Crossed
Keeper Witches Book 0.5
by Kristy Centeno
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Bryn McCaskey lived by simple rules: kill demons, never use magic against school bullies, and avoid running her mouth in front of her Grams.
It all seemed easy enough to follow.
Until Rhyzel Connor rolled into her life.
Suddenly everything she thought she knew about demons is put to the test as she finds herself teaming up with the most unusual of teammates to save a fellow witch from a hit.
Only problem is she doesn’t know how trustworthy Rhyzel is.
When magic is involved a good outcome isn’t always guaranteed and Bryn will have to put her neck on the line to get to the bottom of the well, even if it means unmasking Rhyzel and everything he stands for in an attempt to solve the biggest mystery she’s ever come across.
Keeper of Lost Souls
Keeper Witches: Book One
Bryn has survived high school bullies.
She’s fought demons and won.
She’s even learned to coexist with the permanent haunt of one of her arch enemies.
But she’s never had to contend with a boy she was attracted too.
Much less one that was dead.
When Johnny Zhao’s name pops up in her list of charges Bryn doesn’t think much of him. Until their first meeting ends in near disaster.
It doesn’t take long for her to realize Johnny isn’t a conventional soul in need. He’s much more powerful than any she’s seen before. He’s a coveted target, one that has much to offer demons.
Protecting him becomes a priority, one she takes very seriously.
Now if only she could convince him that he needs her help before his adversaries return to claim what they failed to collect the first time around.
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1-
I reached the first step leading up to the porch and that was
when I sensed it. Eyes. Staring at me. Watching my every move. I spun around
and glanced in every direction, drawing a donut on the ground with my feet as I
rotated. Nothing. There was nobody there. Just my imagination playing tricks on
me.
Or not.
A ball of white mist flew at me and zapped me with an
electrical shock that sent me free-falling backward. I landed on the ground
with a dull thud, blinded by an indescribable pain that sucked all the air out
of my lungs in one quick whoosh. I was disoriented. Confused. And hurting as if
I’d been struck head-on by a car.
I’d felt pain before, but never anything like this. It was as
if I was being sautéed from the inside out by electrical undercurrents that
coursed through my body, shooting tiny bolts of pure agony with each second. My
muscles spasmed involuntarily and I had the sudden urge to vomit everything I
ate for dinner that night.
I blinked away the tears that gathered in my eyes and tried
to sit up, to no avail. Moving was too much of an effort; my energy was totally
spent. I curled into a fetal position and focused on breathing in and out. It
took about a minute for the symptoms to subside, but it was the longest sixty
seconds of my goddamn life. I made the mistake of allowing my guard down for
just a moment, and that lapse in judgement turned out to be very crucial.
Lesson learned.
2-
Bryn turned to me and asked, “Can you open doors?” She dug
inside Karen’s pants without waiting for my reply and retrieved the keys she
then tossed over to me. I proceeded to unlock the doors as Bryn moved her
uncooperative prisoner aside. Once the door’s security mechanism clicked, I
pulled the passenger-side door open. Bryn shoved Karen inside as the demon
leaped onto the car and hissed.
The roof buckled under the beast’s weight, caving in the
center with the audible screech of bending metal. Bryn slammed the door shut
and we both stepped back, eying the demon warily. Neither of us moved as we
watched its face begin to shift, contorting as he changed from human to
something closely resembling a black leopard, except this new form was about a
foot taller and twice as wide.
Inside the car, Karen went ballistic, yelling and pounding on
the glass with two tight fists. Bryn shouted at her to be quiet and hold still.
That was easier said than done. The girl doubled her antics, managing to
aggravate the foul beast even more. It growled then lunged without a moment’s
warning, jumping from the hood with its claws aimed at the young witch’s
throat.
3-
Emotions ran high when Bryn and I meshed together in a tight
embrace. Time seemed to stop as we traveled at the speed of light across the
globe to the location I’d shown her.
My mind was a tumultuous jumble of suspicions and
reservations. I hadn’t anticipated the chaos that ensued after she departed her
home tonight. A part of me was grateful I’d gotten to witness how deeply
goodness ran in her. The other part of me was muddled and telling me not be so
easily swayed by what I could see, but rather to be worried about what I
couldn’t.
My previous mission had been simple: find out who Bryn really
was. But it turned out there were no easy answers. She was a witch. Descendant
of a powerful clan. That much I knew. But then there was the mystery of how she
could use fire. It bugged me that she couldn’t tell me who her father was. It
filled me with uncertainties about her, her family, and her background.
As it was, fire was often associated with evil entities.
Rarely did beings fighting on the side of good possess that ability. It made me
question what Bryn’s mother and grandmother were hiding that they didn’t want
her to know. Something that could possibly be related to her deceased father.
Kristy Centeno loves to spin tales of creatures that go bump in the night, with a sprinkle of romance to top them off. Her passion for writing stems from a lifelong enjoyment of reading and the pleasure derived from the magical worlds created by authors like her. She prefers her female leads strong, independent, and stubborn who will stop at nothing to save their loved ones and protect those they care for.
Kristy currently resides in Pennsylvania with her five kids, a quartet of noisy parakeets, and a spoiled puppy. When she’s not working or writing, she juggles her free time between raising a handful of minions and pursuing other career goals.
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