Free Golden Angel: (Broken Angel #5) by L.G. Castillo Page A

a strange feeling suddenly hit him. He paused, searching the bar. From the corner of his eye, a red spider flashed in his vision.
    No. It can’t be them.
    He turned to get a better look when a group of guys wearing leis carried in a man with a buzz cut on their shoulders and blocked his view.
    “Let’s get this bachelor party started!” one of the guys yelled!
    “Drinks are on me!” yelled another.
    The bar went into a roar as another group filtered into the already crowded room.
    “Hey, trying to get through here,” Jeremy said, pushing them out of the way.
    “Watch it, bruh!” The guy glared.
    “Sorry.” Jeremy wanted so badly to use his angelic strength. With a flick of his fingers, he could part the crowd.
    “Ooh, you’re yummy. Dance with me.” The auburn-haired woman laughed as she stumbled forward. She latched on to his arm, catching herself. “Oh, my. I like it hard.”
    Jeremy shook his head, frustrated. He couldn’t believe he’d thought he could come here for a distraction. He couldn’t believe that, not too long ago, he would’ve loved her invitation and would’ve eagerly joined her.
    “Sorry. There’s someone I need to see.”
    “Aww, come on. Don’t be an ass—”
    “If you’ll excuse me.” Gently, he peeled her fingers off him and made his way through the crowd, ignoring the curses in between her hiccups.
    He searched frantically, hoping that what he’d seen was just some ordinary dude who happened to have a redback spider tattoo like Joab’s.
    Across the room, he saw it again. Peeking from the far corner was a pair of bald heads, one of them with a spider tattoo. Standing with them was the man-child, who was smiling and nodding at whatever Joab was saying.
    Jeremy pushed his way through the crowd, not caring who he pissed off. As he made his way, he listened carefully past the sound of the crowd and music. He waited for Joab’s voice to come into focus.
    And waited.
    There was nothing.
    What the hell?
    He focused harder, still nothing.
    He growled. It had to be Saleos’s doing. Somehow he’d figured out a way to mask their voices from him. Joab and Jether didn’t have the skill to perform powerful black magic like their brother.
    He searched for Saleos. He was in here somewhere.
    Guys from the bachelor party whistled and hollered as buzz cut guy buried his face into the auburn-haired woman’s chest, using his mouth to grab the shot glass sitting between her breasts.
    A wisp of white feathers and blond hair floated quickly past the group and disappeared.
    Gabrielle?
    What was happening to him? He couldn’t hear a damn thing. Every sound around him was becoming more muffled. He blinked, trying to get his vision to focus.
    Damn it! Not only was he having hallucinations, but everything was blurry.
    It had to be an illusion. Gabrielle wouldn’t just show up like that without making her presence known. And if she were here to stop the demon twins, she wouldn’t do it alone.
    “What devilry is this? I know you’re here, Saleos,” Jeremy mumbled under his breath, knowing Saleos would be able to hear him. “Stop toying with the boy and show yourself.”
    Kai was not his favorite person at the moment, but he didn’t want him hurt, either.
    He looked back at Kai and the demon twins. Joab’s eyes flicked up, locking with his. His thin lips curled into a chilling smile.
    “No.” Jeremy took a step forward. The room swayed. Quickly, he clutched the nearest chair to steady himself. White noise rushed over his ears. His heart pounded like it was about to explode. And his legs, something was wrong with his legs. He could barely lift them.
    Through the whooshing noise, he heard someone calling him. It was so subtle, he almost missed it.
    “Jeremiel, I’m sorry.”
    “Gabrielle?”
    He rubbed his eyes. The blurry vision was worse. He couldn’t see!
    “Who’s Gabrielle? New girlfriend?”
    Jeremy jumped at the sound of Leilani’s voice. He blinked, trying to make out her fuzzy