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And he loved a girl nas to put herself through college Jenny would be the part of this whole gri I hated most The people-left-behind part I could feel their hearts contract with grief I could feel their lungs fight for air I could feel the sting of tears behind their eyes at losing someone they loved, someone they were sure they couldn’t live without

I sucked in a sharp breath and pulled uy I’d have to look hi I sank farther into the sofa cushions and took a long draw of coffee, absorbing the caffeine, letting it spark and reawakenat my Looney Tunes wall clock, I bit back the despair I felt at finding it was only 3:35 I had hours to go before dawn It was easier to stay awake during the day Night was so cal But I couldn’t let e sleep like it was an ex-boyfriend with herpes for alht And when I didn’t, I paid the price

The ave ions I pushed it froht wafted aroundany thoughts of comfort Utterly annoyed, I sat up, pushed a dampened strand of hair out ofa splash of cool water would help and wondering how the heck the night got so sultry It was freaking Noveanetosphere and was cooking us all alive That would suck

Just as I reached for the light switch, wondering if I should buy sunscreen, a sharp stab of arousal sparked in rabbed the doorjalanced at the faucet longingly Water would set things right Couple of splashes and I’d be back to eonly self in no time I flipped the switch, but the overhead just flickered as though gasping for air, then died out I flipped again And again, before giving up Mostly because the definition of insanity ca in my apartment demoted the terht-light It cast a soft glow in the bathrooh illumination forvital I stepped to the ht the universe had to offer out of the at

I stood there conteain, seizing h me so hard, I had to clamp my jaw shut I clutched the vanity as the fervor bathed me in a sensuous heat I couldn’t fend off It seeped inside rily, I parted row it did It built up strength and power, its tendrils pushing intoin ht to ht for every breath I took Then the sound of another’s breath lanced up into the mirror

Reyes Alexander Farrow--the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan-- as stea the impression he’d just come from hell He hadn’t, of course He’d escaped froo and was currently furious withhis incorporeal body to his physical one But that knowledge did little to lessen the effect

I squinted to see hi here?"

He lowered his head, his dark eyes piercing lare The butthead It was my bathroom

But I’d bound him I’d bound his incorporeal body to his physical one Hoas he even there? How could he be?

"You suht with animosity

I shook my head "That’s impossible"

He reached an arainst the wall in front of me To tower To dominate To ainst ainst the wall to aze locked on toto a chain?"

Oh, yeah He was pissed "You left , not nearly as confident as I’d hoped

He lowered his head until his mouth was at my ear "And you leave me none" His features darkened His eyes narrowed as he stared at me in the mirror from underneath his thick lashes, hooded with passion

I couldn’t look away He was so beautiful, so masculine When he wrapped an arrabbed his wrist "Wait," I said between ragged breaths "I still don’t understand how you’re here"

"I told you, you sus despite asped aloud when they dipped inside "You always summon me You’ve always had the power to call ured that out yet?"

I fought the delicious sensations spiking in rasp theof his breathy words "No, you’ve always coer" And he had Growing up, he’d always been there anytime my life was threatened

His breath fanned acrossas his ht the pulse point atHe had to be The idea that I could summon him, that I’d always summoned him, was unfathomable I didn’t even knohat he was until very recently I was afraid of hiI wanted was to be in his presence How could I have su as I’ainst him and pushed down my bottohtest grin lift one corner of his beautifulthrust I gasped aloud, and the swirling that had begun only th in an instant I clamped one hand around his wrist athi for release