by Azure Boone
Skylar glanced around again, growing more nervous with each passing moment. What were they waiting for, anyway?
Across the table next to the green angel named Vektor, the black archangel glowered at her. He was—
The air in the huge chamber changed. Skylar shuddered in the sudden chill and instinctively dragged in a deep breath of the thickened air.
A brilliant green tornado whirled momentarily just past the end of the table. A giant materialized there, like a knight in shining green armor. He stood like a statue glaring at everyone at the table in turn, sparing no one, then dropped into the huge chair at the head of the table. A thick stack of folders thudded to the stone, edges precisely parallel to the table's edge.
He gave the quad members a collective nod. "Welcome. Thanks to you, we have achieved a significant victory over the enemy." He snapped his fingers and the wall behind him transformed into a video screen of magnificent proportions. The screen displayed an image that seemed slightly familiar.
The swirling action cleared to reveal Toren and Samantha at the center of a swarm of the monkey men. The pair moved with lethal precision and the creatures dropped around them like rag dolls.
The giant spoke again. "Toren and Samantha eradicated an entire hive of these creatures as well as the demon lord Reftelen, who served Hetarne directly." The screen opened another scene.
They were looking down into a cavernous building, divided into a maze of curtained cubicles. The smaller cubicles, constructed on wheeled dollies, were moved singly and in small groups into the center of a dozen much larger compartments. The curtains were stripped down to display whatever sat upon the dolly. People in the larger compartments looked and bid to purchase the goods, all while their identities were protected from one another.
The things being sold varied. Crates of guns. Bulk packages of various drugs. Young sobbing women. The buyers were permitted to leave their cubicles one at a time to inspect the goods before bidding.
As the video segment played, short audio clips also rolled. People spoke in various languages, giving the effect of channel surfing.
"Stop. Go back."
Skylar had to look around to figure out who spoke. If the others hadn't turned to look at him, she might not have realized who it was until much later. The one with the brilliant diamond eyes was the center of the others' attention.
The emerald looking giant in command nodded and snapped his fingers.
“Listen,” the diamond angel instructed as the replay resumed.
Everybody tuned in carefully. A female voice came from the screen. "Dear God, please grant that poor child a quick death and allow me to suffer in his stead."
“Where is it coming from?” the diamond angel asked.
The emerald boss guy panned the view around to reveal a small boy being poked and prodded by two older men. The child stood trembling in terrified silence with tears rolling down his small face.
The angel moved the view around again, searching out the woman who had spoken. Slender and blonde, perhaps in her thirties, she murmured the prayer once more.
“She doesn’t even know the child.” The Vektor guy sounded astonished.
Murmurs erupted in another language suddenly and the emerald man pounded his fist on the table. “English!”
The voices ceased almost immediately. “Sorry.” The yellow angel looked at the quads. “We just rarely witness that level of faith and sacrifice.”
“Back it up again and run the faith meter.” This from the angel that reminded her of fire.
The video replayed and a bar appeared on the right of the screen. The air became literally tense in the room as they waited for her prayer. At the moment it came, the bar glowed to a blinding white. Chaos abounded with several of the angels standing and all of them erupting in the same gibberish from before. In addition to this, the diamond angel got up and headed to the exit it seemed.
"Lyght! Where are you going?" The emerald man roared.
Without turning, the angel’s wings erupted behind him, a breathtaking diamond radiance. Just before exiting he paused and presented a perfectly sculpted profile and an eye that looked like a ten-carat diamond. "I'm going to get my wife and child."
Samantha let out a gasp and pointed to the screen that was frozen on the woman's face. "Oh my God. That’s Kassie!"
~~ THE END ~~
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And now, for our other books! These are all available at Amazon.com.
Johnny Blue by Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
A beautiful Cajun woman seeking penance for her children’s death, steps out of her shell and helps a bum.
Jewel puts ten years of therapy to use by playing Good Samaritan one day. Overhearing the town boys talk about pulling a prank on the bum who pushes his shopping cart around town painting murals on the tired country stores, she decides to warn him.
At the rundown building where the bum seems to stay, she's shocked to be greeted with a clean shaven man wearing only jeans, a compelling smile, and endless sex appeal. Jewel is suddenly like a bumbling teenager with hormones she’d thought were destroyed by her abusive ex.
When Johnny meets Jewel and sees that her beauty is far more than skin deep, he can't resist answering the need so plain in her eyes. But surrendering to Johnny’s fiery love will mean releasing the guilt of her past sins that refuse to let her live.
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Akira Tong For Christmas by Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
If you like funny heroines and sexy Asian men, check out Azure's Christmas novella! (I had a blast writing this one)
At twenty-four, Sarah Shelby twiddles her thumbs on a Mississippi farm while her identical twin, Anna, parades the world as a prestigious Tour Guide. But wh
en her sister falls ill and her job is on the line, Sarah sees an opportunity for an adventure she's often fantasized about. Ecstatic, she sets off for New York City where she'll impersonate her sister as a tour guide, and spend two weeks at an extravagant hotel at Christmas time!
Things quickly take a disastrous turn when Sarah learns she'll have to stay in the same suite with her assignment, Akira Tong. One of Japan's richest bachelors and heart throbs, the obnoxious scrooge has no respect for her or her carefully laid out itinerary. And without the cheat sheet, she's sure to blow her facade.
But that turns out to be the least of her problems. Akira strutting around half naked in his god-like body, lights Sarah's hormonal fuse. Soon she's a sexual time bomb, saying and doing scandalous things. Before long, having the sexy Akira Tong as her first is all she can think about. Only there's a lot more to Akira than Sarah perceives. And by the time she discovers the secret, it's a lot more than a job that's on the line.
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The Devil Wants A China Doll By Azure Boone Paranormal Romance
If you're a lover of Paranormal Romance, written in a first person dark hero voice, check this one out!
Rone Kreed wants Sheeku in every way imaginable. Which is kind of impossible when possessed with a demon who devours souls with a kiss and spreads eternal damnation through his seed. But Sheeku has a power that protects her from the demon's sadistic intoxicant, tempting Rone to play ever closer to the fires of her innocent, yet demanding desires. When he learns that protecting her from her insane mafia family will require his hand in marriage, exorcism becomes imperative. Because he's one sweet beg away from surrendering to the woman he's fallen in love with, and giving the demon her angelic soul.
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Safe Heart, by Kenra Daniels Paranormal Romance
Book 1 in the "Blood Dragon" series; If you like DRAGONshifters and vampires, this one's for you!
Assigned to rescue a vampire kidnapped by humans determined to exterminate them, a weredragon Enforcer falls in love. Will betrayal keep them apart?
Can the pursuit of true love overcome the fear of society’s rejection and exile? Vampire Jaden Beayer thinks so. When she is kidnapped and tortured by humans, her government sends weredragon Enforcer Kiellen Henley to find her. After her recovery, Jaden convinces Kiellen to help her track down the humans responsible for her torture and exact revenge on them. The problem is, Jaden feels Kiellen is the missing ingredient for her complete recovery. Kiellen believes she has mistaken gratitude for attraction, and despite his overpowering need, he rejects her attempts at seduction.
As they face violence and betrayal from unexpected sources, Jaden’s quest for revenge becomes one for justice. Kiellen’s resistance evolves into acceptance and love. Jaden wants forever with Kiellen, but he’s realistic. They simply can’t be together because they are enemies. Weredragons and vampires have always been at war, and a relationship between Kiellen and Jaden could even endanger the fragile centuries-long truce.
When Jaden is finally safe and Kiellen’s name has been cleared, Kiellen says goodbye, leaving Jaden devastated and himself dangerously heart broken. Will Jaden ever be able to help Kiellen overcome his fears of prejudice and exile, and fulfill their love, making her his forever? Or will their love spark open warfare and send them both to the death penalty?
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Don't miss "Blood Dragon 2: Heart of Stone" coming 2013!
The Weredragon Background:
Today's weredragons are the modern descendants of an alien species that arrived on Earth during the infancy of humankind. These highly intelligent reptiles, with their technological advances, considered themselves THE Apex predator. Humans weren't their preferred prey, being considered unpalatable and too much trouble for too little reward, even if they were the most intelligent, adaptable prey on the planet.
When dragons discovered vampires preying on humans, they couldn't allow the challenge to their superiority go unmet. A long and bloody war erupted between the two predator species, but the war only served to keep both populations under control.
Dragons adapted their chameleon-like ability to take the shapes of other life forms and learned to shape shift into human bodies. The skill allowed dragons to live secretly among humans like the vampires did, but didn't give them a real advantage in the war.
As human populations increased and became organized, they started to hunt dragons and vampires. Most dragons lived the majority of their lives in human form and eventually lost the ability to take on other forms. Around the same time, they began calling themselves 'weredragons' in an attempt to alleviate the brutal, predatory image humans held of them.
Today, vampires and weredragons are still enemies, but a long-term truce is in effect, enforced by the Inter Racial Council. Both continue to live secretly among humans, and only rarely cross paths.
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Tight Spaces by Kenra Daniels Erotic Paranormal Romance! Book 1 in the "Double Dare Club" series of Erotic Paranormal Romance Novellas
A lonely woman goes dancing with friends to kick the Bad Breakup Anniversary Blues. Her fantasy-man is willing to help, until her lowlife ex ambushes him.
With the first anniversary of the messy break up of a long-term relationship bearing down, Amy has the blues. When her friends suggest an evening at the Double Dare, she reluctantly agrees to go along. She doesn't do the casual sex thing, but it'll be good to spend time with her friends.
Seeing Jesse at the Double Dare immediately cheers her up. She's fantasized over him for months. The evening gets more pleasant as they heat up the dance floor. Things go from hot to sizzling, until her ex shows up and confronts Amy in a low blow. Will his interference deter Jesse from continuing what could be the start of something wonderful?
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Don't miss "Double Dare Club 2: Open Door" coming 2013!
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The Broken Series Erotic Romance Novellas Box Set from Azure Boone:
Sofia follows a dare and sets an appointment with the hot gynecologist she's crushing on. After an embarrassing series of events, she feigns a diabetes attack, leaves his office and prays she never sees him again. Two days later, she meets him in the supermarket and he asks her to dinner.
Daniel deals with his dark past by pleasuring women. Very selective with who he chooses for his erotic games, his next available choice, Sofia, doesn't measure up to the kind of woman he needs. But with his options near zero, he decides to take a chance, and soon discovers that pleasuring Sofia opens a door to a rewarding new desire.
And you simply can't miss the Archangels Creed Supplemental Series:
Archangels Creed Puzzle Pieces will give readers insight into the Enemy's overall plans and the Archangels' plans to combat them. This series of novellas will give glimpses of the hearts and minds capable of such depravities, and the impact on those who carry out the plans. You'll meet the masterminds, the go-betweens, the demon Over Lords and the human pawns, as well as some of the monsters themselves. These novellas will be filled with clues about both sides in the battle. What are their weaknesses and strengths? What vulnerabilities can be used against them? Find out where the whole thing originated, where it's going, and what will happen in between.
AC Puzzle Pieces 1: Wager
Nearly twelve years before the beginning of the Archangels Creed Mission, in a small private laboratory somewhere in the United States, a genetic engineer finds success with the birth of an animal unlike any other.
In his never-ending search for opportunities to exploit, Satan's top Lieutenant, Socerith, learns of the animal and before long, finds a way to turn the entire operation to Satan's benefit. Socerith's plot unleashes an abomination on mankind in a horror unlike anything that's gone before.
Jason hates his dead-end job feeding animals and cleaning up shit, but it's better than the other dead-end jobs in a dead-end town. Always looking for a way to something better, he leaps when opportunity knocks. Will his deal with the Devil unl
eash Hell on Earth and curse his blood forever?
Join Annie, Jason, Tina and Cutter as they become pawns in a plot of unimaginable magnitude!
Archangels Creed Close Ups give a look at what the couples involved in all the Quads do between the main segments of the mission. You'll see more romance, more character development, more interpersonal relationships and get to know the characters as the real, multi-dimensional people they are. Best of all, there'll be more scorching intimate scenes. These novellas will greatly broaden the scope of the overall series plot and give a taste of what happens during downtime, as well as wrapping up details from the novels. Some of the characters will move forward with preliminary parts of future operations and others will handle minor missions. New characters will be introduced before they move into the novels and minor plot points will be explored and developed.
If you love Archangels Creed, you can't miss a single Puzzle Piece or Close Up!
And in Fall 2014, The Diamond Warrior Archangel, Lyght, will be Summoned! You already know his wife, but the rest of Lyght's Quad and the circumstances surrounding them remain a mystery! You can be assured, he will face insurmountable odds, tragedy and controversy from the very beginning, and that's before the Enemy even puts in an appearance!