Dark (Beautiful Ashes #1) by Lora Ann Read Free Book Online

it in the top shell of her left ear. My God, talk about inflicting serious pain. And that was when he lost all sense of control.
    An ungodly roar reverberated off the walls and echoed through the halls. Agony. Fury. The two emotions warred for dominance as the fiend reared up and shredded all within its grasp. By the time Mitch could even try to reason with Tar, he had destroyed the facility. But that wasn’t what tore Mitch to pieces. Seeing a man he respected, a brother he owed his life to, on his knees and howling out his pain in complete helplessness was what did it. Broken, Tar bowed his head. And that was when Mitch realized what he was doing. Praying. Something he didn’t anticipate coming from this particular brother-in-arms. Yet there was no mistaking it. Out of reverence, Mitch gave him privacy to talk to God. He knew all too well how vital that conversation was. How life changing it could be. Odd, this was what severed their friendship when Tar lost his fiancée to his biological brother. Yeah, talk about fucked up. While he was off serving and protecting, his own flesh and blood seduced the love of his life.
     
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    The demon knelt by her side with a ghastly sneer on his face as he studied the damage done. Should’ve been more. Leave it to incompetent humans to botch up such a simple task: Kill the girl known as Keeley. He shook his head in utter disgust.
    Keeley’s eyes opened wide at the sight before her. Was she dreaming? Hallucination? Good God, did she finally die and was now in Hell? There was no mistaking the man kneeling to her left. She’d know that devil anywhere. Caleb . Yet when the frightening gaze met hers, it wasn’t quite his? “What the fuck?”
    He reached forward and swirled a finger in and around the fresh wounds across her breasts. She didn’t want to feel aroused, but her damnable body was. Keeley knew how wrong it was, how utterly despicable to want him hurting her so she could orgasm. Dear God, please just put me out of my misery. I can’t live like this, craving more and more pain to experience pleasure . The demon smirked, as if he’d heard her inner prayer, and bent toward the erect peak inviting his bite. Full compliance met her body’s demand as he rose with her blood oozing from his mouth. Was that part of her nipple in-between his teeth?! She looked down at her heaving chest and SCREAMED.
    Fucking little bitch called the cavalry. The demon covered his ears and toyed with the rod in his mouth he’d taken from her. Smelling fresh blood gave him a raging hard-on, he could do nothing about. A doctor raced in to check on Keeley as he slunk back into the shadows, waiting for a better opportunity to claim what was already his.
    “What the hell is wrong now?” The doctor asked Keeley as she approached. She was not prepared for the sight of a new wound. Dumbfounded she stood, staring. The girl was restrained for her protection. So how did this happen? Her quick gaze took in the room. No other way in or out of the basement.
    A nurse came barging into the room and quickly vomited from the carnage before him. “You stupid prick. Get the fuck out of here if you don’t have the balls to stomach it,” she barked in complete disgust. Where the hell did they find these so-called nurses, anyway? Keeley’s wide eyes met hers as she began to sop up the blood. She noticed the patient had pure terror etched in her features, as if she’d seen a ghost. “Well, something did a damn good job of harming you.”
    All around the girl’s breast was what appeared to be a nasty bite, except, it was missing key evidence, like saliva and teeth marks. If she still worked for the good guys, she’d have taken pictures. No one gave a damn on this side of the law. They were more concerned with money and property than finding out who was behind wounding another. This particular patient would bring in a lot of cash if they could heal her body enough to get her to that slave auction. Time worked