Terri Garey - Nicki Styx 03 by You're the One That I Haunt

Author:You're the One That I Haunt
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-12-20T14:53:23+00:00

“You took advantage of Crystal,” I said, my voice shaky. “She was angry when she died, delirious, not thinking clearly.” It was true, it had to be true. “She couldn’t have had a fair choice in the matter.”

Sammy shook his head. “You’re wrong. I always give them a choice.”

“I think she would’ve chosen otherwise if she’d been thinking clearly,” I said recklessly. “I think you cheated her.” I waited for some fire and brimstone. “I think you cheated her out of her soul because she was confused and disoriented when she died.”

He shrugged, and the sight of it infuriated me.

“You claim contempt for men like Boyd, but you’re as big a hypocrite as he is.” That earned me a look I didn’t care for. “You claim you were thrown out of Heaven for doing what came naturally; you said you tempt others as you were once tempted, just to prove some things are impossible to resist. Where does Crystal Cowart figure into all that?”

In a flash, faster than I would’ve believed possible, Sammy had me pinned against the wall behind the counter. His body was hard against mine, male and imposing, his face inches away. “Listen to me, little girl,” he said, and his breath smelled of cloves, “I could hurt you. I could hurt you, and those you love”—his nose touched mine, briefly—“very, very badly.” He rested his forehead on my cheek, while I stood frozen, not daring to struggle. The hands that gripped my shoulders were hard, but not hurting. My heart was beating against my ribs, breasts pressed firmly to Sammy’s chest. “Do as I ask, and become mine,” he rasped, sending tendrils of heat from my ear to my belly, “and I will let Crystal’s soul go free.”

“No,” I whispered. Evil held me in his arms, yet fear was fading. “You don’t want to hurt me.” I would never have believed it, didn’t understand it. Just knew it.

He went still as stone. I wanted to touch him, just once, of my own volition, but didn’t dare. I splayed my fingers against the wall instead, hearing the can of pepper spray clatter to the floor. My hands stayed flattened against the pebbly surface of the drywall, while the rest of me throbbed with an awareness of him.

“Let me offer Crystal peace, and see what she chooses. Let me offer her a way to resolve her anger.” I didn’t even know where the words were coming from anymore—it just seemed important to say them. “If I do that, and she still chooses you, then you win.”

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