Samael: A Devil and Angel Gay Romance by Kay Ellis

Author:Kay Ellis [Ellis, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Encompass Ink
Published: 2020-12-07T18:00:00+00:00

13

We strolled along the beach, socks and shoes in our hands. Angel and I occasionally bumped each other with our shoulders. Every time it happened, we met each other’s gaze and smiled, both of us aware that this trip was for us as much as it was for the boy. Tam bounded ahead of us, like an excitable puppy off the leash for the first time. He darted into the gently rolling breakers, shrieking with laughter as the water washed over his bare feet, before scurrying back up the beach. For a moment, he stood still, watching in fascination as his curled toes disappeared into the soft sand. Then he was off again, running back into the surf and repeating the process all over again.

“People think he’s special,” I growled, scowling ferociously at the third family I’d noticed giving Tam funny looks before pulling their kids away. Maybe not the best turn of phrase, but… demon, remember? Political correctness was not exactly in my repertoire.

“He is special,” Angel said soothingly. “To us, at least.”

By the time we had walked the length of the beach twice, Tam was soaked to the waist, having decided to sit in the surf for a five-minute breather, and my stomach was rumbling like thunder.

“Hey, kid. You want to go and get something to eat?”

Tam trotted over to us, tired but happy and apparently oblivious to how wet he was.

“I don’t want to go back. I want to stay here forever.”

“I asked if you were hungry,” I said. “Nobody said anything about going back.”

Deliberately, I avoided using the word home because that was not what the mansion was. Not to any of us. For Tam, it was a prison. For me and Angel, a trap. I was in no more of a hurry to return than Tam.

“Can we come back to walk on the sea after we eat?” Tam asked hopefully. Angel had tried explaining to him that only the water was the sea and the sand was called the beach, but it didn’t seem to have sunk in.

“I don’t see why not,” Angel told him. “Just for a little while.”

Tam scampered off contentedly, completely missing the nuance behind Angel’s words. A little while and then we have to go back. That was what Angel meant. The kid would be crushed when he realized he couldn’t stay.

“We should find a hotel,” I suggested nonchalantly as we climbed the steps to the promenade. “Not forever. Just for tonight.”

Although forever didn’t sound so awful to me.

Angel crouched down to brush the sand from his feet and pull his shoes on. He helped Tam do the same, while I sorted myself out. When he’d finished, he straightened up and faced me with a worried sigh.

“We don’t have any money. You’ve already promised Tam a meal we can’t pay for. How do you propose we afford a hotel?”

“I don’t know.” I looked up and down the promenade, hoping an answer would conveniently present itself. “Are there any of those machine things around? The ones that give you cash?”

“I’m sure there are,” Angel answered.

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