Dark Kiss Of The Reaper by Kristen Painter

Author:Kristen Painter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, grim reaper, paranormal romance, dark paranormal romance, Paranormal
Publisher: Kristen Painter
Published: 2011-10-29T05:03:32+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

She leaned forward. “You mean like in the Underworld?” she whispered.

“Something like that, yes.” Why he hadn’t thought of this sooner, he didn’t know.

She sat back. “Sounds a little scary.”

Maybe that was why. “There’s nothing to be scared of. You’d be perfectly safe.”

Her mouth bunched to one side and she made ketchup dots on the rim of her plate with a fry. “It would be interesting to see where you live. How would I...”

“I’d have to bring Pallidus for you.”

The dots stopped. “Nothing could happen to me, like my soul getting trapped there or something like that?”

A woman at the next table gave Sara an odd look.

Azrael slid to the edge of his chair, bumping his knees against hers. “Nothing. Perfectly safe. You have my word.”

“In that case, okay, I’d love to.” She pulled a small leather bound book from her purse and paged through it. “Does it have to be dinner exactly? I’m off all day Sunday and if you picked me up after work on Saturday, I could stay over and spend the end of the weekend with you.”

With a shake of her head, she closed the book. “That was dumb of me. I’m sure you have souls to—” The woman at the other table leaned closer, obviously listening. “—work to do, I mean. It’s not like you get a day off.”

Sara glared at the woman, who immediately retreated to her sandwich and drink.

He wanted to jump up and shout, even though the thought of doing something like that shocked him. “It’s a great idea. Don’t worry about my schedule, it’s very adaptable.”

Sara laughed. “You’re smiling like a kid at Christmas.” She shook her finger. “Don’t get any ideas. Nothing gets unwrapped until I say it does.”

“I would never assume otherwise.” He tried to smooth his grin but couldn’t. She was coming to his home.

And of course, Saturday night took forever to arrive. There was only so much instruction to give his staff and preparation to be done before he went to get her – especially since his home was never untidy or unkempt. He did want to be sure he had everything she liked, including coffee. She seemed to have a particular fondness for the stuff, and he knew most mortals, her included, couldn’t function in the morning without it.

He was early to her apartment, so he kept his Reaper form. An unknown man hanging around a woman’s apartment door might arouse suspicion.

At last, her car pulled into the parking lot. Finally, she was done with work and all his. He used the shadows of the stairwell to take on his human form. She winked when she saw him, but didn’t say anything as she headed toward the stairs. Once they were hidden by the stairwell he pulled her into his arms. He kissed her hello, the taste of her adding new fire to the anticipatory heat that had been building in him all day.

“Hi to you, too,” she whispered when the kiss ended, her lids heavy with what he hoped was her own anticipation.

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