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October 14, 2020
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The road to Hell is paved with deadly desires.
Lucifer Morningstar’s thoughts have always been consumed with visions of a dark-haired beauty. She is the key to stopping the darkness that is coming. She’s the key to his heart, if he still has one.
He saved her from death then set her free. Still, he didn’t gain her trust.
She is the only woman he has ever loved.
And now war is brewing. Hell cannot survive without her.
And neither can Lucifer.
She’s the mother of all vampires.
Lilith used to be human before Lucifer changed. He made her to be the most powerful woman in existence.
But power comes with many costs.
For hundreds of years she fought her attraction to the King of Hell. Even though he saved her. Even though he gave her everything, including a son.
Unfortunately, Lucifer also took away Lilith’s humanity. He turned her into a demon.
Despite her best efforts to resist him, Lucifer convinces Lilith to return to Hell.
He needs her, after all. And perhaps it is time to accept her fate.
Can she truly be happy being the devil’s consort?
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October 13, 2020
Exciting Dragons of Ares NEWS!
If you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber and have not read the first three books, download them before Saturday, 10/17. The series will come out of KU and published wide.
For iBooks, Nook, Kobo, Google, and other retailer customers, you will be able to buy the first three in your favorite eBook store starting Sunday, 10/18. (depending on how fast the retailers are at getting them up on their sites.)
AND for the biggie.
Bound by War (book 4) COVER REVEAL!
Stay tuned for dates to be announced after the Holidays.
October 12, 2020
Brand New Series: Witching After Forty
Witching After Forty follows the misadventures of Ava Harper – a forty-something necromancer with a light witchy side that you wouldn’t expect from someone who can raise the dead. Join Ava as she learns how to start over after losing the love of her life in this new paranormal women’s fiction series with a touch of cozy mystery, magic, and a whole lot of mayhem.
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August 11, 2020
Academy of the Phoenix COVER REVEAL!
After Ember Bailey survived reform school, she thought the rest of her life was mapped out. She’s the future Azorea Cay Phoenix Clan leader and she’ll do whatever it takes to be as great of a queen as her mother. Attending the Academy of the Phoenix is her first step to learning what she needs to rule her people. But she can’t do any of that until she survives telling her parents about her four mates.
Ghost Hunt releases Jan 26, 2021. Preorder links coming soon!
June 11, 2020
Read an excerpt from the HOT new vampire release, Consort
HI! LA Boruff and I are so excited to finally bring you Lilith and Lucifer’s story. For those two love the Collective World, this is a treat and extension in the world they’d been waiting for. For new readers, it’s a tantalizing introduction into the world of vampires and lycans.
The below excerpt picks up from chapter one, present day, and in Lilith’s point of view. ENJOY!
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Luc’s behavior worried me. I’d never seen him so on edge. And that was putting it mildly, because he didn’t sleep for more than an hour at a time, dividing his time between the portals we used to check on our children and grandbabies and the scrying bowls deciphering his visions. I didn’t know why he bothered with the latter. His visions were never wrong.
Only, this time I hoped they were.
We walked side by side along the halls of the seventh layer of Hell, searching for the source of his vision. Sammael. Luc’s brother and the bastard who set Trinity on my granddaughters. I’d rather have killed him than anything, but it wasn’t up to me.
Luc and I had a hunch that Sammael had shared his power with Trinity. It was the only thing that made sense. How else would she be able to put a blocking curse on the Meda, Tala, and Ami that kept them from pulling on their inherited Hell power and their elements? No one should be able to command that much power. Well, except for Lucian, because Hell was his domain, his creation.
Glancing at Luc, I worked my jaw and studied his profile. All that had happened was his fault and could have been prevented centuries ago. After all, he knew what the future held.
Just another lie he told me. Another secret he kept from me.
Sure, he’d said he didn’t know the hows or who the players were, but he saw the outcome. He also said that he needed me at his side to change the future.
Many days I woke wishing he’d left me to die of the plague all those years ago. This was not the life I had wanted.
However, he’d saved me, turned me into one of the most powerful females in this realm. I hated him for it for a long time. Even now, I harbored resentment.
The only blessing Luc ever gave me was our son, Kane. Luc had graciously let me live on earth to raise Kane, then called me back to Hell when it was time for our son to take the vampire throne. And I returned, because what choice did I have?
Luc curled his fingers around my hand and brought it to his lips, placing a soft kiss to my knuckles. Jerking my hand from his, I snarled, “Are you sure Sammael is here?”
The corners of Luc’s lips lifted in a wicked smile. He always loved it when I resisted him. As much as I hated to admit, the power play for dominance turned me on, making me hate him all the more.
Why did I find him so irresistible? I didn’t want to be attracted to the damn man.
I knew the answer to that question. It was because he was inside me. We were bonded and had been since I woke as a vampire—reborn. I’d fought the draw to him for many hundreds of years but being in Hell and constantly near him made it harder and harder.
That was why I hadn’t stayed here with my son after he was born. We’d stayed for two years, but Lucian had begun to grow on me. I found myself fond of him. Even the idea was distasteful, so I’d moved Kane and myself to Earth to oversee my vampire children from there.
That, and because of Sammael. If it hadn’t been for his actions, Luc probably wouldn’t have let me raise his son on Earth.
“Sammael is here. He may think he can block me out, but there are more ways to track him.” Luc’s features morphed into fierce determination as he grabbed my hand again. This time I didn’t pull away. Sometimes it wasn’t worth fighting him. Pick my damn battles. Plus, I needed his emotional support, not that I would ever tell him that.
We reached the end of the corridor, which was also the beginning of the level we were on, and Luc froze in place. A snarl escaped him, low and soft. Then he turned and backtracked the way we came.
Hell was like a massive office building with never-ending levels that went down instead of up. It wasn’t circular or oval, but somewhere in between, which didn’t make sense if I thought too hard about it. Then again, nothing in Hell made a whole lot of sense at first. It took me years, maybe longer since time moved differently in this realm, to learn the layout and not become confused at every turn. I’d never have admitted it, but I still could get turned around if I wasn’t careful.
This particular level was ruled by the Demon Lord of Envy, Everly. I didn’t know much about her except that she was in Sammael’s harem. Oh, yes. He had a harem. Which would’ve been fine, except most of the women didn’t particularly want to be in his harem.
Luc walked faster, and I felt his fury build through our bond. His eyes turned crimson as he stopped in front of a random door, then kicked it open. Behind the door was a study with wall-to-wall bookshelves and a desk. However, there were no books on the shelves and the desk was bare.
I glanced at Luc and frowned as he crossed the large room to a picture on the far wall. He placed his hand on the left side of the frame and the center opened up. I moved closer, curious about what was hidden inside the picture.
As soon as I got close to the threshold of the room, I gasped and could go no farther. Dark magic swirled around me. It was Luc’s magic, mixed with all the souls damned to Hell. I stood in the doorway of the contracts vault. That’s what the room was.
And it was empty. “Luc,” I whispered.
He looked at me absently, then waved his hand. I stumbled in the room and realized it extended farther than I’d realized from left to right.
I’d known Sammael had taken the scrolls, each one imbibed with a piece of the soul that had signed themselves over to Lucian, but I’d never seen the vault for myself. The room was enormous. The far ends were in shadows, so I couldn’t tell how far it went.
“I knew it was coming,” Lucian said absently as he stared at the empty vault. “I knew when we were helping the girls. But it’s happened for sure, now.”
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May 21, 2020
Reborn Release Day Teaser
Reborn is HERE!
I am super excited about the release of Reborn: House of Phoenix. It’s not only part of the amazing multi-author shared world, Wicked Reform School, Reborn is also the prequel for my upcoming Academy of the Phoenix series. Dates, cover reveals, and teasers will come soon.
But right now we are counting down to Reborn’s release on Thursday, May 21, 2020!
CLICK HERE to get your copy of Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
NOTE: The excerpts are continuing from the one before it. So if you missed the previous teasers you can find them below.
Teaser 1: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-1/
Teaser 2: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-2/
Teaser 3: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-3/
Teaser 4: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-4/
Teaser 5: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-5/
Enjoy!
When I looked up it was to meet Mom’s stare. There were so many emotions swirling in her blue eyes—anger, concern, sadness. “You had a hole in your chest?”
“Stacia stabbed me with a staff. She missed my heart, though. Then she went after Lucent.” My tone turned dark and growly as I spoke the latter. I wanted to kill the bitch against for going after Lucent with the intent to kill him.
“I see,” Mom said. To anyone else she sounded annoyed or maybe tired. To me, she was pissed. Then her eyes flicked to the enforcers and returned to me. “I can’t let this go unpunished. You and Stacia were warned too many times to come to some kind of consensus. Killing her was going too far.”
I nodded and lowered my gaze. Despite the fact that I was set up, I lost control and exposed myself as well as killed a person. There were so many other ways the situation could have been handled. Walking away was the best thing I should have done. For Lucent and I both. At the time, I only saw vengeance. The bitch pushed me too far with the fake cry of the child, then taunting me with Lucent, knowing good and well how I felt about him. Yeah, she knew. There was a time—years ago—that we were friends. Then the bitch accused me of betraying her. I still don’t know what I did, and she refused to tell me.
My thoughts turned to Lucent and my heart ached. “Luce?”
“You will be joining him.” A chocked sob escaped me right before her words sank in. But it wasn’t her words that made me pause and scan her features. It was her tone.
“Joining him where?” I glanced to each of the dads and frowned. They remained quiet behind Mom. Thanks for the help guys.
“Wicked Reform School.” Mom rose from her seat and rounded the desk to stand in front of me. She pressed her lips into a thin line as she studied me, then started shaking her head. “Ember, this is serious. You killed the harpy princess.”
“She gave me no other choice.” Even when the words left my mouth, I knew it was an excuse.
“We all have choices. You chose wrong, and you let Lucent take the fall.”
I shook my head. “He pushed death fire into me and teleported me away. All before I could stop it.”
“That is why I was able to get Regina to send both of you to the reform school. You have one term to be reformed. Stay out of trouble, do as they tell you, pass your classes, and learn to control that temper of yours.” Mom pulled me into a hug and whispered, “Lucent is there to help you. Please don’t make me select another heir.”
Come back tomorrow for the next excerpt, which picks up where this one left off!
CLICK HERE to get your copy of Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
May 20, 2020
Reborn Countdown Teaser 5
ONE DAY until Reborn releases!
I am super excited about the release of Reborn: House of Phoenix. It’s not only part of the amazing multi-author shared world, Wicked Reform School, Reborn is also the prequel for my upcoming Academy of the Phoenix series. Dates, cover reveals, and teasers will come soon.
But right now we are counting down to Reborn’s release on Thursday, May 21, 2020!
CLICK HERE to Preorder Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
NOTE: The excerpts are continuing from the one before it. So if you missed the previous teasers you can find them below.
Teaser 1: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-1/
Teaser 2: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-2/
Teaser 3: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-3/
Teaser 4: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-4/
Enjoy
Chapter Two
Ember
Seagulls called out to each other, sounding like they were laughing. They probably were with me being the butt of their joke. Ocean water lapped at the shore a short distance away, telling me I was on the beach.
Fucking Lucent.
Slowly I opened my eyes and sat up. A low hum of a headache echoed in my skull and I smelled like ash. I never knew what to expect when I woke from my first rebirth. Mom said it was different for each person and got easier as we grew older. Since I was only half fire phoenix, we never knew what would happen.
I’m glad this little test run resulted in me being reborn. But why wouldn’t it? Because my father was a god? In my book that would ensure I would wake from death fire.
I’ve watched a phoenix die and then rise from the ashes before. It was during a battle with a rival phoenix clan. One of mom’s guards was attacked while she was flying in her bird form. Her attacker broke her wings, making Judy drop from the sky and land on the ground. Moments later she was covered in fire while several of our clan members circled around her, forming a barrier to protect her body while she regenerated.
They were able to move her to the medical center once the fire was out. While the fire only burned for a few minutes, it was hours before she woke up from the deep sleep we fell into so our bodies could heal.
I rolled to my knees and stood up, slowly. The ache in my head eased, but the world was still hazy and spinning. There was something I needed to do…
Lucent! He took the blame for killing the harpy princess. But my mom would have known it was me. Damn what a fucking mess.
Pushing away the dizziness and the low-grade headache, I rushed through the dense jungle, heading to my village. I needed answers and Mom was the only one who could give them to me.
After all, I did call her to come to scene when I heard the cry of the child that turned into a trap. Or was she already on the way? Hell, I didn’t remember. It was all a blur.
I slapped large leaves away as I ran and jumped over brush. My village came into view, but I didn’t slow until I was inside my house. Even then I power-walked to Mom’s office.
I opened the office door without knocking and skidded to halt. Two large males stood to one side of the office. Their dark eyes landed on me and their lips curled in wicked smirks. They were phoenixes and huge-ass fuckers, but not from my clan. There weren’t many males born to our kind. Most of them worked as enforcers for the council, like the two standing in Mom’s office watching me like I’d run out the door.
Giving them a sickly-sweet smile, I moved to stand in front of Mom’s desk. Her three mates—Gauge, Flint, and Cross—gave me sympathy looks from behind Mom. They couldn’t help, although I guessed they tried. The three of them had been more like dads to me than my absent sperm donor.
Mom didn’t look up from her tablet as she said, “Took you long enough.”
“Well, it was my first death and rebirth. Things were a little weird. Plus I had a hole in my chest that needed to heal first.” I glanced down at myself and winced. My clothes were burnt and blackened. Even my fingers were dark from the ashes.
Come back tomorrow for the next excerpt, which picks up where this one left off!
May 19, 2020
Reborn Countdown Teaser 4
TWO DAYS until Reborn releases!
I am super excited about the release of Reborn: House of Phoenix. It’s not only part of the amazing multi-author shared world, Wicked Reform School, Reborn is also the prequel for my upcoming Academy of the Phoenix series. Dates, cover reveals, and teasers will come soon.
But right now we are counting down to Reborn’s release on Thursday, May 21, 2020!
CLICK HERE to Preorder Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
NOTE: The excerpts are continuing from the one before it. So if you missed the previous teasers you can find them below.
Teaser 1: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-1/
Teaser 2: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-2/
Teaser 3: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-3/
Enjoy!
“Fuck,” Luce said, his eyes darting from the harpy on fire to the three charging at us.
Twisting around, I kicked out, hitting one of the harpies in the chest. Taylor was Stacia’s younger sister and just as mean. All harpies were mean, but Stacia’s family was the royalty of cruel harpies.
Taylor stumbled back a few feet before regaining control and rushing back at me. I was ready. I punched her in the jaw, making her head snap to the side. Without hesitating, I kicked her knee. She crashed to the ground and I was over top of her instantly.
I raised my fist to hit her again, to knock her the fuck out, when someone jumped onto my back. Debra. Stacia’s cousin or another sister. I didn’t know, nor did I care. It was clear that Stacia planned to either kill me or pin a crime on me that would get me killed.
Not happening.
Debra wrapped an arm around my throat and squeezed, cutting off my airway. I relaxed my body and let it fall backwards until we hit the ground. The force of impact knocked the wind out of Debra. Her grip on my loosened and I rolled off her.
I called to my inner fire. Flames covered my hands and I raised one fist over Debra, about to deliver her the death she was begging for. I was beyond pissed and beyond reasoning with. It was what my mother hated about me. The side of me that was too much like my father.
“Enough!”
Stacia’s scream made me glance over my shoulder at her. My blood froze and my fire shifted to the ice flames I got from my father. Stacia had one hand wrapped around Luce’s neck with her claws cutting into his flesh. Her other clawed hand was positioned over his heart.
I locked gazes with my best friend, and he started shaking his head, knowing all too well what was coming. He knew I wouldn’t let Stacia get away with hurting what was mine.
Luce was mine.
“Let him go and face me like the strong warrior you pretend to be.” I straightened and faced her, not releasing my ice flames.
Lucent cursed and he started to struggle. “Em, don’t do it. You’re feeding into her bait.”
Then he called to his own fire, making it cover it his body. It wasn’t the death fire that our kind used to die and be reborn. The flames were enough to make Stacia release him with a yelp.
She backed away from him cradling her hand. “You won’t get away with killing my sisters and my guard.”
I wasn’t buying her poor-me cries. She was speaking loud enough so those who were headed in our direction would hear her. So I spoke just as loud. “You killed your own guard to pin it on me.”
A smirk formed on her face before she conjured a staff with a razor-sharp point and threw it at Lucent. I screamed, teleported to stand in front of him, and threw a spear of ice into her heart all at the same time. Stacia’s staff pierced my heart at the same time my ice spear went right through hers.
Stacia gasped in shook and stumbled back a few feet before dropping to the ground. Her body covered in ice as my magic spread through her system.
I fell to my knees and Lucent caught me. “Fuck, Em. Why?”
“I can’t lose you.” I touched his face as my vision blurred.
“You are crazy. I would have survived. Well, died, but I’m a phoenix and I would rise again.” He gripped the end of the staff and pulled it out, then placed his hand over the hole left there. His head snapped up as if hearing something. “They’re coming.”
Who? Oh, yeah, the harpies and Mom.
“She set us up.” I coughed and closed my eyes.
“Doesn’t matter. We’re on their property and the harpy princess is dead. The evidence is against you.” Luce cursed again and met my stare. “I’m sorry. It has to be this way.”
What? Understanding dawned on me as he conjured death fire and pushed it into my chest. I shook my head and tried to speak but no words came out. In the next moment the world faded around me. The shithead teleported me away.
There was nothing I could do because the death fire consumed me, pulling me into the ashes of death. The ashes I would rise from in a few hours. After Luce was executed for a crime I committed.
Sorrow filled me and I wasn’t sure I wanted to rise from the ashes if it meant Lucent wouldn’t be there when I woke.
Come back tomorrow for the next excerpt, which picks up where this one left off!
May 18, 2020
Reborn Countdown Teaser 3
THREE DAYS until Reborn releases!
I am super excited about the release of Reborn: House of Phoenix. It’s not only part of the amazing multi-author shared world, Wicked Reform School, Reborn is also the prequel for my upcoming Academy of the Phoenix series. Dates, cover reveals, and teasers will come soon.
But right now we are counting down to Reborn’s release on Thursday, May 21, 2020!
CLICK HERE to Preorder Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
NOTE: The excerpts are continuing from the one before it. So if you missed the previous teasers you can find them below.
Teaser 1: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-1/
Teaser 2: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-2/
Enjoy!
Oh, I knew my mother—the Azorea Cay Clan leader—was on her way. Luce and I were closer, so we beat her and the guards. Luce stiffened beside me as if having the same bone-freezing realization. The trap was to draw the guards away from the clan.
I focused on my mother and sent her a telepathic message. “Mom, it’s a trap set by the harpies. Tell the guards to go back to the clan.”
Mom replied, “I’m not a fool. I only have four with me. Don’t do anything until I get there. I mean it, Ember.”
I worked my jaw, ignoring my mother’s scowling tone. Her lack of trust that I could protect my clan didn’t go unnoticed. Just because I wanted to claw Stacia’s eyes out and her insides while her body burned didn’t mean I was a loose cannon. Besides, I hadn’t let the harpy princess bait me in a long time. I had done the grownup thing and walked away, not giving Stacia the satisfaction to pick a fight.
Mom’s lack of convenience in me made my heart ache. Whatever. Sometimes I wondered why she was pushing me to step in as clan leader so soon.
Focusing on the harpy bitch in front of me, I asked, “What do you want?”
“Why would we want anything from you?” Stacia advanced closer to Lucent and I tensed. So help me if she touches him…
Lucent may be my best friend, but he was so much more. In recent years, I’d discovered that the thought of another female touching him gave me murderous intentions.
He was mine.
Although I would never let him know that. Or anyone else. The fear of losing what we had weighed heavy on my heart. So I was happy with being his best friend. For now.
“Cut the shit, Stacia. You faked the cry of child to lure us out here. You want something.” I glared at her as she stepped into Luce’s personal space.
Luce snarled at her but didn’t back off. He wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of affecting him. Even if that affect caused him to want to rip her head off her shoulders. The visual that thought formed in my mind made me smile. I didn’t care if it made me a little blood thirsty.
Stacia had always enjoyed baiting me. She was, after all, her clan leader’s daughter just as I was. So we had a future of agreeing to disagree.
And I’ve had about enough of her attention-getting crap for the night. I walked over and took Luce’s hand and pulled him away from her. “Whatever you want can’t be that important. I’ve called off the guards and Pyra was never coming. So go on home.”
I turned and started walking off, but her words stopped me cold in my tracks.
“But you invaded our territory and killed my personal guard.”
What the… Slowly, I glanced at her from over my shoulder in time to see the crazy-ass harpy form a fireball and threw it at her guard. By the open mouth shock on the guard’s face, I was guessing that wasn’t in the plan.
Stacia really was crazy. And to prove my point, she started screeching to alert her clan and screaming at the other two harpies with her to capture me.
Come back tomorrow for the next excerpt, which picks up where this one left off!
May 17, 2020
Reborn Countdown Teaser 2
FOUR DAYS until Reborn releases!
I am super excited about the release of Reborn: House of Phoenix. It’s not only part of the amazing multi-author shared world, Wicked Reform School, Reborn is also the prequel for my upcoming Academy of the Phoenix series. Dates, cover reveals, and teasers will come soon.
But right now we are counting down to Reborn’s release on Thursday, May 21, 2020!
CLICK HERE to Preorder Reborn: House of Phoenix from Amazon
NOTE: The excerpts are continuing from the one before it. So if you missed the previous teasers you can find them below.
Teaser 1: https://authorliadavis.com/2020/05/reborn-countdown-teaser-1/
Enjoy!
Without hesitation, I released Lucent’s hand and raced through the jungle, leaving him to chase after me. Lucent didn’t ask where I was going, nor did he hesitate. I know he heard the call for help. We’d always been able to sense what the other was thinking or what we would do. We moved as a unit. Many people had commented that we moved and acted like a bonded pair.
The sounds of the call stopped, then started again a little more east from where we were? Fuck. “Can you tell which kid it is?”
Lucent shook his head. “No, but he or she sounds like they’re on the move.”
Yeah, I noticed that too.
How the hell did the kid get this far out into the jungle? Unless he or she was carried off. That was possible. A clan of harpies lived on the north side of the island in the Pacific Ocean. My clan claimed a large span of the southern part of the island.
The harpy clan was small with only about fifty or so members and pretty much stayed to themselves. But every once in a while, they were known to come to our territory and steal food. In recent months, the fly-by thievery had become more frequent. Lucent and I, along with the royal guards patrolled the skies and scared the bitches away.
There was one bitch in particular I’d like to stab through the heart and light on fire—the harpy princess, Stacia. She’d been the bane of my existence since we were preteens. Our tiffs had started off as innocent pranks but over the years had turned into battles of a great war we were fighting. I didn’t even know why we hated each other so much.
Taking one of our kids, would a way for the bitch to get under my skin, again. And piss me off.
However, I saw Stacia with kids. She loved them, no matter what the species. In fact, the only person she seemed to love to hate was me. It could be something else entirely who carried the child off. That last thought sent cold fear down my spine.
Fury fueled my inner fire and I push my legs to move faster. Sure I could shift, but the burn in my muscles from running would calm me and keep me from killing whoever was making the child cry. I hoped it would anyway. I wasn’t making any promises.
The cawing grew louder, indicating we were getting close, so I slowed down. Several more yards and we exited into a small clearing that I was sure where the crying had come from. Then it stopped. So did Luce and me.
“What the fuck is going on?”
Scowling as he turned in a circle, taking in our surroundings, Luce shook his head. “I smell a trap.”
Yeah, me too.
A blur of black wings flew overhead just as three harpies stepped out of the tree line. They were sisters, or at least I thought they were. Their features were all similar, so they were related in some way. The one in front of the other two was the ringleader.
Stacia.
Long black hair flowed around her shoulders of her very nude body. Harpies spent more time in their bird-like forms then their human forms, so it was rare to see them with clothes on unless they were in meetings with other clan leaders or trying to blend in with humans.
Stacia’s dark gaze locked onto mine and her lips twisted in amusement. So glad I could be her entertainment. “I was sure your mother would join you seeing how she adores your young so much.”
Come back tomorrow for the next excerpt, which picks up where this one left off!
