Izzy's Fight: The Izzy Rose Chronicles Book 1 Read Online Free

have. I wait until a job is brought forth to me, and then, when I’ve carried out my orders, I wait until I am summoned again.”
    A small sniffle came from her as she wiped her eyes. She hadn’t realized that she’d basically been pampered her entire life. The way he described his life sounded like hell. Do a job and then return home to his demonic realm until the next one. She stared up at him through tear-soaked eyes and shook her head.
    “That’s a horrible existence.”
    “It’s better than not having one at all. I know you don’t deserve to die just for not being the daughter your mother wants you to be, but that’s how it has to be, it seems. I can’t change that. I can stall a little. Tonight is my deadline though, so by midnight, you will be dead. We can take a walk if you’d like.”
    It was a crappy choice. But if she could stay alive a bit longer, even a stroll with this hideous demon was better than the alternative. She nodded and wrapped her sweater around her body tighter. “Will you kill me without me knowing? I don’t want to know when it’s coming.”
    He nodded and motioned down towards where the chase had started earlier. She turned and began taking hesitant steps down the beach. They walked in silence as she thought about her life. All the things she’d done—all the things she should have done.
    Everything flashed through her mind. The first time she met Will, the first time they made love, all the fun they had together. None of the other guys she’d slept with came to mind, only Will, probably because Will was her best friend. The only one who hadn’t minded if she came to his bed for the night and then vanished the next morning.
    “What’s on your mind?” came a soft, but rough, voice from behind her.
    The beach was abnormally quiet for a warm night where surfers would normally be out trying to catch a few waves. Part of her wondered if the demon behind her had somehow managed to convince people to stay in for the night. Or maybe he’d been messing with her mind some more as he had been for weeks and made it appear as if the beach truly was empty.
    Closing her eyes, she sighed softly before answering.
    “My best friend Will. He’s done nothing but treat me right. Every time I cried, he held me. When I needed to rant, he listened. When we made love, he was always so gentle with me. Never did he rush anything or push something he knew I didn’t like. He was truly the better half of me. When I fell short, he picked up the slack.”
    As she continued to talk about Will and all that he meant to her, she failed to notice that a hand was on her shoulder, pulling her to a stop. Slowly, a knife came up to her neck and started to press into the skin right where her jugular was.
    In that moment, Izzy stopped her thoughts of Will and wondered why she was giving up. Did she really want her mother to win this fight? The two of them had never seen eye to eye as far as Izzy went. Her mother wanted her daughter to be evil, playing off the demon inside her. When Izzy refused, her mother would do various things that would push Izzy too far. Including the accident that had brought her here. All those innocent human beings had died because her mother had pushed her too far. After not hearing from her mother for years on end, she was now about to be the victim of an assassin demon just because her mother was displeased with her?
    Growling lowly, Izzy reached up and sank her nails into the demon’s wrist. Sharply the knife came down across her chest as the demon bellowed in anger. Groaning, she held her chest as she moved out of the way and looked back at the demon who was now advancing on her yet again.
    “I thought you’d be an easy kill,” he muttered through gritted teeth. “You seemed like you’d be an easy kill.”
    “I changed my mind. If my mother wants me dead so badly, why doesn’t she come here and do it herself?”
    As if Izzy had summoned her, Lilith appeared on the sand beside