Possession by J.R. Ward

Author:J.R. Ward
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-09-29T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-six

It had been a while since Adrian had been to the land down under—and no, not Australia. As he stared at the walls that stretched up indefinitely, his stomach turned, and he wished like hell he hadn’t told Jim he’d keep Devina busy.

Naturally, she’d propped herself up on her worktable, like she wanted to force him to look over there.

“Well,” she said in that deep, velvety voice of hers, “did you miss me?”

Glancing in the demon’s direction, Adrian felt his hatred surge. She was sitting there all crossed legs and cleavage exposed, clearly enjoying the fact that he’d given her a metaphysical jingle. Hah. What he’d actually like to “give” her was a stab in the back—just like what she’d had one of her harpies do to Eddie.

“Not in the slightest,” he heard himself answer.

“Aw, Adrian.” She hopped off her perch and started walking over, all hip sway and then some. “Still bitter about your buddy?”

“No. What’s done is done.”

That pout of hers relented a little. “So phlegmatic. You aren’t going to therapy by any chance, are you? I’ve found it’s helped me tremendously.”

“With what? Coming to terms with the fact that you’re going to lose this game?”

She stopped about a foot away from him, and her no-bullshit voice came out. “Don’t be so sure, angel. This round is going to go my way.”

“Bet you said that about the other three you lost, didn’t you.” He leaned in toward her, even though it put extra stress on his bad leg. “Losing all those times must have come as a shocker.”

“I’ve got two flags.”

“Only one of which you’ve earned.”

Now she smiled, her luscious lips peeling off her sharp white teeth. “Both are still mine.” She pointed over to a stout oak door that had iron reinforcements all over it. “Cast your eyes on my decor.”

Sure enough, over that exit, there were two of the game’s flags, mounted on the jambs.

Man, that pissed him off.

“You’re angry at Jim, aren’t you,” the demon drawled.

“No.”

“Liar.” Rising up on her tiptoes, she licked across his mouth, her tongue lingering on his flesh. “Isn’t that why you’ve come? To get back at him?”

“No.” If that was the case, he’d have left the other angel high and dry.

“Oh, really?” Her hands went to his chest, palms flattening on his pecs as her hips brushed the front of his. “I think you did.”

His body revolted at the proximity, his skin prickling up, his shoulders tightening into steel cables, his gut twisting even more. And all that got worse as he looked past her falsely beautiful face to that table.

Impossible not to remember what she’d done to him on it.

Abruptly, he wondered if Eddie hadn’t been right. A long time ago, after Adrian had finally gotten free from down here, his best friend had warned him that that kind of abuse lingered not just in the mind and on emotional levels, but in the soul, in the bones, in the blood.

Ad had brushed all that off, of course, but now…

Staring at that table, he thought that Eddie might have been right.

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