Read Online Demon Accords 6: Forced Ascent by John Conroe - Free Book Online Page A
Authors: John Conroe
Tags: Fantasy
Ads: Link
angle. If you can’t deflect or destroy the story, reframe it,” she said.
“Why did you send her to get me?”
“Because you don’t always stay in one spot when you get hungry. I wanted you picked up quick and nobody can find you faster than she can, except me,” Tanya said.
“But like I said, you don’t like her,” I pushed.
“But you, my zayka , do,” she said, pinning me with her eyes. I didn’t respond, too busy trying to process her meaning.
“I’m not saying anything improper, Chris. You like her. It’s as simple as that,” she said. I must have frowned fiercely because she smiled a little.
“What? You already told me she was your friend. Generally we’re only friends with people we like, which is pretty much the definition. So when I send someone to track you down and bring you home, why not one of your friends, especially one who has an uncanny ability to find you?”
“But you know she more than likes me. And I’m pretty certain you’re not okay with that.”
“Listen, Christian Anthony Gordon, if I know anything in this life, it’s that you are mine. Maybe I was uncertain before, but when you died in that silo and came back to me, I knew what we both used to be, what we have always been, and that we will always be two parts of one whole. I know that so deep in my core that it is unshakeable. My concerns for your feelings toward me have been dissolved. So if she has strong feelings for you, I find I can’t hate her for that, especially when I know who you belong with. But I also understand that I have never been human. Every other vampire and bitten werewolf started life as a human. But not me and oddly enough, maybe not the born weres. You were human as well. So there is a part of you that I cannot relate to, but your blonde friend can. You need that. If she’s the one who can provide it, so be it. The fact that she is intelligent and capable and willing to protect you when I can’t are just bonus features,” she said.
Plus she looks like a supermodel, I thought, but I kept it to myself.
“Of course, I’m not thrilled that she looks like she does. I would prefer it if she were a hunchback hag, but we can’t have everything, now can we?” asked the girl who could just about buy everything. “And oddly enough, I believe she has honor. She demonstrated that when you were in North Carolina. She does not throw herself at you. And as I said, I know you will not stray from me. So why not send your friend to you when I can’t go myself?”
“What if she did start to throw herself at me?”
“Then I would likely rip her arms off and feed them to her,” she said with a smile that said she wasn’t joking.
Grim suddenly surged into control and my feet hit the floor, my hand grabbing the semi-automatic shotgun that hung on brackets from my side of the bed, while Tanya was suddenly holding a rubber-coated silver spike and standing facing the door. We both went from relaxed to battle ready in a millisecond, alerted by the sounds of someone outside our door.
The bedroom door crashed open and Lydia stood framed in the opening. “Quit the kinky stuff and come with me! Someone broke into the bank vault and stole the book bucket.”
Four minutes later, we were mostly dressed and standing in the computer center, leaning over Chet Aikens’ shoulder as he replayed footage he’d already hacked.
“The Metrobanc branch on Broadway closed at seven p.m. By eight, all the staff had left for the day. By eight thirty-two, the lobby motion detectors had gone off, but none of the door alarms ever went off. When police got there with the bank’s security officer, the vault was open,” Chet said.
“Where are you getting all this?” I asked him. I didn’t doubt the authenticity of his information, but I was curious.
“I still have backdoors into the
“Why did you send her to get me?”
“Because you don’t always stay in one spot when you get hungry. I wanted you picked up quick and nobody can find you faster than she can, except me,” Tanya said.
“But like I said, you don’t like her,” I pushed.
“But you, my zayka , do,” she said, pinning me with her eyes. I didn’t respond, too busy trying to process her meaning.
“I’m not saying anything improper, Chris. You like her. It’s as simple as that,” she said. I must have frowned fiercely because she smiled a little.
“What? You already told me she was your friend. Generally we’re only friends with people we like, which is pretty much the definition. So when I send someone to track you down and bring you home, why not one of your friends, especially one who has an uncanny ability to find you?”
“But you know she more than likes me. And I’m pretty certain you’re not okay with that.”
“Listen, Christian Anthony Gordon, if I know anything in this life, it’s that you are mine. Maybe I was uncertain before, but when you died in that silo and came back to me, I knew what we both used to be, what we have always been, and that we will always be two parts of one whole. I know that so deep in my core that it is unshakeable. My concerns for your feelings toward me have been dissolved. So if she has strong feelings for you, I find I can’t hate her for that, especially when I know who you belong with. But I also understand that I have never been human. Every other vampire and bitten werewolf started life as a human. But not me and oddly enough, maybe not the born weres. You were human as well. So there is a part of you that I cannot relate to, but your blonde friend can. You need that. If she’s the one who can provide it, so be it. The fact that she is intelligent and capable and willing to protect you when I can’t are just bonus features,” she said.
Plus she looks like a supermodel, I thought, but I kept it to myself.
“Of course, I’m not thrilled that she looks like she does. I would prefer it if she were a hunchback hag, but we can’t have everything, now can we?” asked the girl who could just about buy everything. “And oddly enough, I believe she has honor. She demonstrated that when you were in North Carolina. She does not throw herself at you. And as I said, I know you will not stray from me. So why not send your friend to you when I can’t go myself?”
“What if she did start to throw herself at me?”
“Then I would likely rip her arms off and feed them to her,” she said with a smile that said she wasn’t joking.
Grim suddenly surged into control and my feet hit the floor, my hand grabbing the semi-automatic shotgun that hung on brackets from my side of the bed, while Tanya was suddenly holding a rubber-coated silver spike and standing facing the door. We both went from relaxed to battle ready in a millisecond, alerted by the sounds of someone outside our door.
The bedroom door crashed open and Lydia stood framed in the opening. “Quit the kinky stuff and come with me! Someone broke into the bank vault and stole the book bucket.”
Four minutes later, we were mostly dressed and standing in the computer center, leaning over Chet Aikens’ shoulder as he replayed footage he’d already hacked.
“The Metrobanc branch on Broadway closed at seven p.m. By eight, all the staff had left for the day. By eight thirty-two, the lobby motion detectors had gone off, but none of the door alarms ever went off. When police got there with the bank’s security officer, the vault was open,” Chet said.
“Where are you getting all this?” I asked him. I didn’t doubt the authenticity of his information, but I was curious.
“I still have backdoors into the
Similar Books
