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"Just trust et Asmodeus to show up, and we’ll see if the emissary passes the news onto Satan so that he can show up"

"You’re not going to rest until I’ his head, Reed pressed his lips to hers The kiss started out short and sweet, but swiftly heated When he straightened, she made a small sound of protest

"You owe h heels"

"You’re a pig"

"Can’t help it I think I’ree to this shit?"

He shifted away before she could reply She sat there for a ure filled the doorway to her office

Alec ca of hot coffee and set it on her desk From the café au lait appearance, she knew he’d fixed it perfectly From the look on his face, she knew he’d heard Reed’s declaration

"Good"Thank you"

"Anytiht I’d come over early Get the day started"

"You’re always Welcome here"

He moved to the futon "I followed your orders Looks like I’m too valuable to kill"

"I could have told you that" She sainst the rim of her cup

"But I would lose the firm"

Eve sed adown "I’m sorry I kno much you wanted it"

Alec sat back and crossed his arive"

She knehat that was like

He sat idespread legs, his booted feet resting flat on the carpeted floor His jeans orn in all the right places and the areous biceps He hadn’t aged a day in the ten years since she’d first seen him

"You’re not upset?" She studied hi disappoint ith it," he said gruffly "I have to be collared like a dog to get a grip on myself"

"Did you talk about that to whoever you went to see last night?"

Alec shook his head

"Why not?"

"I thought he e his mind and decide to knock me out of commission after all"

Eve stood and h "What is it withfor years, angel No one’s talking" His foot tapped restlessly atop the carpet "For a long time there’s been speculation that my mother was unfaithful and the result was lanced aside at her "You won’t tellout of et answers If there was nothing to worry about, there’d be nothing to hide"

"Alec" She squeezed his leg, which was like stone beneath her hand "What are you thinking?"

"You said this necklace suppresses Infernal traits, and the ugliness inside me shuts up when I wear it What does that tell you?"

"That you think you’re half-demon?"

"It’s not like my mom had a lot of choice in men back then," he said dryly He leaned into her "Maybe the ascension triggered soenetics What if they can’t be locked up again? Like Pandora’s Box or so her arms around him, Eve pressed her lips to his forehead The scent of his skin and the feel of him beside her was familiar and beloved "I don’t know the answer to your question"

"I can see that," he said, re her that if she didn’t work actively to keep hi

She pushed hiently but firmly "If there’s a story there, it’s not mine to tell And I don’t want secrets like that between us"

Alec slid an ared her into his lap "I don’t want anything between us I want to fix us You and me"

"Are we broken?"