Witches
Be Burned
Magic & Mayhem # 2
Magic & Mayhem # 2
By: Stacey Kennedy
Releasing May 19th, 2015
Loveswept
Blurb
In
Stacey Kennedy’s steamy paranormal romance novel, a rookie guardian sworn to
combat the undead risks life and love in a world of violence, witchcraft, and
seduction.
Nexi Jones has lost her family, she’s been stripped of her guardian duties, and she’s still learning the ins and outs of white magic. At least she has Kyden, the smoldering hot elite guardian who’s been there for her every step of the way. But just as Nexi completes her training, tragedy strikes the Otherworld when a fellow guardian is murdered by a group of rogue vampires. Ready or not, she and Kyden trek into the Earthworld to hunt down a killer—and Nexi alone will be put to the ultimate test.
Although Kyden knows that Nexi must fight her own battles, his guardian instincts are raging as he struggles to keep her close. The ruthlessness of these vampires is like nothing he’s ever seen. And at their helm is the Black Witch Astoria, a demon with one burning desire: to shed Nexi’s blood in the name of vengeance. What troubles Kyden even more, though, is the warlock who covets Nexi’s heart. Let the devil do his worst . . . all Kyden can do is love and protect Nexi until his last breath.
Nexi Jones has lost her family, she’s been stripped of her guardian duties, and she’s still learning the ins and outs of white magic. At least she has Kyden, the smoldering hot elite guardian who’s been there for her every step of the way. But just as Nexi completes her training, tragedy strikes the Otherworld when a fellow guardian is murdered by a group of rogue vampires. Ready or not, she and Kyden trek into the Earthworld to hunt down a killer—and Nexi alone will be put to the ultimate test.
Although Kyden knows that Nexi must fight her own battles, his guardian instincts are raging as he struggles to keep her close. The ruthlessness of these vampires is like nothing he’s ever seen. And at their helm is the Black Witch Astoria, a demon with one burning desire: to shed Nexi’s blood in the name of vengeance. What troubles Kyden even more, though, is the warlock who covets Nexi’s heart. Let the devil do his worst . . . all Kyden can do is love and protect Nexi until his last breath.
The bright flash of blue
light cleared from Kyden’s eyes as the intense, suffocating wind caused by
teleportation from the Otherworld began to fade. The alternate universe
parallel to Earth, or the Earthworld, as it’s known to supernaturals, could be
accessed by any supernatural at the gateway of the runes of Saint Andrews
Castle in Scotland, or a much faster way, through a doorway located in the
Otherworld’s castle, a portal designed by the original witch, Gwendolen, who
signed the treaty of allegiance with Earth’s supernaturals, who sought a more
peaceful life.
Kyden looked about at the
suburban, tree-lined street. He noted that the Earthworld was vastly different
from the Otherworld—even their smells. Plus, the sheer size of Earth astounded
him, as the Otherworld was a speck of a planet as small as Vatican City with its population of eight
hundred.
A light breeze brushed
across Kyden, and the sword strapped to his bare back banged against his skin,
reminding him of the job he had to do tonight. He surveyed the street, noting
the eerie silence. At night most humans in the Earthworld slept. Nighttime in
the Otherworld was when everyone awakened, including the Council’s Guard as
this is when they hunted killers.
Energy stayed at Kyden’s
back, keeping the portal to the Otherworld open for his return home. Moving
forward, he stepped out of the shadows that had kept him hidden through
teleportation.
The wretched scent of garbage
forced his breathing to go shallow as he strode beneath the light post,
focusing on the red-brick bungalow and the vampire sitting on the steps wearing
a grim expression. To the vamp’s right, Kyden noticed a werewolf, who he’d
worked with before on cases in Salt Lake City. Dressed in army pants and a
black sleeveless T-shirt, the lean, athletic werewolf tracker Alazar looked
lethal.
Kyden stepped onto the
curb, nodding his head at Alazar. “Good to see you again.”
The wolf’s amber eyes
blazed as he raked a hand through his dark hair. “Not under these
circumstances, believe me. It’s a bad case.”
Kyden’s muscles flexed in
anticipation as he turned to the detective, offering his hand. “Detective
Myles?”
The vamp nodded and rose,
returning the handshake. “Thanks for coming so quickly.” His pale blue eyes
were alert, his thin lips pulled into a straight line. “The scene has been
cleansed. We’re ready to move ahead.” Which meant that the vampires in the
Council’s Guard had erased memories and implanted new ones in the minds of any
human police called to the scene and any witnesses who’d seen or heard the
murder.
Each member of the
Council’s Guard played an important role. Werewolves depended on their
heightened sense of scent to track killers. Vampires used their mind-altering
abilities to glamour minds. Witches used magic to assist guardians when needed.
And guardians hunted and destroyed murderers.
While the Otherworld
suspected that the highest levels of Earth’s mortal government knew of
supernaturals’ existence, they also assumed those officials knew that the
Otherworld destroyed any supernatural threats. Kyden remained unsure if the
government knew that the Council’s supernaturals had infiltrated all major
cities’ police departments to keep on top of their crimes. Though he believed
it didn’t matter much if they did, the system worked to keep mortals safe, as
well as to keep the truth about supernaturals a secret from the human
population.
The last thing the
Otherworld needed was trouble that mirrored the history of the Salem witch
trails, which was when Earth’s supernaturals realized they needed a change or
they would be annihilated. The treaty to keep the secret of supernaturals’
existence from the population safeguarded against that tragedy ever happening
again.
History had proven that
mortals couldn’t cope with the existence of supernaturals. Secrecy was the only
way to ensure the supernatural races thrived.
Those dark memories
tainted Kyden’s mind as he glanced to the house with the cherry- red door, not
seeing or hearing any movement inside, indicating only the dead remained.
Biting back the urge to make assumptions, he turned to Myles. “Anything I need
to know about the case?”
“It’s unusual, to say the
least,” Myles replied briskly.
Kyden’s adrenaline
spiked, rushing like rich energy through his veins. “All right. Show me what we
got.”
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Author Info
Stacey
Kennedy is the USA Today bestselling author of the Club Sin series. Growing up,
Stacey’s mind wandered the path less traveled, and that path most often led to
love. She has always broken rules and she continues to feed off emotion—always
staying true to her heart. Those traits are now the bones of her stories. She
lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, who puts any of the heroes in
her books to shame, and their two young children. If she’s not on Mom duty or
plugging away at a new story, you’ll find Stacey camping in the summer,
hibernating in the winter, and obsessing over Penny Dreadful, Game of Thrones,
and Sons of Anarchy.
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