Blessed Fury by C S Wilde

Author:C S Wilde [Wilde, C S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781720047230
Published: 2018-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

18

Ava

Ava watched steam rise from her coffee cup. The events from the warehouse replayed in her mind nonstop, keeping her awake through the night.

She cringed at the memory of Liam and the vampire kissing, at Lilith’s body snaking around his, and then his mouth taking hers with the thirst of a man lost in the desert. Just the recollection of their passionate exchange made bile swirl in Ava’s stomach, and her throat tightened.

She had watched. All of it, and she couldn’t lift a finger. Literally, thanks to Lilith’s glamour.

Ava had cried Liam’s name until her throat felt like shredded paper, but he didn’t listen. Just when she had given up, her eyes stinging with tears, she felt the pulse of her sword. That familiar warmth spread through her, and the rift of light and heat opened inside her essence. Molten gold burst from her core, covering her entirely. The shield. It could break the glamour. Ava didn’t know this, but the rift inside her somehow did.

Lilith’s glamour shattered, but the vampire was so busy making out with Liam that she didn’t notice Ava approaching until it was too late.

At first, Ava had wanted, needed, to kill Lilith. Something primeval inside her said Liam was hers and no one else’s. Instead of ending the bloodsucker, though, Ava swallowed her fury, and a rush of guilt swam across her. She had never wished to end someone’s life before.

Once they returned to Liam’s apartment, she prayed tirelessly during the night, begging the Gods for forgiveness. Hate was something new to her, something alien and wrong. She hoped praying would redeem her.

Ava took a sip of her lukewarm coffee, feeling like she was at a crossroads: one path leading to her salvation, the other to her doom.

Liam sat across from her, and by his frown and the dark circles under his eyes, he had barely slept during the night. Like her, he also stared at his coffee.

“We should tell the Captain,” Ava said quietly, breaking the silence, “and then report to Ezra.”

Liam snorted. “You trust your boyfriend blindly.” He sipped his coffee, then shook his head. “We tell the Cap and Kev. Not a word to Ezraphael or any other angel.”

“Not even Justine?”

Liam shrugged. “I guess Kev would tell her either way.”

Ava narrowed her eyes at him. “Ezra could help us, Liam.”

“How can you be certain of that, princess?”

This time, he’d used her nickname to spite her. Ava knew the difference in his tone by now, but starting another argument wasn’t smart. So she brushed it off. “I’ve known Ezra since I became an angel. I trust him as much as I trust Justine.”

“Really?” Liam took another sip. “You don’t tell him half of what you tell her.”

Ava crossed her arms. “It’s a hierarchy issue. If he knew I was disobeying his orders, he’d have to assign me to another charge. And punish me, of course.”

“He paired us together, Ava.” Liam’s words hung dry in the air like the single beat of a drum.

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