Asmodeus: Demon of Lust---Part One (Princes of Hell) Read Online Free PDF Page A

and Angels. It’s a local biker joint but they make a mean burger. Folks come from all over to check out the place.”
    “Funny you mention that place. I’m meeting a friend there for dinner, which can’t come a moment too soon. I’m starving.” Kai’s stomach rumbled, reminding her that she hadn’t eaten in hours. It was in part because she’d been so busy and also because she was nervous about this date with Ben. “I hear their burgers are great, although it’s practically the only game in town.”
    “That would be correct.” He winked. “Our little town is made up of the post office, my gas station, a motel and two bars. Not exactly a hot spot,” he laughed.
    Smiling, Kai glanced back outside at the man on the motorcycle as Clive started to tell her about his favorite item on the menu. But she barely heard him because she was too busy staring at the guy climbing off the motorcycle. She knew Clive was talking but he sounded far away as if the world around her had detached from her somehow.
    Wearing mirrored aviators, the man stood and swung his leg over what had to be a Harley Davidson. Mesmerized, she watched as he gassed up his bike. He had to be at least six foot four, with a broad well-muscled back that was covered by a white t-shirt, leaving his perfectly sculpted and tanned arms in plain sight. Faded blue jeans skimmed over his legs and dusty black motorcycle boots kicked up dirt as he put the gas pump back in its place.
    It wasn’t his strikingly handsome profile that had Kai feeling dizzy and displaced. Kai’s heart raced and the ring on her finger felt hot against her skin as she squinted. She blinked because she couldn’t quite believe what she was seeing—or more to the point—what she wasn’t seeing.
    This man, whoever he was, had no aura.
    Beware the Dark Ones.
    As the words whispered through her mind, the man stilled and turned around slowly until he faced the storefront. Even though he was wearing those mirrored sunglasses, Kai sensed he was looking directly at her.
    Sweat broke out over her flesh and her body shook as she watched him stalk across the parking lot toward the door of the smoky shop. Maybe she was wrong and it was a trick of the light or the sun got in her eyes, blinding her and preventing her from seeing his glow.
    He had to have an aura. There was no such thing as the Dark Ones.
    As he got closer with each step, it became glaringly clear that he was without light. Kai backed up slowly and clutched the strap of the bag draped across her chest as fear and confusion swamped her. It suddenly felt as though it was a thousand degrees and as if all the air had been sucked out of the room. The long sundress she wore seemed to stick to her like a second skin as she started to sweat from head to toe.
    The stranger opened the door and the tiny bell above announced his entrance. Kai backed into a rack of chips and froze as she stared at the man through wide frightened eyes.
    The door swung shut behind him as he removed his sunglasses and looked at her with the most piercing, pale blue eyes she’d ever seen. Jet-black hair and dark eyebrows framed that intense gaze as he stared at Kai with something akin to awe.
    “Well, I’ll be a son of a bitch,” he breathed. A wide smile cracked the handsome stranger’s face as his eyes drifted over her. “Looks like I drew the lucky card after all.”
    “Kai?” Clive, his voice edged with worry, stood from his stool and leaned over the counter. “Are you okay, girl?”
    Kai gaped at the stranger and fought to catch her breath. She wasn’t mistaken. It wasn’t the sun playing tricks on her and as the reality of the situation settled over her, everything started to spin.
    “Kai?” The man’s voice, deep and seductive, washed over her. “Well, then I am one lucky devil.”
    “Y-you’re a Dark One,” she murmured. As the last word escaped her lips, Kai wavered on her feet and the world went black.
     
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