The First Book of Demons (The Book of Demons Saga) by Raquel Dove Read Free Book Online

He turned his attention back to the book in his hand.
    “Tell me, girl, why do your people write such strange tales of blooddrinkers?”
    “Blooddrinkers?” Alex asked, her brows scrunched together.
    “Yes, girl,” Tavi sighed, his eyes rolling from her onto the book in his clawed hands.
    “ It’s just a story,” she said, “just for entertainment.”
    “I do not believe I have ever met a blooddrinker that was entertaining,” he said , his brows raised in disbelief. “Much less one falling in love with anything.”
    “You mean they really exist?” Alex asked.
    “Of course,” Tavi said, “although nothing like they are described in your world.”
    “But they aren’t real in my world,” Alex replied, getting a baffled look from Tavi.
    “…it’s just kinda a thing where I’m from…I guess,” Alex stammered out, attempting to clarify.
    He tossed the book onto the table with the rest of her things, and picked up the silver box. 
    “ Tell me how you came about this item,” he said.
      “My Aunt passed it on to me after she died,” Alex said, “It was the only thing that was left to me.”
    “It is Devasi,” Tavi told her, “most likely from one of the royal workshops, judging by the quality.”
                 

Chapter Twelve
     
    The hot water of the spring bubbled around Alexandra, relaxing her sore muscles.  She rested her head against the rocky side, closing her eyes. She tried to steady her mind.  Perhaps if she could concentrate she might remember something about how she got here.  More importantly, she might be able to find a way back home.  Her eyes slid open to reveal a particularly muscular demon standing before her, his charcoal blue gaze fixed on her half exposed breasts. 
    “Honestly!” she shrieked .  Alexandra struggled to reach a cloth and cover her form. “What is wrong with you people? I said I wasn’t going to run away, I don’t need to be watched while I’m bathing you pervert!”
    His eyes, slow and measured, roamed her form, lingering at his pleasure as she frantically tried to cover herself.  He stepped closer. 
    “What are you?” the demon asked, his voice as flat and emotionless as his face. 
    “Don’t try to hurt me!” she warned, her voice shaky as the demon stalked ever closer to her.
    “There ’s another demon,” she continued, raising a pointed finger, “and he will tear you to pieces, I’ve already seen him do it once.” 
    “Where is he now, girl?” he asked, a smirk playing across his clean shaven face.
    Alexandra’s heart pounded, she struggled for a few gasping breaths.  The demon’s eyes held her frozen in terror as he stepped right to the edge of the hot spring.
    “Lord Balthazar,” Tavi said, appearing suddenly.
    Alex whipped her head back and forth between the two demons.  A hot flush washed across her already heated flesh as the name of the demon registered, bringing flashes of her dream to mind.  Her arousal lifted through the air, reaching the sensitive noses of the brother demons.  They simultaneously turned to look at the girl as the musky aroma caught in their nostrils. 
    “Tell me, brother, who is this creatu re?” Balthazar demanded, his eyes trained on Alex.
    “She calls herself Alex andra, My Lord” Tavi said, “and she claims to be a human.”
    “How fortuitous,” Balthazar said, his eyes moving from Alex to Tavi, “Come brother, there is much for us to discuss.”  
    Balthazar disappeared in a flash.  Tavi turned to look at Alexandra who was still standing in the water, a wet cloth hugging her gentle curves. 
    “It wo uld be wise for you to show Lord Balthazar some respect, girl,” he said before he too disappeared. 
    Alex sighed and tossed her cloth covering into the grass where her bathing supplies were and plopped back into the water.  She was beyond caring at this point.  She didn’t know where she was, or how she got here, or what these creatures intended to do with her.  The