My Soul to Keep (2010) by Vincent Rachel

Author:Vincent, Rachel [Rachel, Vincent,]
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-14T19:07:51.734000+00:00

gesture taking in the entire hospital, and the job Tod carried out there.

"It would be, if I were sel ing him poached souls, or something like that. But my business with him has

nothing to do with my job, or with my abilities

as a reaper."

"Are you serious?" I shoved my chair back and my pitch rose so high on the last word that dogs al

over the neighborhood were probably howling

in sympathy. Or maybe in pain.

"Your reaper skil s are what get you to and from the Netherworld. Without them, you wouldn't have

interested Avari except as a snack. Another

soul to suck. You're totally abusing your abilities. And because of what you've done, one kid is dead,

one's gone clinical y insane, and your

own brother is wandering around in the Netherworld like a protein bar with legs!"

People were starting to openly stare, so I looked at the table and counted to ten to get my temper

back under control. When I looked up, Tod was

wiping both hands over his face, the muscles in his arms bunched with tension.

"I hope it's worth it, whatever he's giving you," I spat as softly as I could. "I hope it's worth the three

lives you've ruined."

Four, if you counted Emma's, and five if you counted mine, because there was no guarantee I'd walk

away from the Netherworld alive this time.

Or at al .

Tod flinched, but didn't break eye contact. "It's Addison," he said, his voice so low and heavy I wasn't

sure I'd heard it at al .

"I traded my service as a courier for an hour a day with Addy."

Huh?

"Tod, Addison's dead."

He nodded slowly. "Her body is. But her soul is alive and not so wel in the Netherworld, and the only

way I can help her is to give her an hour a day

free from torture and humiliation. To keep her sane. It seemed like the least I could do, considering I

failed to get her soul back before she died."

Tod's jaw tightened, and he held my gaze, steadily. Unashamed. Yet I saw the flicker of pain and

determination in his eyes.

I felt my heart splinter and thought for a moment that I could actual y hear the cracks. How was I

supposed to stay mad at him now? Tod had been

ruining lives with his own postmodern, interdimensional version of chivalry.

Will all the real men please stand up?

"I swear I didn't know what I was carrying"|."

I wanted to ask if that would have mattered. If he'd known what he was real y agreeing to, would he

have considered five ruined lives""and

potential y countless more""worth an hour of comfort a day for Addison? But I didn't ask, because I

already knew that where Addy was concerned,

Tod had no limits. He'd been wil ing to let me die in the Netherworld to save her soul. There was

nothing he wouldn't do for her. To be with her.

Even beyond the grave.

I sighed and rubbed both hands over my face. "Okay, so how does this work? You blink into the

Netherworld and he lets you see Addison for an

hour, then hands you a bal oon bouquet on your way out?"

Tod's brows rose in bitter amusement.

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