Page 54 of Demon Rejected
The man was awake. I let Sparky loose with the desire to set this dirty place on fire, no matter what this place was. Fire was clean and pure.
“Hey, you have to stand up. I’ll help you, but we have to get out of here as fast as possible!"
He nodded. We were both but naked, and damn, he had a cute butt. I wasn’t worried about the fire; fire doesn’t do anything to me, but fire can kill him if he is a normal shifter. The man leaned against me. His skin was cold as ice. It felt almost as if I touched a frozen surface, except his skin was soft like velvet-covered frozen rocks or something.
As soon as I reached the door, Sparky melted back into me. She shared with me the feeling of the flames consuming everything around us. As I walked out of the building, a man I didn’t know headed toward me. I was ready to attack, but then he raised his hands. The wind sent a whiff of his scent.
“I’m on Ziggy’s team here to help.”
I wouldn’t have trusted his words, but I trusted his scent. He moved closer and took the guy leaning against me. I walked behind them, naked. The desert is a weird place to admire in the evening sun when you are fully naked.
I wasn’t registering the sounds of a battle in the background. Instead, all I felt was the clean force of the fire and the way it nourished me from the inside.
Ziggy showed up. I have no idea how or where he came from. A team surrounded him, and they all held weapons strapped over their bare chests. They were shifters who had morphed earlier and now pulled their jeans up. His arms closed around me, shielding me from everything.
“Scarlett, you’re crazy and awesome." He wrapped a blanket around my shoulders.
“Can you walk, or do you need me to carry you?"
“I’m good. Is Matt okay?"
“He’s at the SN center in Las Vegas. He will get well. I’m sure of that. He’s one stubborn mofo."
Ziggy laughed, but under that laugh was something else. Fear. “Who’s that?"
“I don’t know. He was in bad shape. I think he’s a shifter, but keep an eye on him. There’s something off about him."