The Devil's Soldier: A Paranormal Vampire Romance Novel (Devil Series Book 3) by Raven Steele

Author:Raven Steele [Steele, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Eve had never been happier. Boaz was gone, and Lucien was in bed next to her. The world was as it should be.

Her phone on the nightstand buzzed. She picked it up. A text message from Charlie read that they were all meeting at Bella’s for dinner at 9:00. She glanced at the time on her phone. That was in five hours. She turned back around and rolled on top of Lucien. His arms came around her.

“Don’t you ever sleep?” she asked and traced a finger across each of his eyebrows and down to his jaw line.

He sighed contently. “And miss a moment with you?”

She kissed him on each cheek and finally on his mouth. In between kisses, she said, “Dinner’s at Bella’s at nine.”

“Where’s that?” he asked, but his words were muffled because she was still kissing him.

She sat up, her long hair falling to the sides of her face and reaching Lucien’s chest. “Downtown. Not too far from here, actually. Shower with me?”

“Mmmm,” he moaned and smiled. “Breakfast time.”

She laughed, her chest feeling light, her heart feeling full. Everything was as it should be.

A few hours later, Eve and Lucien walked into the Deific.

“Hello, you two,” the secretary greeted.

She was an older woman with strawberry blonde hair and a kind smile, but Eve’s heart still stung whenever she saw her sitting in what used to be Sarah’s chair. Eve still blamed herself for not being there when Sarah died.

Lucien pressed his palm to the small of her back as if he knew what she was feeling.

“Charlie’s in the conference room with Liane and Alana,” the secretary said. “Henry should be here shortly.”

Eve turned the corner down the hallway to the conference room, but Lucien stopped her just before going in. “I don’t think Liane should be a part of our conversations.”

She groaned and turned around. Not this again. “Liane has been through just as much as the rest of us. Why won’t you give her a break?”

Lucien glanced through the door’s window to inside the room. Eve followed his gaze. Liane was listening to Alana telling Charlie something. Her hands were folded in her lap, and her eyebrows were drawn together as if she was upset or frustrated.

“Her timing,” Lucien said. “It feels off. Don’t you think it was strange the way she just suddenly showed up?”

Eve had considered this at first, but after talking to Liane and seeing the fear of Boaz in her eyes, Eve felt she was telling the truth. “Liane was lucky she got away from him when she did.” When Lucien’s brows furrowed, she added, “If you feel something’s off, then we’ll keep an eye on her and be careful what we say around her. For now. But I think in time you’ll see she was a victim just like I was.”

His expression relaxed, making her sigh a breath of relief. She didn’t want any contention between them.

“That’s all I ask,” he answered and pecked her on the forehead.

Together they walked into the room.

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