Free Demon Hunters 1: Blood Sacrifice (Stand Alone Series) (Demon Hunters.) by Avril Sabine

inside the elevator the moment the doors slid open. As soon as they were all in, he hit each number from four to seven.
    “Why?” Alyssa looked at the number panel.
    “So they don’t know which level we get off.” Riley pulled a bright button up shirt out of his backpack and a cap. The shirt he threw on and left unbuttoned, the cap he put on backwards.
    Alyssa watched Scarlett drop a coffee coloured long dress on over her clothes and a thin straw hat on her head. Alex now wore a bright shirt like Riley’s, had a mop of dark curls and dark sunglasses. Alyssa opened her mouth to ask what was going on when the elevator door opened. Riley put his arm around her shoulders and the four of them stepped out onto level five.
    Alex had another set of keys in his hand and pushed the central locking for a navy coloured sedan two bays away from the elevator. Riley pushed Alyssa into the car and onto the floor. His backpack and sword went in too and he shut the door.
    “There they go,” Scarlett murmured from the front passenger seat as Alex started the car.
    “Who? Nathan and Brian?” Alyssa was about to sit up, but Riley pushed her down as he hopped into the car.
    “Are you mad?” Scarlett hissed.
    Alyssa frowned. “You know, I probably am. This is all a psychotic episode. I forgot to take my pills. I’m going to remember to take them in future.”
    Riley laughed as he buckled up. “Hang onto that sense of humour. You’re going to need it until we can get rid of the demon.”
    “I wasn’t trying to be funny. Where are we going now?” Alyssa demanded as she felt Alex reverse out of the car park.
    “As soon as we’ve made sure the wolf isn’t following, we’re off to Grandma’s house.” Riley grinned down at her.
    “You’re not in the least bit amusing,” Alyssa muttered.
    “We tell him that all the time, but it doesn’t seem to stop him,” Scarlett said.
    Alex exited the car park and waited until they were a block away before he said, “You can hop up now. And Riley was telling the truth. We’re going to our Gran’s house. It’s where we live.” He pulled off the wig and dropped it beside him.
    Alyssa left the blanket on the floor as she slid onto the seat and buckled up. “I don’t know your Gran. I just want to go home.”
    “Looking like that?” Scarlett turned in her seat.
    “A few more baby wipes and I’ll be fine,” Alyssa said.
    Riley pulled a first aid kit from his backpack and sat it on the seat between them. “Give me a few minutes and you won’t look half as bad, sweetheart.”
    “No. I’ll do it myself.” Alyssa reached out to the first aid kit, but Riley put his hand on the lid. She looked up at him, about to argue. It was the first time she’d seen him when he wasn’t already smiling or looked like he was about to smile.
    “I know you’ve had a tough time. And I’m sure you’re wary of everyone. But answer me one little question, love. Have we done anything since you’ve met us to warrant this distrust?” Riley stared at her as he waited patiently for her answer.
    Uncomfortable, Alyssa looked away. “Nathan-”
    Riley interrupted, “I didn’t ask about anyone other than us. Don’t put the sins of others on our shoulders.”
    The silence stretched out, but Alyssa knew there was only one answer she could give. “No.”
    “Then let me clean and dress your wounds. You can’t do it properly yourself.”
    Alyssa finally nodded and Riley opened the first aid kit. He took her right arm and turned it so he could clean the wounds, first with the baby wipes and then with antiseptic. Once the cuts were clean, he pulled out an Elastoplast roll and cut enough at the correct length for the cut on each arm. As soon as that arm was finished, he leaned across her to deal with the other.
    Riley returned everything to the first aid kit and grinned. “That wasn’t so bad now was it, sweetheart?”
    Alyssa shrugged. “I’m not your sweetheart.”
    Riley laughed. “And not very