White Fire: Timewalker Chronicles, Book 5 Read Online Free Page B

into their own dark kingdom.
    The human female jumped as if something had bitten her and her eyes flew to his laced with panic. Ajax imagined himself to be stone and looked away from her. She grabbed her bag and hurried to the door, which suited him just fine. He had scared her, so perhaps it was best she just went home and hid in her bolt-hole like a little frightened rabbit.
    Ajax lingered, content to wait and draw his enemies to him.
    But they did not come.
    They followed her.
    Ajax left the bar and followed them on foot several blocks to a parking lot. He stopped out of sight and listened to the human’s confrontation with the false King’s favorite pet, Elijah. Two Triscani Hunters surrounded the female while Elijah spoke to her. Shock rippled through his system when she did not back down. Not only did she know what he was, but she stood and bravely faced down three Triscani alone. As he listened, he learned that Eli believed the little human responsible for eliminating seven other Hunters. Her response to that accusation was sarcastic, but he heard the truth behind it. She had killed them. But how?
    Despite his best efforts at self-control, he had studied her petite frame at the bar. She was short and gently curved, but there was not enough room under that sweater or her tight little leather jacket for a sword.
    Ajax crept closer and drew his short sword from its hidden sheath across his back. He’d take Eli first. Eli was the only one of the three bastards who could open a portal and take the female to their master. He leapt when he saw the gun in Eli’s hand, but it was too late. She had been shot and slid down behind her car where he could not see her. The time for stealth was over. He leapt onto the roof of her car and beheaded the first Hunter with one swing of his sword.
    “Eli.” Ajax focused on the unconscious woman’s form, wrapped the energy of the air molecules around her and levitated her body until it came to rest behind him on the ground.
    “Ajax. I thought you were dead.”
    “You were wrong.”
    “Step aside and I’ll let you go. I only want the female.”
    Ajax shook his head. “How about I just kill you and your errand boys instead?”
    Eli looked from the sword Ajax held to the tranquilizer gun in his hand and shrugged. “I believe I'm underdressed.”
    “A coward’s weapon.”
    Eli smiled. “Do not feel sorry for her brother. You have no idea what she’s capable of.”Eli lifted his head, his gaze scanning the edges of the parking lot and surrounding sidewalks. They were beginning to draw attention and humans gathered, some filming on their cell phones, several already speaking with human police. Ajax knew that Eli’s hearing was as sensitive as his own. Human law enforcement would be here within minutes.
    “Leave her alone.”
    Eli stepped back away from the car and a portal opened behind him. “I can’t do that, not if I want to keep my head.”
    Eli disappeared and Ajax turned to the remaining Hunter, ready for a fight. He jumped down from the car and advanced on the enemy. This should be easy enough.
    Two more Hunters stepped from the breach and the portal snap closed behind them. Three.
    They rushed him together, a wave of evil sent to pull him under. He managed to take one head before they were on him. And then he had no choice.
    The Triscani were greedy, and they punctured his flesh with their clawed hands within seconds. The moment they did, they were lost. They believed themselves to be invincible, too strong together, even for an Immortal.
    But Ajax was not a simple Immortal, he was a forbidden son of the Itaran royal line, just as the Triscani were, an Immortal born with the dark gift that allowed him to absorb another’s soul. And the wrenching of an Immortal’s soul from their body was a matter of will. His will had been honed to a diamond’s strength while in his own personal hell…for centuries. The Triscani half bloods didn’t stand a chance.
    He turned them