City In Embers by Stacey Marie Brown EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Stacey Marie Brown
- Language: English
- Formats: PDF / EPUB
- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Fantasy Adventure Fiction
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
The pavement came up, slamming against the soles of my shoes. My
legs stretched farther, leaping over a garbage can. Trying to slow me, the
entity I ran after hurled another container to the ground, which crashed loudly
in the narrow, grimy lane. My breath held in my lungs as I sailed over the
bin, keeping my pace through the dark, shadowy maze.
“Zoey!” I heard Daniel call my name. My head swiveled to see his
outline point down an alley, splitting off from the one we were in. I gave a
nod and turned my focus ahead. We had been working together for almost
three years, and I knew even by the lift of his eyebrow what he meant. We
knew every inch of the alleyways in downtown Seattle by heart. The one he
went into now eventually turned and intersected this one.
Breath pumped radically in my lungs as I sprinted after our target. This
one was faster than most. He slithered around a dumpster, veiling his
position. My fingers wrapped around the grip of the gun harnessed on my
right side when the guy came back into my view. It was a dart gun, filled
with a high dose of chloroform. The real gun loaded with special faedesigned ammo was attached to my left side and was only used in emergency
cases. In my three years, I only used it a handful of times. Hopefully, tonight
was not one of those occasions.
The long, lean body cut around a corner, disappearing from sight once
again. I rounded the bend and down the alley in pursuit when a trash lid came
hurtling at my head like a Frisbee. With a squeak, I threw myself onto the
uneven terrain. The metal rim grazed my head, hitting the wall before it
clattered to the pavement.
The man’s lip twisted in a scowl as he took off running. Scrambling up,
I tore after it. It. Him. Whatever. In reality, he was fae. And fae meant vile,
threating, loathsome creatures.
“Dammit,” I mumbled as the figure hopped onto a dumpster and
bounced up to grab the building’s escape ladder. Aiming my dart gun at his
back, my fingers twitched on the trigger.
I only had one dart. If I missed, it
would be all over, and Daniel was too far away. Our target would slip
through our fingers. Shoving the weapon back into my holder, I scrambled up
the bin. My jeans tore on a bent piece of metal, slicing deep into my knee.
Sucking in a hiss of pain, I jumped for the fire escape, climbing the rungs to
the roof.
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