Storm of Sin by Patricia D. Eddy

Author:Patricia D. Eddy [Eddy, Patricia D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

Zoe

My body aches. Like I ran a marathon without training a lick. Every muscle seems determined to tell me how displeased it is, and stretching my legs feels damn near impossible.

It’s dark, and my brain’s fuzzy. This isn’t my apartment. Or my bed. And...holy shit. I’m not alone.

I sit bolt upright, immediately regretting the motion as the room spins and I collapse back against the pillows with a grunt.

“Zoe.” Sin’s deep voice rumbles to my left, and I suck in a sharp breath. “Stay calm. You are in my bed.”

“Your bed?” Knowing where I am is great and all, but Sin and I are not together. And the only way I’d ever sleep with him is if... “Oh, God. You used your talents on me.”

I try to scramble away, but Sin bands his arm around my waist and pulls me back against him. He’s so warm and solid, and the closeness calms something deep inside me, but it shouldn’t. He…fed from me!

“You gave me permission, Zoe. We would have died. What is the last thing you remember?”

I can barely keep my eyes open. Is he still influencing me? My thoughts wander. Tacos. Orange blossoms. Pain. “We were at Temple’s apartment. The garage.” Large, black wings. Seeing the city from high above. Flying. Oh, my God. We were flying! ”Oh, shit. You’re...you have wings! How do you have wings?” I struggle to free myself from his hold, but he’s too strong, and when his lips brush the shell of my ear, the intimate—and oddly familiar—gesture tamps down my panic enough so I can breathe.

“I am only part incubus. My father was an angel.” His words are quiet and almost resigned, as if he doesn’t want to recognize this part of himself. Or admit to it.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I roll over so we’re facing one another, though it’s pitch dark in here, and I can only just make out his profile as he stares at the ceiling.

His body stiffens, and he pulls the blankets over me with dispassionate precision. “I do not tell anyone. And you cannot either.”

“Okay.”

“Okay?” Shock roughens his tone, and he pushes up on an elbow with a groan. “That is your only response?”

Our brush with death is fresh in my memories again, and I shudder. “Sin, you saved our lives. You flew us out of that garage, past two men and a Fae who wanted to kill us—or turn us into zombies—and halfway across the city. With a piece of fucking rebar sticking out of your back. What do you expect me to say? Besides...’thank you’?”

Sin falls back down next to me. “You are truly unique in this world, Zoe. I am not certain any other, be they human or divine, would have been this…accepting. Or calm.”

“I do have a question.” It’s getting harder to stay awake, and I curl away from Sin and burrow deeper under the blankets, suddenly chilled. He follows, warming me with his body pressed to mine.

“Ask.”

“You have this huge apartment. I’m pretty sure I saw a guest room.

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