Guardian of the Hellmouth by A.C. Greenlee Read Free Book Online

lunged forward,
     
sinking his teeth into the side of the demons throat. It screamed
     
and struggled, ripping at his face and neck with its claws in an
     
attempt to dislodge him but he wouldn’t be budged. Suddenly it
     
went still, crumbling like all the others. Leviathan wiped the tar
     
like blood from his face, turning to frown at Kailani who could
     
only stare at him in horror. Another shrill cry rent the air and they
     
both whipped towards the house where the demons had gotten
     
inside, sucking up the malevolent energy like water down a drain.
     
They were getting bigger. Sensing the power they’d taken in
     
Leviathan switched tactics, grabbing Kai around the waist and
     
hauling her towards the car. He shoved her through the driver’s
     
door and into the passenger’s side, snatching up the keys from
     
where she’d dropped them on the seat. The demons rushed from
     
the front of the house like a tidal wave, their roars deafening as
     
they descended on the car. Leviathan didn’t miss a beat as he
pushed the key into the ignition, started the Chevy and sped
     
backwards out of the driveway.
     
“You can drive?!” Kai screamed, snatching at her seatbelt to get
     
it safely around her. He chuckled darkly as he maneuvered past
     
parked cars, speeding towards the end of the sleepy little street
     
that opened onto a main road.
     
“I can do many amazing things with my hands, human.” He said,
     
the car roaring as he floored it. The demons still didn’t give up,
     
they were relentless as they dropped to their hands and bounded
     
after them like animals. Leaping on and off of cars, buildings,
     
lamp posts, anything that would get them closer to the escaping
     
Hellmouth and her demon protector. She cursed, watching them
     
draw closer and closer, their speed increasing with each second.
     
“Turn left!” She shouted and Leviathan spun the wheel, the car
     
fishtailing as they burst into traffic, horns blaring and tires
     
squealing as other drivers did their best to avoid them. He
     
wrestled the car under his control again, narrowly missing the
demon that leapt towards them, the creature scraping the top of
     
the vehicle as it slid into oncoming traffic. Kailani grimaced as
     
she watched a large flatbed truck hit its breaks just a second too
     
late, sending the huge steel contraption sliding over the demon
     
that lay crushed beneath it’s tires. “The highway should be
     
coming up soon.” She turned back to face the road, screaming
     
when a demon suddenly appeared before them, its body
     
slamming into the hood and rolling against the windshield as
     
Leviathan kept driving right on through it. “What the fuck are
     
you doing?!”
     
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” He answered her
     
outraged question, merging off of S King Street and onto
     
Lunalilo Freeway. Leviathan dodged cars like a champion Nascar
     
driver, swerving in and out of traffic as if it were more natural to
     
him than breathing. But just when they thought they’d lost the
     
demons they heard something hard hit the roof of the car. Before
     
either of them could react a long arm punched through the metal,
     
claws slicing as it grabbed Kailani by the shoulder and pulled her
upwards. She screamed and Leviathan cursed, grabbing the
     
demons arm and twisting until a sickening pop rang out around
     
them. It screeched, its hand releasing Kai who fell helplessly
     
back into her seat. Leviathan spun the wheel, sending the car
     
swerving left and right until the demon was thrown from the roof
     
and sent flying into traffic. “Are you injured?” He asked, his eyes
     
alternating from her quickly paling face to the road ahead of him.
     
Kailani clutched her shoulder, shifting it and grunting at the pain
     
that flooded her. When she pulled her hand away to assess the
     
damage it was covered in blood. He cursed again, darkness
     
surrounding them as he