Lust and Magic by Melody Raven

Author:Melody Raven
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Claire popped open another energy drink as the knock came on her door. It was ten at night so she really wanted to ignore it, but she knew it could be important. Considering what Sam and Derek were doing at the moment, it could be life-or-death. She put her eye to the peephole, but it wasn’t Sam or Derek looking back at her. It was Jackson.

Son of a— She was already starting in on a tirade as she unchained and unbolted the door. “I’ve been calling for days without a word and now you show up here without even texting and—”

The second the door was open, Jackson walked past her and inside, glancing around. “I see you’ve done nothing with the place.”

She shut the door, redoing the locks before she turned her rage on him. “What the hell, Jackson? I could’ve used you.”

“You ignored me,” he pointed out, still looking around the apartment as though he was trying to find something.

“And you missed your chance to bask in the glow of being right. Can I help you with something?”

He raised his brows as if he was surprised she’d noticed him looking around. “Oh, no. You know the last time I was here, I got laid?”

She was having a really hard time keeping up with his train of thought and she was trying to remember all the great insults she’d thought of to hurl his way. “I think we can safely say that Sam has moved on from her time with you. Jackson, where were you?”

He smiled but it never reached his eyes. “I’m not very proud of it.”

“Oh no. The little orphan soul sucker might judge you. Just tell me.”

“I ran.”

She blinked. She expected him to say he was shacked up with some model or having a five-way or something. Why she assumed all his excuses would have to do with sex she didn’t want to think about, but running had never occurred to her. “Running from what?”

“You being stupid. I told you going to that club was a bad idea. If something happened and you were captured, I had every reason to think you would out me.”

“Wait. You thought I’d tell people what you were?”

He shrugged. “Maybe not right away. Maybe not voluntarily. But you have information on me that could lead to my death and you’re not exactly the best at defending yourself. Since you weren’t going to take any of my advice, I had to take precautions.”

“If you’d be honest with me and actually help instead of giving vague warnings, maybe I’d listen!” She let out an exasperated sigh before she ran over to the useless book she’d brought with her. She flipped through the pages until she found the illustration that was going to haunt her nightmares for months. “This. Look at this. Is that what I am? Some sort of monster?”

Jackson moved to her side and stood right next to her as he looked at the illustration. His fingers traced over the aged and fading strokes.

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