Bound By Fate Blind Fury Book 1 – Annabel Chase

“Maya.” His voice sounded like he was speaking from the depths of a great void. “That’s my name. Don’t wear it out.” “You are mine.” “I’m amazed you can read the letters on those candy hearts. They’re so small. Plus—” I motioned to him. “No head.” The dullahan was unimpressed by my attempts at humorous deflection. “The die has been cast.”

He extended a hand, unfurling a set of slender, knobby fingers the color of moonlight. “This need not be difficult.” “I’m afraid it does because I’m not leaving with you. I have a duty to the people who live here.” “Your duty is now to me.” “I’m afraid we’ve reached an impasse.” My mind was spinning with options—none of them good. If I couldn’t fight my way out of this, then I needed to buy time until I could come up with a better plan.

“How about this? You let me complete my task, and then I’ll let you complete yours.” “Why should I indulge you when I can simply take you by force?” “Because that’s not your style. If it were, you would’ve already done it.” The dullahan seemed to accept my interpretation as fact. “I prefer my souls to come willingly. Their energy is easier to absorb.” “Then I suggest you wait, because I will fight tooth and nail.

Trust me, it will be the polar opposite of willingly.” The dullahan set his head upon his shoulders. “When do you expect to finish your obligation?” “That’s the tricky part, friend. I’m trying to solve two murders, but murder investigations aren’t exactly in my wheelhouse.” I was flying blind, by the seat of my pants, and with my hair on fire all at the same time. The hellfire eyes burned at me. “Why should I oblige you?”

“Because I will be a very special feather in your cap, friend. All your friends will be jealous.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Cover design by Trif Formatted with Vellum 1kitap1.com/en Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Author’s Note 1kitap1.com/en M Chapter One y life was a series of Monday mornings with an occasional Thursday afternoon wedged between them.

Never mind that today was Sunday. I checked the clock on my phone. If I skipped a shower, I’d only be ten minutes late to work. Judd would complain, but then I’d offer to work the night shift and miraculously, he’d get over it. One of the many reasons he and I made a good team.

My phone suddenly lit up in my hand, and I dropped it like a live grenade. It hit the edge of my nightstand and fell onto the carpet with a thump. With great reluctance, I slid the upper half of my body outside the cocoon of blankets I’d created to retrieve the phone. Not a regular call. A Code Red at Gwen McCluskey’s. I wriggled all the way out of the cocoon, falling far short of a butterfly, and rushed to get dressed. I felt like Batman responding to the Bat signal—if Batman were an assistant security director and Gotham City were a secret retirement village for paranormal beings on an island off the coast of Savannah.

I swapped my T-shirt and sweatshorts for my only slightly classier security uniform, then opened the door to the spare closet. Weapons weren’t allowed on the island except for those owned and operated by the two-person security team. I also kept my own stash that nobody knew about, remnants of days gone by that my paranoia wouldn’t let me off-load. The weapons were locked up and warded, not that anybody was interested in raiding my meager cottage. If they dared, they’d be intercepted by an ornery stray cat before they reached the front step.

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