Demon Hunters 3: Tainted (Stand Alone Series) (Demon Hunters.) Read Online Free PDF Page A

not straight after dreaming of it. She had no idea where he’d been all this time and didn’t care. She didn’t need Remedy hanging around to remind her of what had happened that night.
    “I found some demon hunters to teach you.” He pushed away from the door.
    “I don’t need your help.” Her hand tightened on the knife. Nor did she want his help. Hate and anger filled her, replacing the guilt and sorrow that had woken her.
    “You will take all the help I offer. I won’t have you dead. Understand?” He stopped in front of her, his eyes meeting hers. “You might not want to live, but I do.”
    Cassidy forced herself to hold her ground. The knifepoint was almost against his chest. Only centimetres and she could drive it into him. But she couldn’t bring herself to do it. She wanted to live. Turning away, she slid the knife back into place, her back to the demon. “I don’t need your help. I don’t trust you.” She straightened, still keeping her back to him. He reminded her too much of her nightmares.
    His hand on her shoulder turned her to face him. “I don’t care what you want. You chose to bind us, now you live with the consequences. Get dressed and I’ll take you there.”
    “How?” She eyed him suspiciously.
    The demon laughed sharply. “Not with a click of my fingers. You’ll drive your car. I’ll direct you. Now get ready.”
    Cassidy shook her head. They’d expect her to talk to them. “I can’t. I don’t want to see anyone.” It had been weeks since she’d seen anyone, months since she’d wanted to see anyone.
    “You can and you will.” Flames leapt in his eyes and he growled, “Get ready.”
    She knocked his hand from her shoulder with her forearm. “Stop bossing me around.”
    “Then stop sulking in your room. What have you to worry over? You still have an entire life ahead of you. A very, very long life.” His lips curved into a smile, the flames in his eyes settling to a flicker.
    Cassidy frowned. Was he clairvoyant? “How do you know it’ll be long?”
    “Because I don’t plan to die.”
    It took several moments for the pieces to fall into place. “No.” This time she did back away from him. She didn’t get far. Her legs hit the bed behind her and she dropped down to sit on the firm mattress. She shook her head. “No. Impossible.” She hadn’t tried to do anything like that. She’d just wanted to live through the night and somehow avenge her father. She hadn’t been thinking any further than that.
    The smile became a grin. “Most people are overjoyed at the thought of living forever.”
    She struggled to form a clear thought. “Will I age?”
    “Imperceptibly.”
    “How long will I be eighteen?”
    “A very long time.”
    This comment brought her to her feet and she struck out at him. He grabbed her wrist, imprisoning it. “Damn you,” she hissed. She stopped struggling, allowing him to hold her wrist. There was no way she could break free from his iron grip.
    He let her go. “I was damned a long time ago by far better than you. Now get ready. I might have forever but that doesn’t mean I wish to waste time on this useless conversation.”
    With one last glare, Cassidy turned and slid past the demon. She pulled clothes from her built-in wardrobe and retreated to the bathroom to change into black jeans and a black t-shirt. She looked down at herself. How was she meant to carry a weapon? She had no idea. The demon better not let anything happen to her until she could find a way to arm herself inconspicuously. Better yet, he could provide her with some weapons. She flung open the bathroom door and nearly ran into Remedy, who now stood in the hallway.
    Her eyes narrowed. “You can’t see through walls, can you?”
    “Worried about your virtue, little girl?”
    “I’m not a little girl,” she muttered as she pushed past him. She rubbed at her left wrist, wondering at the burning sensation. She pushed that thought from her mind. There were other things