Reap & Repent (The Reaper Series Book 1) by Lisa Medley

Author:Lisa Medley [Medley, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Big Cedar
Published: 2015-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

When she popped out into the middle of Purgatory, she felt like a groupie sneaking backstage at a rock concert. She looked around, nervous, half expecting a herd of reaper security guards to tackle her and escort her back out…or worse. She didn’t belong here, and she certainly didn’t know what the heck she was doing.

Talk about trial by fire.

Hoping that she’d attract less attention by moving than by standing around in everyone’s way, she started walking. She made her way through the hustle and bustle toward the angel, Rashnu, on the same end of the terminal where Deacon had taken her on their last visit. Wondering if it mattered which end of the terminal the souls were deposited on, she decided to go with the devil she knew. The depot was much more crowded than it had been last time. Reapers of every possible stripe— and species—jostled into her as they hurried by. Horror shimmered through her at each passing touch.

Souls traveled in gray streams, one right after another, against the ceiling, and then down long tunnels on both sides of the depot. Occasionally, one would fly up the main chimney like her father had. She made her way to the back of the queue, trying not to gawk at the diversity of the beings around her. She was definitely in the minority. Although the sex of most of the creature reapers was indeterminate, she seemed to be the only woman among the human reapers.

The line shuffled forward. She felt him before she saw him—a surge of pricking goose bumps crawled up her spine as his hot breath poured down the back of her neck.

“Deacon’s pet? Fancy meeting you here… And alone, too? Don’t tell me that Deacon has met with some tragic harm.”

Kylen.

“Nothing he can’t handle,” she said, before she remembered the no-talking plan.

“Hmm…last time I saw him he was being carted away on a stretcher. Given the way he tore up that chapel and how badly injured he was, I’m surprised they released him.”

The demon Kylen circled her, sucking in a deep breath. While he couldn’t touch her with the intent to harm her, intimidation appeared to be acceptable since he hadn’t yet been rendered into a pile of ash or anything. He stroked a loose lock of her hair back and tucked it behind her ear. Ruth flinched.

If not for his creepy eyes and talonlike fingernails, he looked human…handsome even. But there was no getting past the eyes and talons. She shuddered as he pushed the bulk of his body up against her.

“First time?” he asked huskily.

Ruth didn’t answer—she just shuffled forward, putting space between them. He eased up near her again, pressing against her back with the front of his body. He rubbed himself against her, letting her feel exactly how happy he was to see her.

“The first time is always the hardest, isn’t it, love? I could make it so much…more for you,” he whispered, his words bringing new prickly bumps to the surface of her skin.

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