Fallen Into Hell: Fallen: Book 2, Layna Snow [the mitten read aloud .TXT] 📗

given missions and you will complete them however we want you to complete them. You follow our orders, our rules, our decisions.”

And just sell his soul to these people? Nah, that wasn’t going to happen. He was done being commanded by people! First those uppity Archangels and now these people. Nopeity nope! It wasn’t going to happen.

“I have something for you, too. Not a contract but my foot up your a-”

“Adrian.” Thane ordered, calling his attention to the other big guy who liked to be in charge. Why did the massive men think they were the leaders?

“No, we can find Sophie another way. We don’t need this!” Thane didn’t listen to him the first time that they signed on with the Hunters, and now they were in this mess. Thane had been wrong about letting Phie go as well!

Like Hell Sin would follow his lead now!

A small shuffle behind Gage told him that they weren’t alone, but he didn’t detect a threat so he ignored it. He was busy!

But then a soft voice broke through his anger. “Sophia Torres?”

They knew her name? How the hell had she gotten onto the Hunters’ radar? What did this mean? Had they been tracking her? Maybe they bugged the cave! He had no idea how, but he wasn’t going to ignore that possibility.

“What do you know about Phie!” he demanded, jerking closer to the group.

He had been trying to hold his tongue, because he knew that was the only way to get what he wanted. But if they knew about Sophie then all bets were off!

Both Gage and Julian stood in his way, blocking the person who had just come into the room.

He couldn’t see the girl who spoke but that didn’t mean that he wouldn’t kick their ass!

Sin pushed up into Gage’s face, uncaring that Gage was taller, had more muscle. Or about the fact that if Gage turned into his monster form they’d all be fucked. Nothing gave you the advantage like anger

“Tell. Me. What. You. Know!” He growled.

Thane’s hands grabbed him, pulling Sin away from the other man, but the scant metres didn’t matter.

Sin would get the answers he needed.

“Eden will tell you, if you get control of yourself.” The big bear-of-a-man glared back.

Adrian took a few deep breaths, but it didn’t help the rage and impatience that churned inside of him. But it must have fooled the others.

Idiots!

Gage looked over his shoulder before nodding, and walked into the room farther. Both Sin and Thane moved so that they could keep everyone in eyeshot.

They didn’t want anyone at their backs. These people might have once been allies, but apparently they weren’t anymore.

The person who came into sight was a cute little sprite of a woman. She was short, and delicate looking. Her skin was like rich dark chocolate, her face perfectly sculpted. Her eyes were large and the color of black coffee. Her lips were lush, her cheekbones soft. He couldn’t tell about her body because she wore a shapeless dress.

In a way she reminded him of Sophie. Not in looks, no, they were completely opposite there. But her demeanour spoke of shyness. She looked like she was used to, and liked to be, overlooked.

In another time and another place he would have been all over that girl, but he felt nothing besides the appreciation of beauty. “Well aren’t you a hot little number.” He smiled at her.

“Her name is Eden.” The blond man said defensively. So this was the tech girl that he had heard so much about. He could dig that. There was a little genius trapped in that tiny body. He’d love to pick her brain sometime.

And yeah, so he noticed that she shied away a little as she blushed. The action causing a pretty red to float into her cheeks, making her skin colour warmer.

Then Julian sidled up closer, as if to protect her.

“No harm meant. Jeeze! It’s not like I’m going to molest the girl! I don’t even have time! Just tell good ol’ Sin what you know about Sophie.” He cooed, making his eyes as big as possible. Maybe a puppy-dog face would calm her down.

Well, it calmed Julian down! At least he assumed so by his smothered laughter. So, maybe he couldn’t pull off innocent well. It wasn’t exactly his forte.

“I.. well.. I came across her name. Umm… you see people are looking for some girls. No.. I should start from the beginning. Well… we are after a group. Oh shoot! Is that alright for me to tell them?” she asked Gage, her terror evident on her face.

To Eden’s relief—and Sin’s relief— the big ape nodded. “They are going to join anyways.” Oh! He shouldn’t be so sure of himself!

“Well, there is a group we’ve been after… and I noticed they were…umm… searching for two women. I think it has to do with….a potential member. And…well they were looking for them… and I covered their trails. One was… well….she was a girl named Emily. But the other was…well I’m sorry but she was your Sophia. “

Okay, he could handle that. Soph was in trouble. They could protect her. That wasn’t that difficult. And if they knew of her trail, they probably knew where she was now. No biggy.

He just had to convince the panic bubbling in his chest.

“Okay, so who are these people?” Surely they’d give him that information.

“Well….” The girl started, but thankfully Julian held a hand up to her, stopping her painfully awkward speech.

“They are the Alliance for Humanity. They claim to be for Human rights and protecting Humans from the Hidden. Under that though, they are just a business to cause chaos and make money. We think the main guy is a Werewolf. We also suspect that they are trying to raise the Devil