Poison Kissed 3 by Hayes Erica

Author:Hayes, Erica [Hayes, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781429946544
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-09-28T07:00:00+00:00

15

Diamond squeezed my arm tighter. “Bullshit. How the fuck does he ever sweat, then?”

“I don’t fucking know. Some weird chemical thing. You’ve seen him glow in the dark. All I know is, it works.” Guilt mushroomed sickly in my stomach, and I hated it. Joey had hurt me more than I could ever hurt him. I shouldn’t care.

But I did.

Diamond’s arm tightened around my waist, and he smiled his warm dark smile. His claws slid from my flesh, and he stroked the cuts absently like he was sorry. “Good girl.”

Bile salted my mouth. On the floor, Cobalt’s body lay still. One eyelid drooped open, and his glazed eye stared at me, the chilldark accusation of the dead.

My skin shrank cold, and I shoved Diamond away. “I gave you what you wanted. Now give me mine.”

Diamond stared at me, accusing. “What you wanna know?”

I couldn’t meet his eyes. “Two things. Give me my spell. And how did you know about my mother?”

“I don’t have your spell. It’s already gone.”

My stomach sank. “Where?”

He shrugged. “Your problem. Look for a scarfaced dealer named Ivy. That’s all I know.”

Memories flashed warm, a golden earthfae lady with a scarred cheek, who kissed my breasts and offered me sparkle. I gritted my teeth. I’d missed that point totally. “And my mother?”

“No mystificality. Glassfae. Sometimes I see through.”

Despair stung my heart. He hadn’t really known anything. Just a flash of insight, a fairy trick.

I wiped my eyes and scraped back filthy hair. My body shook with frustration and rage and blind need for punishment. I needed a shower and a long night’s sleep. “Fine. Thanks so much. Now get the fuck out.” I scowled at him and turned away.

But he folded gentle fingers around my wrist, wrapping me tight. “Mina—”

“I said get off me.” My knife was lost. I had no weapon. I couldn’t even break his grip.

But he didn’t hurt me. He just tilted his head, glittery, his eyes strangely soft. “Look. It doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s not fight.”

“Don’t give me th—”

“I meant my speakings at the club. We can use you. I can fixify you something better.”

I laughed, my mouth sour. “Oh, sure. This is the ‘we can be on the same side’ speech? You’ve got to be kidding me.” But chill stung my bones. I’d cut myself off from Joey, my friends, everything I’d ever known. I didn’t have anywhere else to go.

Diamond’s nose twitched. “So watcha gonna do? Stand there and hate yourself until you bleed?”

My face burned. I yanked my hand back and whirled away, fury rippling my lungs uselessly. “What the hell do you know about it, okay?”

“I know because I’ve been there.” He touched my shoulder, and I resisted, but he forced me back around, gentle but insistent. “I know about self-hatings. About making yourself suffer. Don’t stay there too long. It gets . . . ugly.”

Sincerity? Jesus. This was getting awkward. But my nerves tickled warm, and I tossed sticky hair from my neck, sweating. “Yeah? Well, maybe you shoulda thought of that before we did our little deal.

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