Welcome to book 4 in Valerie Ullmer's Dark Assassins series where some immortals are not to be trusted.
Jade
caught a scent of a human as she entered the fourteen-story building in
downtown Snowfall. It wasn’t just any
human scent, but something that made all of her instincts flare. She knew that she’d never caught this
particular scent before, but something told her that this human might be
important to her. She tried to brush it
off as quickly as the thought came, but she couldn’t find it coincidental she
smelled it in the same steel building owned by Ghost and housed the
headquarters of Dark Company.
As
she dismissed the fleeting thought of searching for the scent, her heart
thumped once, hard, in her chest at the thought of not finding its owner. She forced herself to walk toward the
elevator bank, ignoring the unwanted perusals she received from the men in the
lobby. Even in an unassuming hoodie and
black yoga pants, she drew unwanted attention.
A side effect of being an immortal.
The
elevator opened as soon as she pressed the up-button and she kept her gaze down
as she walked into the elevator. She
entered the code to get to Ghost’s private floor, her movements too quick to be
caught by the human eye, before she squeezed into the corner. Jade used her other senses as three men in
suits and two women entered the enclosed space with her. There was no need to glance at the glass
interior that covered the back wall to see what she looked like.
She
sensed eyes on her. Instead of searching
out the gaze, she whipped her long, straight dyed black hair into a bun on the
back of her head with quick movements before sneaking her hands into the front
pockets of her hoodie.
Jade
waited patiently as the car traveled toward the penthouse, her ultimate
destination, but she couldn’t help but try to find the intriguing scent from
earlier.
After my meeting.
All
she knew was he hadn’t used the particular elevator she was in and the higher
the lift took her in the building, the more his scent dissipated.
In
her entire existence, or what she remembered of it, she’d never been attracted
to…anyone. She’d never felt the pull to
find someone either. But lately, she’d
felt increasingly restless whenever she had any downtime and her skin tingled
in a way that had nothing to do with signaling immediate danger. It was as though her body tried to convey
something she didn’t understand.
Her
thoughts were interrupted when a man who had gotten into the elevator with her
on the first floor stepped into her personal space.
“Hey,
beautiful?”
Jade
rolled her eyes and raised her head to glare at the man. Of course, he wouldn’t take the hint that she
wanted to be left alone. To emphasize
the point, she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, moving away from
his intrusion.
The
man decided to take this as an invitation and moved to wrap his arm around her
waist. The move gave her a clear shot to
his ribs and she took it, gently moving her elbow back and making contact. She flinched when she heard a distinctive crack,
realizing she hadn’t been careful enough.
Before she could apologize, the elevator door opened and he ran off
without looking back, holding onto his side.
She sighed.
Blurb:
Jade
never wanted a mate. She loved being an
assassin and she had a family in her fellow assassins, their mates, and little
Silas. She truly had everything she
needed. But when Ghost assigned her to
track the same immortals who tried to kill Xander’s family, she couldn’t
refuse.
But
the complication arises when Ghost requests she partner with Noah, a human and
ex-special forces soldier. Jade has
never worked with a human before, much less one that hated her from the moment
he laid eyes on her. But she was a
professional and if she could play a part in destroying the immortals who
threatened her family, she could accept the human. If only she knew how to fight her attraction
to him.
All
Noah Hale wanted was to kill the immortals who lured his best friend and fellow
ex-Navy SEAL to his death. He had no
desire to be teamed with a beautiful tracker who mesmerized him the moment she
turned her emerald eyes his way. But in
order to stop other soldiers from pursuing the same fate, he needed to swallow
his pride and work with a group of immortals he didn’t trust.
As
Jade and Noah track the group of shifters through the mountains of Colorado,
the danger lurking around every corner threatens everything they both hold
close. Will they be able to find a way
through, together?
About the Author:
Valerie writes paranormal and contemporary M/F and M/M erotic romances.
She lives in Denver, Colorado with her wonderfully supportive husband and their
funny and wise black lab. She's addicted to coffee, crime shows, and reading
and writing character-driven romances.
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This sounds like an awesome and interesting read. Love the premise and enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you both :)
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Roz
Thanks for having me on your blog, Kathryn!!
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