Nemesis: Paranormal Angel Romance (Realm of Flame and Shadow Book 2) by Christina Phillips

Author:Christina Phillips [Phillips, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648756842
Publisher: Phoenix 18 Publishing
Published: 2020-02-26T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Rowan

“Kill me, then.” She glared at him and wrapped her leg around his thigh, bringing her concealed stiletto within reach. Let him think she was hell bent on seducing him, when her only goal was escape. “Look me in the eyes as you murder another unarmed dhampir, Angel of Death.”

“Unarmed?” His laugh was derisive and in the split second she drew her stiletto from her boot, he knocked it from her grasp in a move so lightning fast she was stunned. “Now you’re unarmed, dhampir.”

He gripped her throbbing wrist and dragged her arm over her head. Mortification scorched through her that he’d deflected her attack so easily. Had she really imagined she stood a chance against him?

His body melded to hers, as though they were lovers and not the deadliest of enemies. Effortlessly he manacled her wrists with one hand. Her infuriated struggles didn’t impede him in the slightest.

“And that’s how you like it, isn’t it?” It was a pathetic response, but she couldn’t stay silent while he meted out his twisted form of justice. She wasn’t used to being so defenseless and now her stiletto was gone so too was her last hope of inflicting injury.

“I’ve no desire for you to stab me in the back twice.”

“I wasn’t aiming for your back.”

“What were you aiming for? Castration?”

His nonexistent heart had been her target. But let him think what he liked. “Give me back my stiletto and I’ll show you.”

“I have a better idea.” His eyes glittered and the breath stalled in her throat. Why did she still crave his touch, when all he wanted was her death? “Dump the pretty façade you’ve shown me over the last two weeks and fuck me as you really are.”

Primal need speared through her. How could her body betray her so brutally? “I’d rather die.”

“That can be arranged.”

“What are you waiting for?” If he expected her to fall apart in terror, he was going to be disappointed. She wouldn’t beg for mercy when he possessed none.

“Don’t usually hang around once the target guesses the truth?” He made it sound like a question, instead of a statement. How often did he do this kind of thing? It hadn’t crossed her mind he’d made a career of it. Another piece of her broken heart crumbled to dust.

When she’d been a child, she’d day-dreamed of mythical angels because they were so beautiful and pure and good. Everything that she wasn’t.

How wrong she’d been.

“I suppose that’s because they’re usually dead by now.” She spat the accusation at him. Azrael literally held her life in his hands. She should be dead by now. She wasn’t that stupid. But he was deliberately keeping her alive because, despite everything, he still lusted for her.

Could she use that to her advantage? Corrupt the one, perfect thing in her life into something cheap and sleazy?

Get real.

It had never been beautiful or special, except inside her imagination. If having sex with Azrael offered a chance of escape, she’d grab it with both hands.

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