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She slid underneath the blankets next to him and was surprised when his ar her close She waited for the constricting evil feeling from her dream, but it didn’t happen

A few minutes passed like this, and she finally relaxed

"Ta up," he rumbled

So he hadn’t been asleep But he’d still held her like he cared No She wasn’t going there All she was doing was trying to transfer so for Jack onto the lesser evil because it felt less traumatic But was Cain the lesser evil? Of course not He was the worse evil He didn’t kill my sister But he tried to kill Anna And hadn’t Anna been the next closest thing to a sister?

As far as she knew, Jack had killed ten people Gruesomely, yes, but it didn’t compare to the vast number of women Cain had killed It hardly eranything for either one of theht, she wasn’t an innocent Why couldn’t she have loved Henry? He was good Kind Decent Nice He’d always had her back through everything for two centuries

Maybe the more important question hy couldn’t Henry love her like that? Had he been too kind to tell her what he’d thought of her? He’d had a soulfor him on the other side, but had he known that? Was it froh Cain had revealed he ake, he hadn’t let go of her

"Your heart was beating too fast when you got here Was it wild lust for et how evil he was Sometimes he seemed so damned normal An asshole, yeah, but norhter, but even so, it didn’t feel stifling like it was supposed to "It was just a dream," he said He stroked her back, and she tried not to read too esture

"No It was real Jack was there" She couldn’t help the tears The last thing she wanted was for Cain to see her cry Showing that much weakness to a de "Why do you all have to be so evil?"

"You’re old enough to know it isn’t like that, Tam"

"Isn’t it? How many people have you killed?"

He pushed her away and sat up, his eyes glowing red and angry in the dark "Is that how it is now? I knew you’d start falling forht And if you think that’s a way to get your life spared, trotting out allto do de kill me! I never asked to be spared Put me out of my misery like I’ve asked you to a hundred ti you to keep etting serious You don’t want to keep me I’ll never ask you to I can’t cope hat you are, what Jack is I want to be free Just end it You don’t need ht a ith Anthony! You don’t need ht at his prettyto control et to shout out orders and get whatever you want I do need you for a ith Anthony You’re strong But if you really wantme to keep you and mean it Tell me you love me, Tam, and maybe I’ll take your request into consideration"

If he was that gung ho about keeping her to use her in a war, he wouldn’t kill her even if she begged hiame with someone else "I know you’re used to stupid women ere born yesterday I’ against hers It was like Jack in the drea she’d never trust hie Whips Of course, Cain would go for the freaky stuff He was eight thousand Nobody that old just did it missionary Not that they’d just done missionary In the tih the entire Kaainst him and wrapped her arms around his neck

The dees, half of her wanting to act them out She was a bad witch She couldn’t even reotten into her drea before and failed?

Cain’s face was serious now "Jack kills his kind, for power, and ulti in the hu at the top of the food chain doesn’t make et over this self-loathing It doesn’t suit you"

"What about Anna? She wasn’t dinner," Tah she kneas right Two thousand or not, she was still ht now Cain and Jack looked like two flavors of the sauy

"My brother had been imprisoned for half a century, and your friend stubbornly refused to do the only thing to free him So yes, I took matters into my own hands She put herself between , I’ with me You don’t want a relationship You want to toy with me until you’re bored So you’re still an asshole" Where had that come from? She didn’t want a relationship with a demon so what difference did iteach other?

He smirked "Now that I’ll admit to" He started to pull the shirt over her head, but she stopped him

"I can’t" She didn’t want to think about the fact that she still wanted to Obnoxious or not, there was so about him beneath the surface Maybe it wasn’t real and it was the sa kind of guy for ages, but she desperately wanted to believe there was so her

"Because youme or because you’ll hate yourself too "Neither I need to do soy it won’t be possible Jack is closing in We don’t have ti I need et theht ?"

He didn’t answer, he just stood and helped her get up out of the pile of pillows and blankets How he ever found the strength of will to get up out of that much comfort, she didn’t know If she were a demon, she’d be tempted to just lie around and starve, or order carryout