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The Hunter series

 

By

Rose J. Bell

 

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Smashwords Edition

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Changed

The Hunters Series, book
one

 

Copyright © 2013 Rose J.
Bell

Cover art
by Stephanie Nelson at
Once
Upon a Time Covers

Editors:
Ashley´s
Freelance Editing

Rogena
Mitchell-Jones Manuscript Service

Interior
book design by
JT
Formatting

 

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Table of Contents

 

Prologue

 

Part
One

 

Chapter
One

Chapter
Two

Chapter
Three

Chapter
Four

Chapter
Five

Chapter
Six

Chapter
Seven

Chapter
Eight

Chapter
Nine

Chapter
Ten

Chapter
Eleven

Chapter
Twelve

Chapter
Thirteen

Chapter
Fourteen

 

Part
Two

 

Chapter
Fifteen

Chapter
Sixteen

Chapter
Seventeen

Chapter
Eighteen

Chapter
Nineteen

Chapter
Twenty

Chapter
Twenty-One

Chapter
Twenty-Two

Chapter
Twenty-Three

Chapter
Twenty-Four

Chapter
Twenty-Five

Chapter
Twenty-Six

Chapter
Twenty-Seven

Chapter
Twenty-Eight

Chapter
Twenty-Nine

Chapter
Thirty

 

Part
Three

 

Chapter
Thirty-One

Chapter
Thirty-Two

Chapter
Thirty-Three

Chapter
Thirty-Four

Chapter
Thirty-Five

Chapter
Thirty-Six

Chapter
Thirty-Seven

Chapter
Thirty-Eight

Chapter
Thirty-Nine

Chapter
Forty

Chapter
Forty-One

Epilogue

About the
Author

 

2001

 


Run!”

She heard her father’s
voice; it was loud and filled with fear.

Looking back, she saw him
lying on the ground with a tall, strong man standing over him. He
was holding a knife in his hand soaked with blood—the blood of her
father.

She stared at the blade as
it entered into his chest.

Once.

Twice.

Over and Over.


Run! Get out!” her father
yelled. She saw the life escaping from his body. Terror seized her.
She looked into her father’s eyes for the last time.

I am sorry. I love you.
Goodbye.

She read those words in
his eyes. She would never forget them. Never.

She
didn

t want to
go. She didn

t
want to leave him.

She wanted to lie down
beside him, to die by the same knife that was taking the life of
her father.

With his eyes, her father
was sending her away.

So she ran, running as
fast as she could toward the forest.

The sun was shining high in
the sky, with the birds singing as if nothing bad was happening.
Her heart ached with each step taking her away from her
father.

Her lungs began to burn
with each breath and paralysis took over her body. Everything was
heavy, and her strength seemed to leave her as things slowed down.
The world stopped turning and she fell on the forest
ground.

Trembling, she started to
cry. She felt part of herself dying along with her
father.

Her heart hurt, and felt
as if it were bleeding, too. Cold darkness surrounded her as she
made a promise: She would avenge the death of her
father.

She
would find this man… and she would kill him
.

Part 1

 

 

The Enemies

 

Rosa crept along the wall.

In these dungeons the
darkness was complete, but she had the map in her mind.

Rosa ran her hand along the cold
walls, counting doors and passageways as she went. She turned the
corner at just the right time, stopping before an opening where, if
her map was correct, should contain a stairway leading down. She
could already hear voices.

This
test was her final exam. When she passed it, she would officially
be a
hunter
.

She had
worked hard to get this far, and she
would
get the title as a hunter.
However, she still would not be a full member of the hunter clan.
To become a full member of the clan, she has to kill one member of
the enemy—she has to kill a Nephilim. And
that
would be her next
task.

Rosa crouched down, touching the
ground with her hand. She felt a stone step, damp and wet. She sat
up again and slid down the stairs quietly. Rosa had the talent to
move like a cat, quiet and fast.

She saw the map of the
dungeon in her mind’s eye. A diversion to the left, then right
again. She heard the voices more clearly as she entered a corridor
where the darkness flickered with orange light coming from the
torch set in the wall.

There were two men, and
Rosa thought she’d heard the voice of a woman, but she wasn’t sure.
These people were her target; or rather, these half demons. Rosa
had the task to kill them.

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