Runes of Truth (A Demon's Fall #1)(6)
“Fucking hell, this is why I’m not into bondage,” I grit out, making the Protector who cuffed me chuckle a little.
“Connor, take her to the car,” the Protector holding Hali says. Connor goes to grab my arm, and I step back.
“I can walk to the car, you don’t need to pull me like some caveman,” I say, walking forward, with Connor following me, lightly chuckling. Damn, he has a sexy chuckle, and that’s not what I need to be thinking about. I keep my eyes on the Protectors as they put Hali into a car, shutting the door behind them, and the car takes off quickly, silently. Three Protectors stay near me, one opening the door to a sleek black Mercedes. I slide in, watching the door shut behind me, and two of the Protectors getting into the front seats.
“If they hurt Hali, if any of you do, I’m going to murder you all. One by one, and that’s a damn promise,” I tell them. I try to keep my voice calm, unlike my emotions, as I rest back in the seat.
“I don’t doubt it, we all know who you are,” the man driving the car says, his purple eyes catching mine in the mirror. His cloak hood falls down, showing off his rugged, strong-looking face, a five o’clock shadow, and a seriousness to his tight-lipped expression. The grumpy Protector looks like he has a stick up his ass.
“What are you waiting for? Drive, grumpy,” I smirk, keeping my emotions hidden because I have no idea where they are taking me or what they want. Whatever it is, I’m never helping them. I’d rather kill them first.
“Welcome to the island of the Protectors, and to the royal court,” the grumpy Protector driving says in the most unwelcoming tone ever, as we drive straight towards an empty looking cliff. Finally, one of them talks to me. I know the Protector in the passenger seat is Connor, only because he spoke to grumpy once. It’s been a dead quiet three-hour drive, and I’m starving. I also have no plan to escape, and no idea where we even are. I look over at grumpy, and then at the speed he is driving us at as I think about what he just said. I look behind us at the car following us, the one I know Hali is in and then back to the cliff. Is he really going to drive us off a cliff?
“Are you fucking crazy? Don’t drive off a cliff–” I stop shouting when the car goes off the cliff, but it’s not a cliff at all, it’s a long road that just appears out of nowhere. A gold freakin road. I lean forward, looking at the five gold towers in the distance, the many gold roads stretched across the sea that lead up to the little city. It’s a hidden city, one I’ve heard of, but no one actually has any proof that it exists. Just rumours on the streets. Rumours from demons that say they have been here, but you can never trust a word from a demon. If anyone knows that, it’s me.
“So, you guys like gold then?” I ask sarcastically. There is a crap-ton of gold stuff. Any thief would have a field day here.
“Do you like blue?” Connor asks, smirking as he puts his hood down, and I finally can see some of his handsome features. He has golden hair, wavy and messy, but out of the way of his gold eyes. He reminds me of a lion in a way, an attractive way. I don’t answer him, knowing he is just taking the piss out of my blue hair.
“Blue, are you not going to reply?” Connor asks me, and the other Protector whacks him on the arm before returning his hand to the wheel.
“Don’t flirt with her, she is a fucking assassin,” he snaps at Connor.
“Trex, don’t be so stuck up. They are going to kill her anyway, if she doesn't help us, why not be nice?” Connor says, his voice downright seductive. He reminds me of succubus demons, they have sexy voices that can make you do anything they ask.
“You mean try to fuck her before they kill her?” Trex replies.
“I’m right here,” I interrupt, and then slowly drift my eyes up and down Connor’s muscular form. “Although I don’t mind the fucking idea, but that might have to wait.” Connor smirks, opening his pretty mouth to say something, but Trex interrupts.
“Both of you, shut it. Connor, do remember you have a job to do, and you can’t afford to fuck this one up. None of us can,” Trex’s harsh words do something to Connor, as he sits back and does just as he is told. I don’t bother speaking to them anymore, looking back at the secret damn city as we drive up to the towers. When we get closer, I notice they are less like towers and more like city high-rises. All glass windows on one side, and gold walls on the others. The protectors drive us straight towards the biggest tower in the middle, and I focus on the outside. There are no Protectors to be seen, it’s like a ghost town in here. The sidewalk is even gold. Where the hell do they get the money for a place like this? I glance up at the two angel statues outside the building, one on each side. Humans say Protectors have a tiny amount of both angel and demon blood, making them perfect to protect them.
“Where are all your people? Children?” I ask, distracting myself from my thoughts. This is a place I never thought I’d ever be.
“They know you are coming here, so they have all hidden,” Trex answers me.
“That’s a little bit of an overreaction, don’t you think?” I ask, trying not to laugh at the serious look he gives me through the mirror.
“No, it’s no overreaction at all. Now shut up,” he snaps, and I laugh as I sit back. After about ten minutes of driving through the town, we pull up to the biggest building. I look behind, not seeing the car Hali was in. I can’t believe I was distracted.