Lucifer (Brimstone Heat Book 1) Read Free

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    Teri finally stopped and spun out of Angie’s grip. She turned and stared at Angie. “What is going on? Why did you shove me out of the library?”
    “Did you smell anything—anything out of the usual? I know your sense of smell is much better than mine, and I saw you sniff the air.”
    Teri blinked. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    Angie shook her head. “I don’t have time to play games. I know you’re a wolf shifter. I know you sniffed the air just before I shoved you out of the library. I need to know if you smelled anything out of the ordinary.”
    “How do you know I’m a wolf shifter?” Teri’s eyes grew wide. She paled slightly.
    “I just know.” Angie rolled her eyes. “Now, what did you smell?”
    Teri shook her head. “I have to tell the Alpha—I mean…”
    “Mr. Wolfe already knows that I know about shifters,” said Angie. The meeting with Marcus Wolfe, the Alpha of the Briary Creek Pack, had been a little awkward, especially when she had to explain how she could see people’s auras. It was a strange ability which even she didn’t completely understand.
    Other than Gracie, who was her high school best friend, and Cheryl, her college roommate, Angie never told anyone else about her ability to see the auras surrounding people. She remembered her best friend, Gracie Stewart, just wrapping her arms around her in support the first time she talked about her parents and her strange ability. That had been just after Angie warned Gracie to be very careful around her stepbrother because there was a really strong darkness surrounding him and it seemed to be growing blacker with each passing day.
    And then at college, after learning that Cheryl, her college roommate, was a fox shifter, Angie realized she was seeing more than just a person’s soul. She was seeing the nonhuman side of people who were different too, but how she did it and why was a mystery. All she knew was that it started the night Ted Whitley killed her parents and the woman stepped out of the shadows and saved her life.
    Teri frowned as she nibbled on her bottom lip. “I smelled anger. It was fading, but whoever was there had a lot of anger in them. How did you know something was wrong?”
    Angie pulled out her cell phone. “The alarm keypad lit like it is supposed to be. It was dead. Yesterday, it was working, because I armed the system before I left last night, but today the electricity to it is off to it, yet the lights are on in the building. Someone did something to the alarm. Go get in your car while I call the police.”
    “If you know I’m a wolf shifter, then you know that I’m stronger than you. You should get in your car,” said Teri.
    Angie shook her head. “That may be so, but I’m your boss.” She tapped 9-1-1 on the cell phone screen. “Don’t argue with me. Just. Move.”
    Teri rolled her eyes but moved closer to the cars as Angie talked to the dispatcher operator.
    “No, I’m not sure if someone is still inside the building, but with the alarm system is disabled, I’m not risking our lives to look around the library.” Angie nodded her head to something the operator said. “We are in the parking lot by our cars. Yes, thank you.” She tapped the end button, and looked at Teri. “The police will be here in a few minutes.”
    Teri stared at her boss. “How do you know about shifters?”
    Angie sighed. “It’s a little complicated. I just know shifters exist, and I’ve known for a long time.” And a lot of other things, but I just don’t know what they are, and I probably don’t want to know either. She didn’t say that out loud, because she didn’t want to scare Teri, just in case she didn’t know there were other beings living in the world with them. In some cases, ignorance was probably a really good thing. Sometimes Angie wished she was ignorant of the others living beside the humans. Some days it was hard to pretend she didn’t see them.
    “Maybe you will tell me the