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Perhaps Montevista wouldn’t bitch tooto church Not that a church was any safer than other buildings; nothing was sacred to demons But worst- case scenario would be that they cross paths with so Infernals and thron, and she’d welcome that The de her, notlife hell for the other Marks

She’d rounded the bed and was reaching for the Bible when she heard the door shut and lock behind her Tensing, she glanced over her shoulder Her hand fell to her side

"All right," Reed said gruffly "I feel it, too Happy?" His hands were shoved into the pockets of his

black slacks; his face was austere and somber Eve sensed how it pained hiainst his jealousy in order to be honest with her He would have preferred for her to give up on Alec altogether Instead, he gave her hope

"Don’t get too excited," hehimself into when he went after the ascension"

She became very still "You think he wanted this?"

"I think he pursued it" Reed looked at her "There are many handlers who are better qualified Cain was chosen because he secured an endorsement somewhere"

It felt so odd to be so co into pieces on the inside

"H-he had to know that things would change between us in the process, right?"

His face took on a stony cast "He knew archangels are incapable of ro about that--or you--at the ti that last sentence to hiht have helped his cause with her

"Thank you," she said quietly, rounding the bed toward him After Alec’s Jekyll and Hyde complex, it was a relief to interact with soenuine To his possible detriment, no less

Perhaps Gadara was correct in his assumption about why Reed had approached Sarakiel for assistance

For her, Abel gave Cain the benefit of the doubt It was only fair to give the same to him in return

When she reached him, Eve didn’t think twice She cupped the back of his neck and pulled his mouth down to hers

Reed’s arms wrapped around her so fast, they felt like a steel trap snapping shut His head tilted to better fit his er stole her breath and melted the chilled place inside her

His fervor was far different from Alec’s There was lust, yes Passion in spades But his desire lacked the bite of fury and shadowy darkness of Alec’s With Reed, she didn’t feel as if she was a waterlogged life preserver for a drowning ainst hers "Don’t use ainst him "No Cain Just you"

He cupped her buttocks in his hand and lifted her feet from the floor

Evewant you

His lips, so firm and sensually curved, were softer than she’d expected The last tiue was velvety soft as it licked deep into her rew hot and wet Moaning, she rubbed against hie echoed--"What’s more important? When someone wants you because they can’t help it? Or when they want you because theyHe didn’t want her-- consciously or otherwise He needed her, but this afternoon she’d come to realize that she couldn’t keep him afloat Not in that sea of madness inside him He would pull her under with hiel A Mark couldn’t survive that Change--Alec, a mal ‘akh, had barely survived it--yet, as his body had altered states, he’d dragged her down into the inky blackness of his agony It was Reed who’d pulled her free and saved her fro her to the door Want you

Her legs wrapped around his lean hips Their chests heaved together, the sound of their labored breathing et winded, didn’t have racing heartsexcept when gripped by lust for blood or sex Stress didn’t affect theular exercise The rarity of physical reactions created a craving for theed Marks to retain their hu

He pulled back and pressed his hot cheek to hers "Sometimes, I hate you"

Eve felt that resentht she wasn’t aware If it’s any consolation, sometimes I hate myself

"You wanted me before he came back into the pictore, then deniedacross her nipple Hot, dark eyes watched her pant and arch into his touch They challenged her, mocked her

"You damned me"

Want me back

His voice in her mind was different froher, deeper, his half-forhts pushed away as quickly as they appeared

"I want to walk away froth stroked directly against where she ached "I want to fuck someone else and let you know that I have I want you to lie in bed at night and wish you were beneath le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>