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been broken, and a slight push was all it took for it to fall all the way down.
As soon as the engine roared to life, her window was down and she took aim.
Her end goal was the tires, but the demons were just feet from her. She reprioritized and aimed for the knees. Rapidly, she let off five shots. Three of the five hit kneecaps; one hit an upper thigh and one went wide. Not too shabby for moving targets.
The car moved as the demons fell to the ground in pain. Muriel refocused her aim to target the SUV. As the car moved farther down the street, she was only able to take a clear shot at the front two tires. With the four remaining bullets, she decimated the rubber.
As they turned the corner, Muriel got one last glimpse of the demons trying to stand. There was no chance they could chase them in their injured condition, and the SUV was now useless unless it had multiple spares. She breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the now smoking gun to her side.
She rested her head against the back of her seat as Kier broke numerous traffic laws in an attempt to get them as far away as quickly as possible.
“What was that about?” he asked.
“I could ask you the same question. Have you pissed off any of your friends lately?”
“Even if I had, those demons didn’t have any swords.”
“Fuck,” she muttered. Kier let out a small snort of laughter at her language. He was right. If the demons had been coming after Kier, they would have had suitable weapons. “They barely had weapons at all! Am I really such an easy mark that not even a knife was drawn and ready when they were searching my house for me?”
The insult rankled. She’d spent a thousand years killing demons on a daily basis. Didn’t that instill some fear?
“I wouldn’t take it too personally. Most demons are pretty stupid,” said Kier.
“Most?”
“I, obviously, am an exception. I’m actually pretty damn smart.”
“I would fight you on that, but you might have saved my ass back there so I’m going to attempt to be nice to you for the rest of the day.”
“You never answered my question though. Why would demons want you dead?”
“I have no idea. I’ve hardly seen any in the past five years. The ones I did see, I never approached. I just let them assume I was a harmless mortal and they never looked twice at me.”
Muriel looked over to him and was startled to see that he now wore a shirt. When had he conjured that up? And why was she sad that his magnificent chest was no longer visible?
“You obviously pissed someone off,” he said, not noticing her staring.
She jerked her gaze away to look out the window. “If I did, I was unaware of it.”
“They might not have had any weapons, but they did send five guys. That seems excessive for one mortal, no offense.”
“None taken,” she spit out.
He tried to hide a smile at her obvious offense. “You know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins. One of my favorites, actually.”
“I would’ve thought lust was your favorite,” she shot back, regretting the words immediately.
“Really? What makes you say that?” He shot her a wicked grin that caused her to believe he knew exactly how often she had been sneaking glances at his body. As if he knew all the horribly sensual things she had imagined him doing to her in the past twelve hours.
“I just thought all demons liked sex,” she said dismissively. Please change the subject.
“Is that why you kissed me back?”
Not changing the subject! “It was the adrenaline. I hadn’t been in a fight for so long, I forgot how much I enjoyed it.”
“It’s crazy what adrenaline does to tongues,” drolled Kier.
Muriel’s face turned a bright shade of pink. “Why did you kiss me?” she snapped.
Kier’s face turned serious. “Why wouldn’t I kiss you? You are beautiful, fierce, and so damn happy about your kill. It would have been a crime not to.”
Muriel once again turned to stare intently out the window, not saying anything. What
As soon as the engine roared to life, her window was down and she took aim.
Her end goal was the tires, but the demons were just feet from her. She reprioritized and aimed for the knees. Rapidly, she let off five shots. Three of the five hit kneecaps; one hit an upper thigh and one went wide. Not too shabby for moving targets.
The car moved as the demons fell to the ground in pain. Muriel refocused her aim to target the SUV. As the car moved farther down the street, she was only able to take a clear shot at the front two tires. With the four remaining bullets, she decimated the rubber.
As they turned the corner, Muriel got one last glimpse of the demons trying to stand. There was no chance they could chase them in their injured condition, and the SUV was now useless unless it had multiple spares. She breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the now smoking gun to her side.
She rested her head against the back of her seat as Kier broke numerous traffic laws in an attempt to get them as far away as quickly as possible.
“What was that about?” he asked.
“I could ask you the same question. Have you pissed off any of your friends lately?”
“Even if I had, those demons didn’t have any swords.”
“Fuck,” she muttered. Kier let out a small snort of laughter at her language. He was right. If the demons had been coming after Kier, they would have had suitable weapons. “They barely had weapons at all! Am I really such an easy mark that not even a knife was drawn and ready when they were searching my house for me?”
The insult rankled. She’d spent a thousand years killing demons on a daily basis. Didn’t that instill some fear?
“I wouldn’t take it too personally. Most demons are pretty stupid,” said Kier.
“Most?”
“I, obviously, am an exception. I’m actually pretty damn smart.”
“I would fight you on that, but you might have saved my ass back there so I’m going to attempt to be nice to you for the rest of the day.”
“You never answered my question though. Why would demons want you dead?”
“I have no idea. I’ve hardly seen any in the past five years. The ones I did see, I never approached. I just let them assume I was a harmless mortal and they never looked twice at me.”
Muriel looked over to him and was startled to see that he now wore a shirt. When had he conjured that up? And why was she sad that his magnificent chest was no longer visible?
“You obviously pissed someone off,” he said, not noticing her staring.
She jerked her gaze away to look out the window. “If I did, I was unaware of it.”
“They might not have had any weapons, but they did send five guys. That seems excessive for one mortal, no offense.”
“None taken,” she spit out.
He tried to hide a smile at her obvious offense. “You know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins. One of my favorites, actually.”
“I would’ve thought lust was your favorite,” she shot back, regretting the words immediately.
“Really? What makes you say that?” He shot her a wicked grin that caused her to believe he knew exactly how often she had been sneaking glances at his body. As if he knew all the horribly sensual things she had imagined him doing to her in the past twelve hours.
“I just thought all demons liked sex,” she said dismissively. Please change the subject.
“Is that why you kissed me back?”
Not changing the subject! “It was the adrenaline. I hadn’t been in a fight for so long, I forgot how much I enjoyed it.”
“It’s crazy what adrenaline does to tongues,” drolled Kier.
Muriel’s face turned a bright shade of pink. “Why did you kiss me?” she snapped.
Kier’s face turned serious. “Why wouldn’t I kiss you? You are beautiful, fierce, and so damn happy about your kill. It would have been a crime not to.”
Muriel once again turned to stare intently out the window, not saying anything. What
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