Damian's Immortal (War of Gods 3)

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hall that contained the restrooms. Instead of ducking
into the ladies’ room, she pushed through the back entrance, which
emptied out into a dark, rainy alley. Shivering, she pulled out her
phone to call her father as she made her way towards the
street.
    “ Papa, I think he’s here,”
she whispered when he answered. “I don’t know what to
do.”
    “ Are you
armed?”
    “ No, Papa.”
    “ You’re supposed to carry
at least a knife every time you leave the house. In any case, I’m
on my way, darling,” he said with disapproval. “You know how to
defend yourself, and you can turn even a man into a rock with your
magic. You have nothing to fear. Go to the bed and breakfast and
wait for me.”
    “ Yes, Papa.”
    He hung up. She shoved the phone and her
hands in her pockets to keep them warm as she picked her way
through the littered alley.
     
     

Chapter Two
     
    Jule had watched the Magician for a good
half hour. He wasn’t sure what he expected-- maybe a cold, hard
Medusa-- but the young woman Sean indicated was nothing like that.
Her hair was fiery red and curly, her frame tall and slender.
Almond-shaped green eyes were large and expressive while her skin
was touched with honey. She’d barely met Sean’s gaze and her smile
was hesitant.
    She looked too sweet to be someone about to
destroy the fabric between the immortal and mortal worlds, even if
he did sense some sort of dark secret in her gaze. She radiated
power that even humans could feel. Despite the pub’s standing room
only capacity, the table next to her booth was empty. He’d watched
Sean subtly steer people away from it.
    His own unease grew. The Watcher wanted her
dead, and yet, Watchers couldn’t always be trusted to tell their
true intentions. He understood it was in their best interest to
protect humanity. Why, then, was he starting to feel as if he’d
been set up? The Magician looked like a sweet, innocent Natural,
one of the humans with extraordinary gifts who could be brought
into the Guardians’ organization.
    How he wished he had his power! He’d be able
to read her mind and confirm she was indeed intent on destroying
the gateway between the realms. Instead, he had to do this the way
humans did.
    The Magician piled her coat on top of her
table with shaking hands and walked toward the hallway where the
restrooms were. Sean was supposed to serve her dessert laced with a
sedative, so they could drug her and take her back to the station
for questioning. He had a feeling she wasn’t sticking around and
wondered what had alerted her. Sean caught his eye and tossed his
head towards the restrooms. Jule rose and maneuvered through the
crowd and down the small hall. He emerged into the alley in time to
see her replace a phone in her pocket. He moved silently down the
alley and had almost reached her when she froze.
    “ Don’t make me do it,” she
said in a soft voice.
    “ Make you do what?” he
asked and stopped just out of arms’ reach.
    “ Kill you. I have a sort
of … magic power that will turn you to stone.”
    “ Sweetheart, there’s not
an evil bone in your body,” he said, amused. “I don’t need magic
powers to see that.”
    “ You’re here to kill me.
Why should I not defend myself?”
    Stalking an innocent woman in the alley was
a cakewalk, until the moment she said something she shouldn’t have
known. Jule’s wariness made his senses heighten. Again he felt more
was going on than the damn Watcher let on.
    “ I would think less of you
if you didn’t try,” he said in a quiet voice.
    She turned, her body tense and her large
green eyes swimming with fear and dread. Her flawless face was
flushed, her breathing quick. He held her gaze, struck by the aura
of power around her. He’d seen it from across the pub. Only
standing within its midst did he understand just how strong she
was.
    “ This can go one of two
ways,” he said. “You can come with me quietly, or I can drag you
out of here.”
    “ I’m not going

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