Demon Hunters 3: Tainted (Stand Alone Series) (Demon Hunters.) Read Free

doesn’t say it has to be three. Okay, now this is important.”
    Cassidy could only nod. This wasn’t happening. Maybe if she sat in the middle of the circle and closed her eyes she could pretend it was all a dream. Except she was wearing her white jeans and there was no way she’d be able to get the stains out of them from the dirty floor.
    “Don’t move from here until he’s gone. I would and will do anything for you and your mother. You need to remember I love you both very much.”
    Cassidy nodded, since that’s what he seemed to want. She desperately tried to make sense of what was going on. She’d been up since six that morning. She wanted to go home to bed. Instead she stood there and watched her father read from the paper in his hands. She frowned, trying to make sense of his words. But they didn’t make sense. None of them. They sounded like something that belonged in a horror movie. Crazy words that highlighted the fact her father had finally lost the plot and she was going to end up needing to take care of both her parents. She didn’t think she could do it. No, she knew she couldn’t do it.
    “Ibaelcaurzanon I name you Remedy. Answer my call.” Tony dropped the paper at his feet. When he used the fishing knife to cut his palm, the candle fell from his grip, wax splattering across the paper and floor. He stretched his hand outside the circle and let droplets of blood fall onto the ground, the knife remaining in his hand.
    Cassidy gasped, her hands covering her mouth as she took a step backwards. Her eyes were caught on the red that was smeared along the edge of the blade. She wanted to grab her father and shake him. Demand what he was doing. Either that or run and never look back. Then it was too late. She couldn’t have run if she wanted to.
    A creature formed in the air near the blood drops. Shadows becoming a solid form. Skin rippled, a colour similar to Cassidy’s hair, and dark wings spread out behind him. Black eyes that held the flicker of flame stared at them, then looked at the droplets of blood on the ground. His almost human face sneered.
    “You would have me dine from the filth on the ground?” His deep voice was filled with scorn as he raised his eyes to stare at them in contempt.
    “I… I was told… he said to… on the ground he said.” Tony took a step backwards, nearly stepping on Cassidy.
    She reached out her hands to cling to her father’s arm. What had he done? She stared at the eyes of the man in front of her, trying to convince herself it was only the candlelight reflected in them. She didn’t believe herself.
    “Who said?”
    “He was a man. But had eyes like yours. He said you could be the remedy. For my wife.”
    “Eyes like mine? Did he give a name this man?”
    Tony shook his head. “No. I mean yes. I mean, not a name. He said four will see you caught. He has your name, the human to call and the means to end it all. I asked him what he meant, but he said you’d know.”
    “What is the time, human?”
    Tony turned his wrist to look at the time. Blood dripped onto his feet at the action. “Twelve-thirty. Nearly.”
    “What time did he tell you to perform this ritual?”
    “He said three was best. But he didn’t say it had to be three.” There was a defensive note to Tony’s voice.
    Cassidy frantically tried to make sense of everything. But nothing did. Not one single thing had since she’d gotten in the car with her father. Maybe she’d fallen asleep talking on the phone to Amy. If that was the case then her mind was more screwed up than she’d thought. She continued to hold onto her father’s arm, wanting to drag him out of the building. Only his warning that the circle would protect them was all that kept her from running.
    The creature laughed. “You know nothing about demons, do you?”
    Tony shook his head. Then nodded. “I know if you accept my offer you will have to do what I ask.”
    “What is your offer? And what do you ask?”
    “My wife,