Levi continued to attack Enzo as a team, careful not to accidentally strike each other.
Levi remained in the mouth of the hallway, blocking Enzo’s path to not only the fire escape but to Piper. Of course, Enzo wouldn’t know that Knox had transferred her to a room within the apartment. But if he tried making a mad dash for the fire escape, he might well stumble upon her.
Enzo’s shots repeatedly came from various angles as he evidently moved from spot to spot. That, together with his ability to repel anything aimed his way, made him a hell of a difficult target. The occasional grunt of pain rang out as an orb or telekinetic wave or chips of hell-ice hit their mark, but there weren’t enough grunts for Levi’s liking.
An orb slammed into his solar plexus, knocking the breath from Levi’s lungs. Another punched his upper thigh hard enough that his leg trembled. His demon rumbled an animalistic snarl, bombarding him with sadistic images of the torturous ways it wanted Enzo to suffer.
Gritting his teeth as his skin burned, prickled, and tightened, Levi lashed out with one hard blast of telekinesis after another. Meanwhile, his blood boiled as betrayal swirled in his gut. Enzo … Shit, this was a man Levi had trusted, respected, invited into his home, and more importantly entrusted with the safety of his mate. The whole time, Enzo had meant to fuck him over in the worst way—by taking from him the only person Levi had ever loved.
So many times Enzo had smiled at her, laughed with her, watched her back … and all the while he’d meant to one day kill her. As such, Levi would feel no devastation in having to end Enzo’s life. No, this male would suffer dearly, and there’d be nothing quick about it. First, Levi needed to detain the little fucker. Which would be a whole lot easier if Enzo was visible.
Levi couldn’t rely on his other senses to track Enzo. It was impossible to listen out for the sound of footsteps when the apartment was like a goddamn warzone. He could only track the location from which orbs came zooming toward him, but it often seemed that Enzo moved at an enhanced speed straight after striking.