Sunshine gasped, then scooted off Talon's lap. Her heart pounded as she saw a man coming slowly through her doorway, walking as if he had all the time in the world.
He wasn't nearly as tall as Talon, probably no more than six feet. He had long black hair that fell freely around his face and he was dressed in a pair of black leather jeans, a grayhenley , and a black V-neck sweater.
He was startlingly handsome, but at the same time there was a dark, sinister aura around him. One that said he delighted in making other people suffer.
Talon got up, ready for battle.
The stranger gave a cocky, arrogant smile. "Hope you don't mind the intrusion, but my ears were burning. Naturally, I just had to come and see what the two of you were talking about."
Without being told, she knew this was Camulus.
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) Talon let out a curse, then the next thing she knew, two daggers came out from under Talon's coat on her coffee table and flew into Talon's hands.
He sprung the release with his thumb, ejecting the blades into a circle of three blades, then crouched into a menacing stance that said he was ready to engage the god.
"Wait!" she said, hoping to avert a fight that could cost Talon his life. She looked at Camulus. "Why are you here?"
Camulus laughed evilly. Coldly. "I'm here strictly to torture Speirr by killing you. Why else would I bother coming?"
Horrified, she stepped back.
So much for negotiating with this man. He was evil incarnate.
Talon leapt across the couch, straight for the god's throat.
Camulus pulled a sword out of thin air. "Oh Speirr, how I have missed you. No one ever fought like you."
Sunshine's eyes widened as they engaged each other. She'd never seen anything like it in her life.
ForgetHollywood . It had nothing on the two of them. They fought with malice and with consummate skill.
Talon deflected Camulus's sword with the srads, then ducked the next swing. While the god prepared his next attack, Talon swung about and caught him on the arm with one dagger.
The god hissed as his blood flowed from the wound.
"I won't let you take her," Talon said from between clenched teeth. "I'll kill you first."
Camulus attacked even harder than before. Faster.
Talon met him stroke for stroke. Lethal assault for lethal assault.
"You never could learn your place, Speirr. You never knew when you should just lay down the sword and play nice."
Talon caught his sword between two blades. "I don't play nice with enemies. I execute them." He head-butted Camulus, who staggered back.
The god shook his head. "You've improved."
"I've had fifteen hundred years to perfect my skills."
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) As Talon lunged, six more men came through the door.
Two of them shone bright flashlights into his eyes.
Talon cursed and ducked, covering his eyes as if the lights were searing to his senses.
"I really wish I had more time for this," Camulus said. "But I fear I'm bored now."
Talon turned toward Sunshine who grabbed the lamp from her end table and brought it down on the head of the first man who reached her.
"Damn you, Camulus!" he snarled.
"Och now, Speirr. It's you who are damned."
Talon tried to reach Sunshine, but one of the men opened fire on him. The bullets weren't lethal, but they were extremely painful as they lacerated his chest, back, and arms. He staggered and then fell.
Sunshine screamed as she saw Talon hit the floor. Terrified, she started for him and then felt a bullet rip into the back of her shoulder. All she could think of was saving Talon and herself. She didn't have a gun in her house, but she did have a baseball bat in her bedroom.
She had to get to it.
It was little protection against a god. Still, a slim chance was better than none at all.
As she ran for her bedroom, she realized it wasn't a bullet that had hit her.
It was a potent tranquilizer.
The room swam in front of her eyes as she struggled to walk. Her legs were heavy, hard to move, and felt as if she were trying to walk through murky concrete.
It was too much effort to move.
The next thing she knew, everything went black.
Bleeding and hurt, Talon fought as best he could. Every time he got up, someone shone another light straight into his eyes and shot more bullets into his body. His eyes burned like fire and he could barely open them.
He struggled to reach Sunshine.
Camulus hit him with a god-bolt and slammed him against the far wall.
Talon stared at him, his body throbbing and aching as he bled.
Nonchalantly, Camulus picked Sunshine up in his arms and stared at her. "She's a pretty little thing, isn't
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) she? Even more lovely than she was the first time." He looked back at Talon with a sinister grin twisting his lips. "You have no idea what I intend to do with her." He kissed her on the cheek. "But I promise you, you will find out."
Talon roared with the weight of his rage. "So help me, Camulus, I'll kill you if you harm her.