Desire From Hell by Avery Rae

Author:Avery Rae [Rae, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avery Rae
Published: 2018-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

I woke in the middle of the night. Moonlight beamed in through the window, softening the darkness of the plain room. Edwin was still curled up in the bed beside me, sleeping. I only barely managed to keep myself from touching him.

He looked so restful. His permanently furrowed brow and that hard look he always had on his face were long gone. I smiled down at him. I hoped this was the end of the secrets. The running and hiding from our feelings. I just wanted to be with him. Was that really so much to ask?

For someone who had done as many bad things as I had, it probably was. But up until recently, I had thought I was doing the right thing. I would make amends somehow. Starting by distancing myself from the Druids. That would be easy enough, I figured, considering current matters. Now I could have the normal life I always wanted. My brain was buzzing with possibilities. Try as I might, I couldn't get back to sleep.

I carefully got out of bed and crept into the hallway. The house was completely silent. The only sounds were my bare feet padding against the hardwood and the whisper of the wind brushing tree branches against the windows. I had planned on going to the kitchen for a drink of water, but as I was walking down the stairs, I noticed Nathaniel sitting in the living room.

I leaned up against the doorway. "What're you doing up?"

He jumped as if he'd been lost in thought. "Hazel."

"That's my name," I said with a smile. "You got something on your mind?"

Nathaniel nodded, averting his eyes. "I couldn't sleep if I wanted to."

"Wanna talk? For old times' sake?"

"Old times," he said with a quiet laugh. "We've been apart for all of a week."

"I deserved that."

His eyes fell away again. "No, you didn't. I'm sorry."

"Hey, it's okay. I get it." I leaned back to look at the patio door at the end of the hallway. "Let's go outside. It looks beautiful, and we stand less chance of waking everyone up."

"I was just thinking the same thing."

We made our way outside. There was no furniture, of course. I couldn't say I expected much else. The demons had barely furnished the place as it was. Bare bones was the way to describe it. But that made sense. I couldn't imagine they would bother if they normally lived in Hell. As weird of a thought as that was. I wondered what it was like. Not that I was excited to find out.

We sat down on the grass, staring up at the cloudless sky. Silence stretched between us for a short while, until Nathaniel finally asked, "Does he make you happy?"

"He does."

"Do you love him?"

I ran my hands through the grass and shrugged, looking down. "Maybe."

"Could you ever see yourself loving someone else?"

I looked up, startled. "Nathaniel . . ."

"Sorry, that was unfair of me, wasn't it? I can't seem to control myself tonight." He sighed and pulled a phone from his pocket.

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