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    Demon Trackers: The Anointed
    Demon Trackers: The Anointed
    Demon Trackers: The Anointed
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    Demon Trackers: The Anointed

    By Clover Autrey

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    Being half human isn't so bad for demon tracker brothers Jake and Cael, especially when their job is keeping unknowing humans safe from every monster and evil thing that crawls out of Hell. So what if the full-blooded Anointed don't think they're up for the task? Jake and Cael have lives to save and beasties to kill and lack of sleep, lack of weapons, and lack of trust from the haughty Anointed demon slayers won't keep them from it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClover Autrey
    Release dateJun 23, 2011
    ISBN9781466016958
    Demon Trackers: The Anointed
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    Clover Autrey

    “Clover Autrey’s books are perfect for the time-constrained reader. They are a quick read jam-packed with action, adventure and emotion.” ...from a reader in Utah.Clover Autrey writes the kind of stories she loves to read, high fantasy and time travels with Scottish Highlanders or magical mermen and shapeshifters, with powerful elements of romance, where the hero and heroine must each make sacrifices to gain something even stronger. She is the author of the HIGHLAND SORCERY series and the ANOINTED series.Clover serves as the current president of the Keller Writers Association and is the past president for the North Texas Romance Writers of America. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops.Inspired by her love of Louis L'Amour historical romantic heroes, Clover (yeah, that's her real name), packed up and moved to Texas where she found a real live Texan of her own. She's been there ever since where she and Pat (who else would a Clover marry but a Patrick?) listen to the coyotes howl at the trains each evening.Become one of Clover's LuckyCharmers for exclusive content and free books at http://www.subscribepage.com/luckycharmers

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      Demon Trackers - Clover Autrey

      The Anointed

      Demon Trackers ~ Book One

      By Clover Autrey

      Copyright 2012 Clover Autrey

      Smashwords Edition

      ~~~

      Being half human isn't so bad for demon tracker brothers Jake and Cael, especially when their job is keeping unknowing humans safe from every evil thing that crawls out of Hell. So what if the full-blooded Anointed don't think they're up for the task? Jake and Cael have lives to save and beasties to kill and lack of sleep, lack of weapons, and lack of trust from the haughty Anointed demon slayers won't keep them from it.

      ~~~

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover art by Damone Nickerson

      All Rights Reserved

      Copyright © 2012 by Clover Autrey

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      Dedicated to all the awesome guy partnerships in media.

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      Sam & Dean

      Table of Contents

      ~~~

      Cael. Don't move.

      Cael glanced up and into the barrel of his older brother's shotgun. Jaw set tight, Jake stood near the other end of the empty parking lot they were searching. Cael's flashlight beam cast his lean face into angular shadows.

      Knowing Jake would never shoot him, Cael turned his head to see what was behind him, but his brother's call stopped him.

      Don't look. Don't even breathe. Jake edged closer, trying for a better angle where Cael wouldn't be at risk, specialized shotgun—the splitter—steady, feeling each placement of his sneaker on the uneven ground. It will be on you before you can take a step.

      Cael swallowed, listening. A rough exhalation grated behind his back. The heat of it blew across his elbow. Hellhound?

      Yep. Be quiet.

      At sixteen, this wasn't the first hellhound Cael had tracked, but it was the nearest any of the beasts had gotten to him. They were big, fast, and mean and were pretty much the only inhabitants of Hell that could dig themselves out of the vast fiery down-under at will. It was Cael and Jake's job to stop that from happening, plug up any holes in the Hades dyke with little more than their thumbs. Which was why they were here, all the signs of an erupting hole alerting them to this very spot. Guess they were a little late to the party though.

      Easing his hand toward his hip, Cael snapped open the sheath hanging on his belt. His fingers slid onto the cool opal of his kremloc dagger.

      Jake's gaze ticked to Cael's hand. Don't be a hero. Just drop when I say drop.

      Cael nodded imperceptibly. Hot stinky breath washed across the back of his neck, ruffling the ends of his hair. Low otherworldly growls vibrated across his senses. The urge to run beat like a warning cadence through his chest, but Cael remained still, trusting his brother.

      Drop! Now!

      Cael obeyed, falling out of the way of the first concussion of light that streaked over his head and hit the glossy black beast in the chest. Yelping, the hellhound scrabbled to the side. Heavy paws clipped Cael, tossing him across the pavement. Jake's next round flashed, exploding into white lightning that shot straight into the mutt's ear. The hound's front legs folded and it thudded to its knees, giant head dropping in a cloud of dirt. A solid ice bullet straight into the brain never failed to bring the thermal based beasts of Hell down.

      Cael? Buddy? You okay?

      Instantly, Jake was by his side, pulling Cael over onto his back.

      Cael winced at being jerked around. I'm fine. Stop. I'm fine.

      Yeah? Jake's features scrunched with concern. I kinda lost you under the big guy's feet for a moment there.

      I'm fine, really. I got out from underneath. Okay he'd been rolled and tossed and he'd have a few bruises come tomorrow, but Jake didn't need to know that.

      Offering his hand, Jake pulled Cael to his feet, gaze flitting over the younger tracker. Cael rolled his eyes at the scrutiny before letting his own gaze settle onto the steaming hellhound.

      They were actually beautiful creatures, sleek and powerful. Destructive. It was almost laughable that such a small thing as ice could take them down. Its fur-covered hide was splitting open, little curls of heated vapor escaping from gashes that glowed red-hot. Soon the hellhound would ooze apart and melt back into the depths of Hell where…Cael frowned. They didn't really know what happened then. As immortal creatures the hounds might very well just regenerate, like the demons did, to claw and dig their way out of Hell another day.

      All right then. Jake nudged the overlarge dog with the toe of his shoe, sending sparks in the air. While the big guy here is percolating, let's find and plug up the hole it dug. Quick, before anyone comes. Grinning, Jake pushed dark bangs out of his eyes, nearly bouncing on his toes from the keyed up energy of taking the hellhound out.

      Scooping his backpack off the ground, Cael followed after his exuberant brother in the direction the Hades mutt had come from. It didn't take long to find the hole near the edge of the parking lot at the rear of a graffiti covered apartment building. The hole was at least six-feet across with dirt and sheared off chunks of cement scattered outward like a giant fist had punched through the pavement.

      Damn. Jake peered over the edge. "I knew that hound was larger than most, but look at the size of this thing. It's gonna take all the omthrodite we got left to seal it."

      Cael's head jerked up at that. There was only one place to restock on the precious crystal. Not like we have a choice. Crouching near the edge of the gaping hole, Cael pulled out the large blue crystals from his pack. He only had three left, which normally would seal off at least two or three more Hell-holes.

      Jake kicked a rock into the depths, which clattered as it hit the walls on the way down until they couldn't hear it anymore. They both knew it would never hit bottom. Resigned, Jake shrugged out of his own pack and pulled out another two omthrodite crystals This bites.

      Cael grinned and began placing the blue stones around the edges of the Hell-hole. He had the last one in place when a sudden niggling sensation blossomed in his gut. Wait. Do you feel that?

      Jake cocked his head to the side. Pebbles started vibrating across the ground. A low tremor passed through the air.

      Crap! Jake stumbled back. We gotta close this thing up now!

      Cael rocked to his feet, threw his hand out to unleash the flow of his energy into the crystals. They had to ignite them fast because where a hellhound breaks loose, demons follow.

      He felt his energy building, swirling, expanding inside him, filling his chest even as he felt his brother's energy settle upon the air, a cool steady force, burrowing out toward the crystals. With this much omthrodite it would take both of them to ignite the power in the blue stones.

      Beads of sweat broke out across Cael's forehead. He stared at his brother across the small chasm. Jake shook with effort. Cael's outstretched arm throbbed where the energy pulsed through him. The crystals began glowing. They hummed. Tangled webs of light clawed outward over the empty space, pulling, reforming the edges of earth and stone over the dark hole. The ground groaned beneath them.

      Cael swayed, but quickly righted himself, digging in.

      The newly forming stone pushed close together nearly complete, cast in shiny blue light from the crystals' glow. The center of the newly formed stone almost touched, almost sealed together, when shards of rock blew upward.

      Look out! Cael shouted, throwing his arms over his head, rolling away from the blast. Demon after demon leapt out of the center, latching onto electrical poles and the back wall of the apartment building like spiders.

      To the mortal eye, they looked like regular people—well, okay, maybe not while they were skittering upside down across power cables and apartment balconies—but Cael and Jake could see straight through into a demon's aura, could see the oily slick residue of Hell whirl around them like water droplets shooting out of a sprinkler in slow motion.

      Jake!

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