Free Hunted by Darkness (Darkness #4) by Katie Reus

ultimate chaos but this was a strange, dangerous place and they had no idea where the door was to get out of this realm. She wasn’t even sure how big the realm was. If it was as expansive as earth, who knew how long it could take them to escape.
    “If you can transport stuff from the human realm, can you transport us out?” Nyx asked Ian, thinking of the male’s powers.
    He shook his head and from Bo’s expression he’d already known the answer. “No, it doesn’t work like that. But I know where a few doors are. It’ll take you maybe a day to get to the nearest one.”
    At least that was something. When another howl sounded way too close for her comfort, she asked, “Why do you live here?”
    Ian lifted a shoulder. “We have properties in the human realm but…life is simpler here for us. We spend the majority of our time here.”
    Rory just grunted in agreement with his half-brother.
    A chorus of howls filled the air and she shivered.
    “They smell you.” Rory’s voice broke through the silence.
    She looked up to find him and Ian looking at her—and Bo glaring at Rory.
    “Me?”
    The male nodded once. “They won’t be able to track you here, but your scent is affecting some of the night creatures.”
    “I smell?”
    “You smell…” He flicked a glance at Bo, who was growling. “You tell her then.”
    Bo’s jaw tightened, but he looked at her with a rawness on his face that completely undid her. “Like roses and sunshine. It makes them want to kill you or eat you or…” He cleared his throat, not needing to finish because she knew what he meant. “It’s very enticing.”
    Appetite lost, she set her fork down. Great, monsters in this realm thought she smelled like a snack. That should make it easier for us to escape , she thought sourly . Almost instantly the carafe and glasses broke, water slushing everywhere until Bo or Ian, she wasn’t sure who, fixed them, but not before some of the water spilled onto her jeans and the floor.
    “Sorry,” she muttered, moving to clean it up, but Bo stopped her and quickly wiped it up.
    She ignored the look that passed between the other two males as Bo moved back to his seat. He squeezed her knee reassuringly, easing some of her tension. Even though she was terrified she’d somehow get Bo killed because he’d gotten trapped here with her, she was still glad to have him here. In that moment she realized there was no one else she’d rather have by her side.
    That scared her more than anything because Bo was the one male she shouldn’t want.

Chapter 7

    “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me Cynara is Bo’s half-sister.” Finn frowned at Victoria as he parked in the gravel lot outside Bo’s club.
    “Apparently we’re all keeping things to ourselves,” she murmured, shooting Drake a glare before yanking her door open.
    She heard her mate sigh as he slid out after her. “I just wanted to keep you safe. We didn’t know what might be at that cemetery.”
    Now two of her friends had been sucked into…somewhere. Another realm, Finn and Drake seemed to think. Drake was pretty certain it wasn’t Hell because it would have created a different kind of opening. And things would have escaped. Or tried to anyway since Drake would have incinerated them—or Finn would have beheaded them. Probably a bit of both.
    After all the research she’d done on Hell in the months after Drake’s escape, Victoria agreed with his hypothesis.
    “I’m mad at you but we’re going to shelve the argument until later.”
    “It’s my fault,” Finn said as they strode up to the door of what looked like a warehouse on the outside.
    “Uh uh. None of this ‘I have a penis so we must stick together talk’.”
    “Please don’t say penis around me,” Finn muttered, yanking open the door.
    “Penis, penis, penis,” Victoria chanted as they came face to face with one of the male bouncers. A ghoul named Malloy who Victoria had seen more than once manning the door or running