Page 18 (1/2)

"He breaks things, babe That’s what he’s always

done"

"There’s so that out?"

"Be serious"

Reed’s fingertips touched her cheek "I an that he was playing with her or being less than serious There was none All she saarray shirt today, open at the collar with rolled-up sleeves, as usual He was an impossibly handsome man, physically perfect But it was his imperfections that really did a number on her

She leaned into his touch "What do you know about archangels?"

His hesitation was nearly i for anything in particular?"

"Is there any part of the change that would ressive than usual?"

"Cain Is A Dick Period

"Listen to run tied

"I know Alec Cain But Cain the archangelI don’t know hiuy"

Reed’s lips thinned, then he exhaled harshly "You’ve known Cain three ap in between Why won’t you consider that he was on his best behavior for a while and now the effort is wearing thin?"

"Ti to do with intimacy You can be around someone for years but not really know them at all The reverse is also true"

"I think he’s fucked you into believing whatever he wants"

Eve bit back harsh words Reed wasn’t trying to be an asshole, he was simply tactlessly blunt "You can learn a lot about a person when you’re ht not know anything about that

"Making love is for girls," he said coldly, confir her suspicions "Guys fuck We’ll do whatever it takes to get into the pants of a woot a hard-on for Cain is no exception"

"Then do this forinto ascensions and see if any possible explanations ju "Daot balls"

"You can’t tell me you don’t feel thein him that wasn’t there before"

"He’s the same as he alas’ Reed bit out "He just has ame," she shot back, "but that’s all it is I want to knohat’s inside him"

"I don’t think you do" He held up a hand when she opened her mouth "Say no more I’ll ask around"

"Thank you" She put every ounce of gratitude she felt into the words, but his face remained impassive

He stood and looked down at her with disdain "Think about how screwed up you are, Eve I’ uy who can’t love you"

She opened her , she said, Co that her life was spinning co to her feet, she reached out to hiain I would do the sa rong

Silence

"Ugh I can’t win for trying"

Exiting her office, she looked down the length of her hallway to the view of the ocean and sky beyond her living roooing to crawl out of her skin

The Noviu demon ass That lust for violence could be channeled into a lust for sex as a delaying tactic, but Eve wasn’t getting any, which left her spoiling for a good brawl Here she’d been bitching about how , when it had actually been really damned convenient as far as her Noviu cooped up at home for a couple of hours to drive that point hooing to cut it She’d suggest to Montevista that they go to Gadara Tower and use the gyht now She would have to thicken her skin before she exposed herself to his barbs

Eve turned away fro beach and headed toward her bedroom instead The moment she entered, she spotted an unfinished task--the beautifully eo had lent her