Jaded Blood (Blood Bound Book 10)

Chapter 2 Tasuki’s mood hadn’t improved much since returning to the station. All the way here, he could hear other officers over the radio reporting in on demon sightings. It kept reminding him of the first time he had ever seen a demon… the same night Kyoko disappeared. He touched the place on his side where the light had entered him that night and frowned in remembrance of his fear and disappointment when he found the Hogo family gone the next morning. He’d showed up to walk Kyoko to school like he had promised, only to find the house abandoned. It was something that had haunted him for a long time and he still hadn’t gotten over it. Hell, he still had Kyoko’s birthday present. It was a small golden promise ring that his grandmother Mrs. Tully had helped him pick out. For the last eleven years, he’d been having dreams about Kyoko and demons. Strangely enough, as he’d grown up, so had she in his dreams and the dreams were getting more frequent and disturbing. The thought o

Chapter 4 Micah sighed for the hundredth time since calling Alicia. So far Tasuki had gone to check on the she-wolf six times, Titus had run off three more officers when Phillip started having trouble keeping them out, and the captive guard had started gnawing on his wrist in an attempt to get out of the chair. Of course it wasn’t exactly the guard’s fault he was suddenly desperate to escape. They had gotten bored and started taunting him on the intercom about the things Lucca would do to him when the mob found out he was a snitch. “This is not how I wanted to spend my day,” Tasuki complained. “I hear that,” Micah muttered wishing Alicia would hurry. She’d said Damon wasn’t with her and that made him want to see her even more. Tasuki glanced over at Micah, “I’m curious, how many cougars and jaguars are in this city?” “A few hundred at least,” Micah answered. “But not all of them hang around with the pack. Some of them are satisfied with their mates and try to live a n

Chapter 6 Nick couldn’t help the feelings of jealousy rising up in his gut as he watched Ren make a show of slowly fixing everything in the shop… one item at a time. Ren had asked them not to sweep up any of the glass and debris until he reconstructed everything he could. Nick sighed wondering if Ren was repairing only one thing at a time on purpose… purpose being so he could hang around longer. “I thought you were supposed to be PIT’s power house?” Nick whispered sarcastically so Gypsy wouldn’t overhear. Ren would be able to hear him perfectly and that was what mattered. “I can be completely human one minute and surging with power the next,” Ren informed him. “It just depends on who is lurking around.” Nick narrowed his eyes, feeling like that lurking remark had been directed at him then gritted his teeth when Ren confirmed the insult. “It’s not my fault I’m surrounded by weaklings right now.” Nick perked up when he heard the distinctive sound of something crackin

Chapter 8 Titus slowly stood up and cursed as he raised his hands out to the sides. “You won’t get far if you fire that thing. There’s a rather big police station right across the street and over half the cops there are werewolves from my pack,” he warned her. “They’ll hear the gun go off and come running.” “Thanks for the heads-up, now move it,” Jade instructed and motioned him toward the door with the gun. She took a step back when he came from behind the desk, his approach quickly reminding her of how much bigger and stronger he was than her. To hide her nervousness, she smiled at him to let him know she had the upper hand. Titus grudgingly did as she ordered and stepped out into the hallway. He figured she wanted outside so he headed toward the front of the building to open the door for her. As they passed her cell he heard her stop moving. “Get inside,” Jade ordered not trusting that he wouldn’t set off some silent alarm and ruin her chances of a clean escape. “Let’

Chapter 10 “If we are riding in a cop car, can I please ride in the back,” Jade asked with a bat of her eyelashes wondering if he had a funny bone in his entire body. “Missing your cage already?” Titus smirked as he passed her. “If you’re feeling homesick for constraints, then I’ll gladly handcuff you to your bed so you can feel safe enough to go to sleep.” “In your dreams,” she happily informed him as she rolled her eyes and stayed a couple steps behind him. There was no way in hell she was going to let that visual take hold in her brain. It irked her when he opened the front door for her like a gentleman. Once they were out in the parking lot, she wasn’t disappointed when he passed up the squad cars and clicked a button on his keys causing the headlights of a solid black hummer with tinted windows to flash. When he went straight to the passenger side and opened the door for her, she crossed her arms over her chest and asked, “What am I… five?” Titus let go of the do