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“It’s not crap It’s delicious, and you’re interrupting”
“I only care about the state of your arteries”
Total bullshit and she knew it “I seriously doubt that’s what’s going to kill me”
“I worry about you”
Her fingers dug into the sesaarded that state me?”
“I have to”
“Why?” The better question was hoas able to follow her in the first place Nephilim like her were protected by a celestial shield that prevented the Fallen and their stupid, little minions—a cheesy nickname others of her kind had called Nephili their whereabouts
He flashed her a wicked smile as the hue of his eyes deepened
“How can you findanywhere, she asked so she’d alondered “Is ?”
“Your celestial shield is fine” He tipped his head back, exposing his neck A stupid ain, Lily kneasn’t afraid of her at all “I will always knohere you are”
A shiver tiptoed down her spine “That’s…that’s kind of creepy Care to explain?”
“Care to come down here, my Lily?”
“Stop calling me that!”
His laugh was overtly masculine, dark “I think you like it when I do”
Her mouth dropped open as she stared in disbelief Her terasp on, rose to the occasion Shoving her half-eaten burger into the bag, she placed it on the ledge and then ju in a niel, she popped up, releasing the blades from the silver bracelets around her slim wrists The polished bracelets weren’t just for looks
His sry”
So akin to pleasure shimmied over her skin, and that just pissed her off There was a good chance she was angrier with herself than him, but at least she could act like a Nephilierous of all enemies
“I’s to do Like deadheads to hunt, minions to kill, and an order of fries withher neck to look hi that he ell over six and a half feet, this wasn’t easy to do for sooing or else”
“Or what?” He reached out, running the tip of his finger over the sharpened edge of her blade The way he caressed it elicited another shiver from her “What will you do?”
She smiled sweetly A second later, she spun around and slarunted but did little else, which really ticked her off She swung at him
Julian caught her hand and whirled her around, drawing her against his chest and pinning one ar breasts “You can do better than that, my Lily”
Her first thought after he’d subdued her so quicklyThe second was, holy shit, I’ed breath, fully aware of how her body fitted against his hard slabs ofthat seee body He smelled decadent, like deep, rich male spice Liquid heat pooled low in her belly, which rong on so many different levels it wasn’t even funny
And worse yet, behind the teood Fear wasn’t so Lily was accustomed to, but Anna hadn’t known fear, either And wasn’t she doing the saet too close, to get under her skin? Her heart picked up as ice drenched her veins Look at what happened to Anna
Anna was dead—slaughtered like an animal
Heart racing, she gripped Julian’s arth Startled, he let go Not wasting any ti her— What the hell? Where were her blades? She shook her wrists, releasing theain”
“I can smell your fear,” he said softly
“You smelled my revulsion” She stepped back “Never , especially not you”
“You’re a terrible liar” He prowled forward, stopping when she moved into an offensive crouch His hands clenched at his sides “Do you knohat else scents this air? Your arousal”
Her cheeks burned Thank God it was night or she would have to stab hiain “You’re insane There’s no way I’d ever think—”
He tsked softly, and then he was in front of her,faster than even she could “You want to test that out?”
“No” She tried not to breathe His scent was purely intoxicating Taking another s up in situations like this Of all the Nephilim in the world, as she the one stuck with a Fallen who liked to play with his food before he devoured it?
He lifted his chin, and his nostrils flared A sraced his lips “Ah, yes, you’re afraid and you’re…aroused I can practically taste it on ue”
Heat flared so”
His sent as he leaned forward “You knohat?”
Lily inhaled The smell of him swamped her senses Julian usually stayed at ary Guess tonight was going to be one of those nights “What?”
“Twice tonight you’ve disengaged your blades”