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Dangerous. A beautiful, dangerous stranger I had met in a desert. A sand viper is what I’d thought of him, and that was precisely what he was. But everything Kaden did had a purpose, so he was here for a reason. He was either stalling or preparing to strike.
“Let’s not play games with each other, okay?” I squared my shoulders and tipped my head a fraction higher. “I’m no longer the quivering girl with nothing but a dagger strapped to her thigh. Why are you here?” My voice was even and flat. I folded my arms, the long sleeves of my jacket falling at my sides. He wasn’t here, and I had no inclination to waste my energy on an illusion.
“No, you are definitely not, but I know you still have a pretty weapon between those thighs, don’t you?” He raised his hand, pinching his lower lip as he circled me, his gaze nearly a physical touch. “Powerful enough to make a god change his plans.”
I groaned, dropping my arms and tipping my head back. He didn’t have to be corporeal for me to know he was tense. I had spent lifetimes studying him. “Did I ever tell you how annoying your voice is? There have been times I wanted to rip my ears off my head rather than hear you go on and on.”
“You know, I never thought you’d kill Drake. I always assumed you two were fucking when no one else was around.”
“No, you were the one who needed multiple lovers to stay satisfied, remember?”
Kaden smiled coldly. “Or maybe there was another reason.”
“One I don’t care about.”
He was trying to distract me. But from what?
“I’ll ask again.” I sighed. “What do you want?”
He stopped before Elijah’s slack form, sliding his hands into his pockets. “You nearly took his head off with that twist. You’ve been paying attention to me, huh?”
Another distraction.
“Yes, Kaden. You killed my sister. We all know. Do you want to broadcast that once more? Or will you stop hiding so I can repay the favor?”
His eyes scanned me from head to toe as he bit at the corner of his lip. “You really are different, aren’t you?”
My body shuddered, the Ig’Morruthen stirring and waiting to attack. “What? Do you want me to be sad? Cry in a corner? No, that girl is long gone. You made sure of that. I want blood. A fucking river of it.”
He strode forward, stopping inches from me, forcing me to look up to hold his gaze. “Gods, I miss you.”
“What do you want?”
“You.” He moved his hand as if he would touch my hair. “Always you.”
“Me? Or are you here about the ship at the bottom of the sea?”
Not even a hint of surprise crossed his features.
“I will admit, I am glad I am the only thing on your pretty mind. Is Samkiel jealous?”
He is a manipulator, Dianna. Don’t get distracted, my mind whispered. Don’t let him see you falter for a second, or he will eat you alive.
I swallowed, squaring my shoulders. “I don’t care what Samkiel feels. The only thing on my mind is killing you.”
He took a step closer to me, his eyes roaming. “And how will you do it, my pretty little vixen? Slowly? That’s not how I like it.”
“I know you’re moving iron. A lot of it.”
“Yeah?” A smirk made of sin graced his lips. “And did you have to spread those pretty little legs to find out?”
I made sure the smile I gave him in return was all teeth. “No, I did that for fun.”
“Fun or that raging bloodlust coming back with a vengeance? You know your true nature, and you have buried it for far too long. That hunger hits, and then you crave something hard and stiff.”
“Not always. Sometimes I prefer tongue,” I snapped back.
“You know you could come home, and I could take care of that?”
