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Pointing at me, she narrows her eyes. “You don’t get to decide what I want to hear.”
Fuck, she’s adorable. It’s hard not to smile. “I’m just trying to protect you.”
“The truth is usually more protection than lies, Mr. Mantus.” Rachel leans back and Pumpkin lies on her lap.
I sit on the rolled arm of the large beige chair. A dozen lies come to mind. I could tell her that Kikia is insane and nothing she said is true. My sister’s actions would make it believable. Perhaps I could say nothing and come back when she’s less concerned with my fate and seduce her. When I look at her though, I want more than a night of passion under the blood moon. “There’s a legend as old as earth that claims if a demon finds his mate and claims her on the blood moon, he is released from service. If it’s true, you could free me.”
She sits next to Rachel. “I don’t know what to say.”
“None of it matters. The important thing is how you feel, Felicity. If you want me to go, I’ll go. But please don’t send me away because of something that I can’t control. I didn’t create the legend and I was born a demon.” I’m not above begging.
Rachel shakes her head. “It would be easier if he wasn’t so damned good-looking.” Standing, she picks up Pumpkin. “We’re going in the office to get some work done and give you two some privacy.”
Once Rachel is in the office and the door is mostly closed, Felicity sighs. She leans back and stares at me. “If I’m not mistaken, the blood moon is a lunar eclipse?”
“Yes.” I expect her to toss me from the house and her life at any moment.
“Your sister said there are more whatchamacallits for you to hunt now?” She closes her eyes.
“Purgs. Yes. Two more entered this world today. The powers that be are trying to keep me busy, so I won’t have time for you.” They don’t know that I’ll fight all my demon urges to be near this woman. They don’t understand how I feel. Honestly, I’m not sure I understand it either.
“Will that annoying Jorge be coming to all my weddings from now on?” She purses her lips.
“I will catch him.”
“I have to work now.” She gets up. “My next wedding is in the city on Saturday night. Make sure Jorge doesn’t mess it up.”
All I can do is watch as she walks toward her office. “Can I see you tonight?”
“Won’t you be busy hunting purgs?” She stops with her hand on the door.
It’s like fighting nature trying not to hunt the fallen angels. My gut tugs me toward finding them and ridding this world of them. “I have to work now too. If you gave me your permission, I’d come back and take you out to dinner.”
Her shoulders rise and fall but she doesn’t look back. “I can’t help wanting you despite the fact that you withheld information. I see that you desire me, but I don’t know how sincere you are. It’s possible that once you’re freed from the constraints of your nature, you’ll leave me behind.”
Since I can’t imagine what it would be like to be free of my duty, I don’t know how to answer.
Finally, she looks at me. “When is the blood moon?”
“One week.” It’s hard to breathe. She’s so beautiful and when she gazes at me, my chest tightens in a way no other human, demon, angel, or devil ever has had. “I don’t believe I would leave you, but I’ve been hunting purgs for centuries, Felicity. I don’t know what would happen if my fate changed.”
“But whatever happens, the demons are worried about it.” She leans on the doorjamb.
“It would seem so.” I can’t help the thrill of their concern. “I don’t hate the idea of those above and below having to do their own bidding while I wake up with you in my arms every morning.”
The hint of her smile lights her eyes. I don’t know if it’s because of the image of waking up together or making my superiors suffer. “I can’t resist you yet.”
Now I know I’m grinning. “Do you want to?”
She shrugs. “You can come back if you want to.”
Pure joy. It’s the only way to describe hearing those words. I cross to her in three steps and cup her cheek. “Thank you.” I lower my mouth to hers.
She opens for me, and I make love to her perfect mouth. I tease both lips before slipping my tongue inside and running it over her teeth and along her tongue.
Wrapping my other arm around her waist, I pull her close.
She cups the back of my head and grips my shoulder. “Mantus,” she breathes as she breaks the kiss. “Go find your fallen angels.” Pushing back, she touches her bottom lip.
