A Mermaid's Kiss by Joey W. Hill

Author:Joey W. Hill [Hill, Joey W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

THE darkness is growing in you, Jonah. Lucifer’s words, her dream, David’s worried look . . . She couldn’t stop the shiver from running over her skin as she looked at her now human angel, squatting naked by the creek, tossing in pebbles, the line of his muscled back taut with the things fighting within him.

Though she’d shrugged off Mina’s concern at the time, she had wondered why he hadn’t contacted other angels to come to his aid. It had also surprised her, as it had Mina, that the vision pointed them to a human shaman, rather than back toward the heavens. Now two angels had come to their immediate physical aid, but both believed whatever ailed Jonah was not within their power to fix.

Of a sudden, she felt very alone. She’d been going forward only on feelings . . . Goddess help her, nothing but optimism. It had never occurred to her what larger things might be at stake.

The unfortunate thing is we need Jonah now . . .

He just needs time . . . Let’s hope Fate will provide it.

Lucifer and David’s warnings made it clear that an angel of Jonah’s power wasn’t supposed to be traipsing the countryside aimlessly. Lucifer had called Jonah a petulant child.

But Anna wasn’t in the habit of letting others do her thinking, even if it was a creature as old and terrifying as the Lord of the Underworld. She studied the man crouched by the stream. His face was tilted up toward the touch of the wind; his eyes were closed. With features as perfectly sculpted as the Lady could make them, it was no wonder the wind kissed his face, caressed him. But there was no easing to his brow, no sense it brought him any comfort.

She had the sudden and disturbing realization that he had looked more at peace fighting a losing battle against the Dark Ones amid the forest of tree limbs.

He bowed his head now, an arm bending along the side of his skull, one fist clenched on the back of his neck.

When she stepped forward, he made a noise of warning.

“I’m a stranger to myself, Anna. Lost. Don’t come near me.”

The sound of his voice, so determined and yet so broken at once, wrenched her heart. What could she possibly know that could ease the heart of an angel like Jonah? Nothing. But then, neither Lucifer nor David knew the answer any more than she did.

She bent, started picking flowers. There was a variety of small white ones all through their little glade. Taking her time, thanking the plants for their sacrifice, she collected the petals, working her way closer. She could sense his attention drifting over her, while the rest of his thoughts dwelled in much darker realms.

When she was next to him, she hesitated, then opened her hand over the crown of his head. The petals floated down, landing on his clenched fist, in his hair, tumbling down his shoulders and back. Despite his warning, she followed their descent with her own fingers, stroking his blood-stiffened hair.

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