Read Darkness Awakened for Free Online Page A

gripped her tight. He held onto her so hard, as if he was afraid she’d bolt. Which would be the sane and logical thing to do. But she couldn’t find enough self-control or self-preservation to do that.
    Not now.
    Not when Finn’s other skilled hand skimmed her bare stomach and worked its way up to her covered breast. In an instant, he pulled one of the lace cups down and thumbed her nipple.
    Leaning back against the open hatch, she welcomed him into her embrace as she wrapped her legs around him. She clutched his shoulders as he began stroking over her hardening nipple the same way his tongue stroked her tongue.
    Rolling her hips against him, she savored the feel of his hard length. Even with their clothing as a barrier, the sensation of having him so close was scorching and combustible.
    When he reached around to unhook her bra, he suddenly froze at a buzzing sound. Her eyes flew open as she felt the vibration coming from his back pocket against her calf.
    Before he could say anything she removed her legs from around him and shoved at his chest. Guilt swept over her like a brutal tsunami. Even those few brief seconds were too much time wasted. Time she should be doing…something.
    He growled and angrily answered his phone while she turned away from him and tugged the T-shirt on. Without looking at him, she made her way to the front of the vehicle. The sun would be up soon and they needed to get back to his place. She’d never cared about her inability to walk in the daylight until now.
    Until her daughter needed her most.

 
    Chapter Four
     
     “I hate coming to this place,” Gabriel muttered as he put the SUV into park next to a sleek black car that probably cost half a million dollars.
    “Me too.” Finn stepped out into the sunshine. Gravel crunched under his feet as he made his way to the nondescript warehouse that most humans probably assumed was a place for storage. Located near a local marina, this warehouse looked like a dozen others in the vicinity all used to store RVs and boats. Of course it was soundproofed and very different inside.
    Even if Lyra had been able to come with him to this place, Finn wouldn’t have brought her to Bo Broussard’s nightclub for supernatural creatures. Well, it wasn’t exactly a nightclub since Bo, the half-demon half-human, kept it open practically 24/7.
    As Finn and Gabriel reached the simple white door—a slight shade lighter than the actual building—it swung open before he was able to knock. Finn glanced up at one of many discreet video cameras, knowing Bo was probably watching.
    The man—or ghoul, Finn realized as he took in the dark ring of red around his irises—who opened the door stepped back and nodded at both of them. “Bo’s in his office. Said you could go back.”
    Finn grunted as he and Gabriel stepped into a wide open space that housed the main bar. There were no windows in the two-story building. Just a bar that served anything any supernatural creature might want, a giant dance floor, muted music filtering in from unseen speakers, a few roped off booths with heavy curtains drawn back, and about a dozen rooms lay beyond a red door to their right. Behind that door were things Finn would prefer to never see. He knew Bo catered to a BDSM crowd but the half-demon never caused trouble and had a neutral territory for all creatures. Nothing non-consensual happened in here. It was fairly common knowledge that about eighty years ago Bo’s human mother had been taken against her will by a demon—and Bo had been born not long afterward. So whatever his faults or proclivities, the guy respected females.
    Since this was Finn’s territory he could kick Bo out of town, but Bo had never given him a reason to. He just hoped the half-demon would be able to provide the information he was looking for.
    Striding across the open floor to another simple white door, he opened it into a hallway. There were a few doors to choose from but he knew which one was Bo’s. The