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I hurried inside before he could change his mind I knew he’d only allowedhiht the school was under attack or so

Shutting the door behind , deep breaths When I had myself back under control, I looked at him

“I will literally do anything Whatever you want Just please helpfor help al a man

His expression flattened, his dark eyes turning hard “You want ain”

“No! I don’t care how you touchto tell you” I grabbed handfuls ofinat le day since we first bonded Having this connection, needing you, and not being able to touch you—it’s killingme weak I can’t be weak down here, Kai Don’t you understand that? We’re in the fucking underworld! What if we get attacked?”

He atching odda In all honesty, there were other reasons for the pain that seemed to live in my chest all the time these days Other pleas I could’veto be weakened while ere stuck in the underworld

But I didn’t dare say thes to ot even a hint of the fact that I needed him beyond the succubus bond, beyond the blood bond, I’d find myself alone in the room with a Kai-shaped hole in the door

He didn’t need to know about thearound in my chest

He just needed to know one thing

I let htening aze

“I’ll do whatever you want I know you hate me, but I… I can be whoever you want me to be,” I whispered

Then I closed my eyes and focused on the face of the Asian woman orked behind the bar at the little pub on Mönkh Saridag Groups of students had snuck off school grounds often to go drink there, and Kai had spent hours just nursing a beer and watching her with nostalgia and pain floating in his eyes

I wanted to give him what he ive me what I desperately needed I felt my face and body shift, and when it was done, I opened my eyes

“Is this what you want, Kai?”

His entire body jerked as his eyes widened I braced e as he took inand desire to steal across his face—and for the inevitable pain I would feel when they did