Entice: An Ignite Novella by Erica Crouch

Author:Erica Crouch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: angels, Demons, paranormal, paranormal romance, Young Adult, penemuel, azael, ignite series, ignite, entice, Eden, angels and demons, fallen angel, ya
Publisher: Erica Crouch
Published: 2013-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“IT’S TIME,” VALAFAR CALLS OVER to us.

Gus wages a silent war with himself, rocking back and forth, as if the argument in his head is tipping him just ever so slightly off balance. I’m half tempted to reach out and shove him over but decide to keep my hands to myself. Without another word to us, he turns around and stalks back to the other group.

Naamah and Botis look smug, their lips pressed into tight smiles, their eyes glinting with victory. It’s as if they think they’ve already beaten us at some sick game. More than anything I want Azael’s temper to flare up so he can slash those stupid expressions from their faces. And that thought alone sends ice shooting through my veins.

The old me would never have thought something like that, but now, the annoyance twists so furiously in the pit of my stomach that I could scream. I feel like I’m on the verge of something terrible, glancing over the apex of a mountain into a dark abyss. I wonder what it is that will finally push me over for good.

Hell is changing me faster than I expected it to.

Maybe I’m just going stir crazy from being underground for so long. I’ve grown so accustomed to the round, carved ceilings of Hell that I’ve almost forgotten what the sky looks like. Almost. The blue expanse of day and the blinking lights of the night stars still burn behind my eyelids when I try to sleep, but they’re hazy.

I don’t have time to consider my temperament long before Valafar and Gus are doling out instructions and expectations.

“Be unobtrusive, unassuming...” Valafar counts off every word she knows hooked onto the prefix ‘un-.’ I, for one, am unimpressed.

Gus steps in after she runs out of adjectives. “Discretion is paramount. We don’t need the angels to realize what’s happening until it’s too late to intervene.”

“Got it.” Azael nods his head and rolls his hands, as if he can make Gus talk faster if he gets antsy. “Don’t let the white wings catch wise. Anything else?”

Valafar smiles slowly, her lips pulling back over her teeth until I can see her molars. They look like they’re too big to fit her jaw, and I wonder how she has any room for her tongue in her mouth. “Your overeagerness will be your downfall,” she warns him.

“Hate to break this to yah, sister...” He leans forward, as if he’s about to reveal some huge secret. I bite back a smile when I notice Naamah and Botis leaning slightly forward on their toes to hear better. “I’ve already fallen.” He throws his head back, laughing as his wide, dark wings flick out behind him.

“I don’t think you fully grasp the severity of your task—” Gus fumes, obviously embarrassed at his lack of control over Azael. I wonder what Valafar thinks of him, of us. I’d be curious to see what she reports back to Lucifer after we leave.

“We get it, Gus. You’ve said the same thing to us a hundred times already.

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