Changed (The Hunters #1) by Rose J. Bell

blush rising in her neck, and was
suddenly grateful it was already red from the fight.
    He was grinning now. “I have said this
already, Ice Princess. You’re a bad liar.”
    She took a step toward him, stretching
out both her wrists. “If you don’t believe me, look at my wrists.
Do you see a mark somewhere?” she asked.
    Jason bent forward, taking her wrists
in his hands. Her heart jumped as his hands touched her skin. Rosa
was waiting for her gift to come out, but nothing
happened.
    The
spell worked. I ’ m going to kiss Andrea next time I
see her.
    “ You really don’t have a
mark,” Jason said quietly, letting go of her wrists.
    “ Told you so.”
    “ How do you know about
these creatures, then?” he asked, still suspicious.
    Her response to his question? Rosa’s
fist landed on his face. He touched his nose as blood began to drip
from it.
    “ What was that for?” he
asked with more anger than pain.
    “ For all
I had to do because of you! If you had listened, I would not have
had to kill Madison. Everything is your fault!” Rosa snapped.
“Couldn ’ t you let
your little friend in your pants?”
    He
raised an eyebrow mockingly. “How do you know my little friend is little,
Ice Princess?”
    Rosa growled. She was so pissed off,
wanting nothing more than to hurt Jason.
    She took a chair that stood near her
and attacked him with him. It was as if she were attacking a wall.
Jason pushed her back and she stumbled, but retained the wooden
stool in her hand. She kept her balance and attacked Jason again.
When they collided, Jason grabbed the chair and threw it against
the wall.
    Rosa had never fought against Nephilim
until now. Now she was able to test whether she was good or
not.
    “ Ice
Princess,” Jason said as he dodged her fists and kicks with ease.
“Stop it. You can ’ t win.”
    The
arrogance and self-confidence in his voice spurred Rosa even more.
She took the laptop that was lying on the table and threw it with
all her might to Jason. It would hurt him if the laptop had hit
him.
    It missed. Jason caught it and threw
it against the wall. The laptop broke into small pieces.
    Suddenly a well-muscled arm slid
around her throat from behind and began to squeeze.
    “ Let me go,” Rosa growled,
trying to get free from his grasp. She knew that she didn’t have
much time before her brain shut off.
    “ I should kill you right
now,” Jason whispered in her ear. His voice chilled her
body.
    Rosa crouched as low as she could
before she sprang backward, slamming them both into the wall. She
heard a “humph” but Jason didn’t ease his grip. Rosa tried to slam
him into the wall again, but before Rosa even realized it, Jason
pressed her against the wall and his forearm against her throat.
Her hands were unable to fight, so she tried using her good leg,
but it did not help. Her kicks were weak.
    Jason sighed and pressed his body to
hers. Now Rosa was completely incapacitated. She tried to fight
against him, but his body was hard and strong.
    “ Will you quit fighting?”
Jason asked, his warm breath caressing her face.
    Rosa could hear his heartbeat. She
sighed and ceased to defend herself.
    “ You suck,” she said with
a dirty look. “And I hate you.”
    He
shrugged. “I don’t care, Ice Princess. You think I suck? That’s fine. I
don’t wake up every morning to impress you.”
    “ I regret saving your
life!” countered an angry Rosa.
    “ Why did you
save my life?” he asked curiously.
    “ Should I have let her
suck out your soul?” she asked instead.
    “ I think you hate me, or
do you like me?” His lips curled up to a smile.
    Rosa snorted. “I will never ever like
you, Jason. It was the guilt that brought me here.”
    “ Someday I’m going to kill
you, girl,” Jason said as his eyes went cold.
    Rosa glared at him furiously. “Then
kill me, but watch out, my ghost will hunt you down.”
    Jason only laughed.
    “ Would you please move
away from me now?” Rosa asked.
    “ Do you