Table of Contents Books by Jayce Carter Title Page Legal Page Book Description Dedication 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 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 Read more from Jayce Carter Get your copy now More exciting books! About the Author Totally Bound Publishing books by Jayce Carter The Omega’s Alphas Owned by the Alphas Shared by the Alphas Saved by the Alphas Protected by Her Alphas Caught by Her Alphas Tamed by the Alphas Claimed by the Alphas Exposed by Her Alphas Trained by the Alphas Ready or Not Fake It ‘til You Make It Opposites Attract Third Time Lucky Enemies Closer Grave Concerns Grave Robbing and Other Hobbies Grave Concerns HELL RAISING AND OTHER PASTIMES JAYCE CARTER Hell Raising and Other Pastimes ISBN # 978-1-83943-514-0 ©Copyright Jayce Carter 2021 Cover Art by Louisa Maggio ©Copyright June 2021 Interior text design by Claire Siemaszkiewicz Totally Bound Publishing This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. 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Totally Bound Publishing is an imprint of Totally Entwined Group Limited. If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book”. Book two in the Grave Concerns series People have told me to go to hell—I guess they finally got their wish. I’ve finally accepted the fact that I might not be entirely human, but still life doesn’t give me a break. Instead, I’m sucked into hell at Lucifer’s demand, and realize death is even more complicated than my life was. I have to survive hell—where everything wants to kill me—so I can confront the devil himself. My love life is even more complex, though. Troy is terrified of his werewolf side hurting me, Kase and Grant are lying to me and Hunter is keeping his own secrets. I know better than to trust anyone, especially the men who have taken over my life. Get to Lucifer’s Court, find out the truth about the missing spirits, figure out exactly what I am and try not to die along the way. Oh, and don’t fall in love with the men who will for sure break my heart and possibly get me killed. Easy enough, right? Dedication To all my fellow ADHDers: Move that load of laundry to the dryer! Chapter One So, hell was pretty much what I’d expected. Troy sat across from me in a small cave we’d taken shelter in, still avoiding looking at me, turning the spit with something cooking on it over the fire. I had decided against asking what it was they were roasting, because I doubted any answer to that would make me happy. If it were some strange hellbeast, I’d be grossed out, and if it were a cute, fluffy critter, I’d be sad. Some questions were better left unasked, such as “Do I look fat in these?” or “Do you think my sister is hot?” and “What animal did this come from?” Hunter came into the cave looking far too happy, as though he’d been waiting anxiously for just this moment. Hell, he was almost skipping. Kase, on his heels, appeared significantly less pleased with the turn of events. “I love the smell of brimstone in the morning.” Hunter set down an oddly shaped cup in front of me. I took a closer look at the dish, the white of it standing out against the dimness of the everything else. “Where’d you get this?” “Don’t worry about it. Drink. You mortals get parched fast out here.” His answer didn’t ease me at all, so I lifted the cup closer to the fire. The white took a moment to place, and once I did, I couldn’t unsee it. “Is this bone?” Hunter groaned and sat cross-legged on the other side of the fire. “I told you not to worry about it.” “You can’t seriously expect me to drink out of a bone cup.” “I have skulls, if they’re more your style.” I was ready to yell at him for the stupid joke until I realized he probably wasn’t kidding. Somehow, the idea that Hunter had a collection of fine china made from bones in hell seemed right on par for him. Especially the way he had no shame over it. “Drink,” Kase said, nodding toward it. “I doubt you want to die of dehydration while in hell.” “At least it’d be a short trip if I did,” I muttered before closing my eyes—it’d be easier if I didn’t have to actually see the cup—and drank the water in big gulps. I figured if I finished it off quickly, I’d have to touch the thing for less time overall. Which was a stupid reaction since I’d touched dead bodies plenty of times. But I’d never use them as flatware. There were some lines a person didn’t cross. The water was warm, stale and tinged with an odd taste that made me want to gag a bit as I downed it. Still, once I finished it, I handed back the empty cup. “Why would Lucifer drop us here? I thought he
