A Taste of Sin by Tonya Burrows

Author:Tonya Burrows [Burrows, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

What am I doing?

Kat made it only a handful of steps beyond the alley before she stopped walking and cursed at herself under her breath.

Was she really so terrified of Lux that she’d rather walk into the lion’s den than go with him?

Yes, because she was comfortable with that lion’s den. She understood its secrets and politics and inner workings. ISRS was the devil she knew, whereas Lux and the weird bond solidifying between them was a frightening mystery. She just couldn’t wrap her mind around the fact that her friends were now her enemy, and the demon—cursed man?—she’d thought was her enemy for two centuries was seemingly the only person she could trust.

She needed to slow down and think. She needed a plan. Despite her protestations, she was fully aware the ISRS had tried to kill her multiple times, and the pull of the stitches in her side was a stark reminder that she was now mortal. Walking into Society headquarters to face Asa with nothing but a bad mood was suicide.

And she couldn’t abandon Lux in the middle of the city like this.

She turned around just as he emerged from the alley. All around him, people stopped what they were doing and surged toward him. He ignored them, flinging them away even as they tried to climb his body like a tree. His gaze was locked on her, his eyes flaming red as he stalked toward her.

Demon or not, he was magnificent.

And he’d come after her.

She knew what that cost him. Knew the internal battle with fear he was waging as he fought through the growing crowd. He’d faced his fears to save her from doing something incredibly stupid. Maybe it was time to stop letting her fear and rage dictate her decisions and listen to her heart for once.

She held out a hand. The moment their fingers laced together, his curse once again broke, releasing the humans from its hold. At the same time, she felt the bond between them strengthen, like an invisible chain drawing them closer together.

Lux glanced back at the trail of confused, embarrassed people, then tightened his grip on her hand and met her gaze again. “I’m not letting you go, kitten.”

He was talking about more than a trip to the ISRS headquarters, and they both knew it. Fear told her to run. The simmering rage she was never without told her to fight. Her heart told her to stay.

She stayed.

“Take me home, Lux.”

He tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, and his expression was all tender concern. “Your apartment—”

“Not there. That was never my home.” Her home had disappeared two centuries ago when her family was killed. “Your home. It’s the safest place, and you’re right. Your brothers might be able to help.”

“They’re on their way to pick me up from Rev’s apartment. If we can get there.” He eyed the people flowing around them on the sidewalk. They showed no inordinate interest in him, and his suspicion shifted to amazement.

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