The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen

Author:Trinity Faegen [Faegen, Trinity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60684-379-6
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2012-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Three hours into the flight, Jordan had lost the caffeine buzz, and her adrenaline had slid back to normal. When Key insisted she get some sleep, she didn’t argue, except to insist he join her. “You need sleep, too.”

She took off her running shoes; he took off his boots. She removed her hoodie; he removed his shirt. She slid out of her sweatpants; he turned out the light.

Under the covers, he gathered her next to him and whispered in the dark, “I haven’t ever slept with anyone. I don’t know if I snore, or kick, or behave badly, so you’ll have to let me know.”

“Never? Like ever? I thought you’d been with … other people.”

“We didn’t sleep.”

“Oh.”

“Does that bother you?”

“No, but if you intend to be with me, like with me, it will bother me a lot.”

He held her a little tighter. “Go to sleep.”

She drifted off and was caught unawares by a nightmare. She was back in Washington, at Matthew’s house. Every moment replayed in her dream exactly like it happened, except when she fell to her knees beside Matthew, screaming, he opened his eyes and looked up at her with accusation. “You betrayed me.”

“Jordan, wake up! It’s okay. Jordan!”

She woke up disoriented, crying and gasping for breath.

Someone was knocking on the door.

“You’ve got to answer,” Key said somewhere close to her ear.

Sliding from beneath the covers, she went to the door and opened it just enough to see Ms. Duplessis standing there, looking worried. “I’m sorry,” Jordan said, “I had a nightmare.”

“Can I get you something?”

“No, thank you.”

The woman took a step closer to the door. “If you’d rather not be alone, I understand, Miss Ellis, and I’d be only too happy to sit with you.”

“You’re very kind, but I’m okay. Will you make sure I’m awake for landing?”

“Of course! You’ll need to take a seat and buckle up.”

Closing the door, she made her way back to the bed and slipped beneath the covers, still trembling. “I thought I was under a cloak. How did she hear me?”

“I took you out of it before we went to sleep, in case anyone peeked in.”

She couldn’t shake the nightmare. “Key?”

“Right here.”

“You were going to take me to see Matthew tonight.”

“That was before everything went to hell.”

“I still want to see him.”

His reply took a long time. Finally, he said, “Then see him. You’ll be in the real world again, so you can visit him all you want, and talk, and … whatever.”

She rolled to her side, facing away from him, and didn’t sleep again. She was pretty sure Key didn’t either.

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