{"id":9100,"date":"2022-02-18T01:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T06:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T21:24:58","slug":"every-predator-has-a-weakness-dariel-raye-pendarielraye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=9100","title":{"rendered":"Every predator has a weakness. Dariel Raye #Pendarielraye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gateway I: The Gateway Trilogy<\/h2>\n

Every
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When an ancient being, the last of his kind, meets a fiery woman sought by evil, neither one of them is prepared for the consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gateway is a shape-shifting demon hunter who finds, protects, and prepares the Chosen – human females with the ability to redeem or destroy demons. For centuries, he has followed the rules\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Establish
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Complete
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No personal
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Until he meets his newest charge \u2013 curvy, fiery, headstrong, and angry with the world. Following the rules while fending off demons is going to take everything he has and then some.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The employee who came to get Gateway stopped short of the hallway, his blue eyes wild with fear. More symbols lined the back of the club where the offices and restrooms were, but once again, there was no time to ask about them.<\/p>\n

As soon as we reached the small sitting area outside Gateway\u2019s office, two men were waiting there for him.<\/p>\n

They both held guns as they glanced at me, then at Gateway, dropping their heads in the next second as if they had broken some unwritten rule I wasn\u2019t aware of. The whole thing was like a scene from a bad mafia movie.<\/p>\n

Gateway immediately shoved me behind him before I could even gasp, but he didn\u2019t let go of my hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood Evening, Mr. Savoy,\u201d one of the armed men said.<\/p>\n

The last thing I wanted to do was distract him, but I instinctively placed my free hand at his back for support to keep from passing out. I didn\u2019t want him to get the wrong idea. I had never been one of those weak, simpering females like so many in horror movies. I didn\u2019t mind a good fight from time to time and I had definitely won my share, but guns were different. They had a strong tendency to give the holder almost 100% advantage, if the holder knew how to use them, that is.<\/p>\n

Gateway squeezed my hand in reassurance and for some reason I believed him. I trusted that he had it all under control. Of course, my subconscious was screaming for me to get the hell out of here and stop acting like a damn fool, but I needed to believe him because my feet wouldn\u2019t move and my legs felt wobbly. I really didn\u2019t need the drama right now or ever, for that matter. Hell, I was embarking on a job search the next morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvening. How can I help you?\u201d Gateway asked as if he didn\u2019t see the guns.<\/p>\n

My hand tightened, clutching his back like a security blanket.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe figured one of your staff would see the urgency of getting your attention,\u201d the man with the gun replied. \u201cWhat you can do for us is to open your safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next few seconds were a blur of rapid movement and I was still behind Gateway, so I only caught bits of the action.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Arms moved, mostly Gateway\u2019s and feet scuffled, mostly everyone else\u2019s except for<\/i> Gateway\u2019s. The scuffling feet were mostly the gunmen\u2019s.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t see how he managed to do it, and I\u2019d only managed to do it a few times in self-defense class, but somehow Gateway took the guns from both men and dropped them to the floor. I knew I would never forget the clattering sound they made when they landed on the concrete. I know concrete is supposed to absorb sound, but the guns sounded like thunder in my ears because all of my senses were amped with adrenaline.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Then Gateway finally let me go and stepped away long enough to lift both of the men by their necks and pin them against the wall.<\/p>\n

The sound of running water drew my attention to the fact that one of the men was pissing himself.<\/p>\n

Both of their faces were masks of horror, eyes huge, mouths open, soundless. They just hung there, all the fight gone out of them in an instant.<\/p>\n

I wondered what exactly were they seeing and thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook what you made me do. You scared my lady friend, and almost made me lose my temper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gateway sounded dangerously calm to my ears and I couldn\u2019t see his face. Almost? What is he like when he actually loses his temper?<\/i> \u201cIf I ever see either of you again, you\u2019ll end up in the same condition as your weapons, except I\u2019ll make sure to make you suffer first. Understood?\u201d<\/p>\n

The men nodded in quick time like bobble heads, unable to speak with Gateway\u2019s hands around their necks.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I slumped against the opposite wall in an attempt to pull myself together. I was probably in shock, but I definitely was mesmerized by the way Gateway had dismantled the would-be robbers.<\/p>\n

The minute he released the men and turned to face me, my feeling of relief flew out the window as the thieves ran for one exit and I ran for the other. I wasn\u2019t running from Gateway, but from the whole near-death experience. If not for meeting Gateway, I would have sworn this day had been sent from Hell.<\/p>\n

I glanced back like Lott\u2019s wife in the Bible and like her, I immediately regretted it. Unlike the nameless biblical character, I was looking to see if Gateway was following me. A flash of red grabbed my attention and I couldn\u2019t look away.<\/p>\n

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