Dark and Damaged: Eight Tortured Heroes of Paranormal Romance by Ashley Jennifer & Roane Caris & Kellison Erin & Heaton Felicity & Quinn Erin & London Laurie & Vanak Bonnie & Gleason Colleen

Author:Ashley, Jennifer & Roane, Caris & Kellison, Erin & Heaton, Felicity & Quinn, Erin & London, Laurie & Vanak, Bonnie & Gleason, Colleen [Ashley, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Anthologies, Vampires, Paranormal, Military
Publisher: Fire Flower Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-06-12T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Nina stared up into Lucifer’s golden eyes, sure that she had heard him wrong. Her hand fell to her stomach and she tensed when it touched his where it rested over her belly button. It wasn’t possible. Maybe Heaven didn’t know that.

She shook her head at such a ridiculous thought, sure that whatever higher powers existed in this world, they knew what they were doing and they had chosen her for a reason.

Lucifer frowned at her, his head tilting to his right, and searched her eyes. “You do not believe me?”

“I’m not sure what I believe anymore, Lucifer.” She stepped back, needing the space and some air. Her stomach turned when she sucked down a sharp breath, getting a hit of thick, moist and rank air rather than the clear crispness that she needed. Her throat tightened and a weight settled on her chest, pressing down on it harder the longer she stared into Lucifer’s eyes.

The more she saw the belief in them.

Mihail had called him a liar, but the only one she knew had lied to her was the angel himself. Lucifer hadn’t been honest with her, but when she kept her head and tried to look at it from his perspective, she could understand why. He had known that she would freak out and run away from him, rushing headlong into what she felt sure was a very dangerous realm and into the arms of an even more dangerous man.

That man was an angel, with the white wings to prove it in every clichéd way possible, but she hadn’t felt safe with him. Her heart had warned her not to trust him and her instincts had told her that he was dangerous, out to get something from her and poison her against Lucifer for some reason.

Was it really possible that that reason was the fact that she was pregnant?

“I can’t believe it,” she muttered and kept shaking her head, struggling to believe that there might be life inside her already. “Why would they choose me? I don’t understand why they would choose me. It doesn’t make any sense. It just doesn’t… and you already have a daughter. Why would they want you to make another one?”

He moved a step nearer to her and she resisted the urge to back off another one, torn between allowing him to close the gap between them so she could draw comfort from his proximity and pushing him away so she could have the space she desperately needed.

The air grew thicker and she wheezed as she tried to pull it down into her lungs.

Lucifer’s expression darkened, he caught hold of her arm before she could move, and suddenly it was dark and she couldn’t see anything. She tried to wrestle free of him but his grip tightened and he tugged her against his hard body, his arms wrapping around her to pin her to his chest. When the darkness receded, she found herself standing in the apartment he had given her during her stay.