Demons of the Sun by Madsen Cindi

Author:Madsen, Cindi [Madsen, Cindi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-02T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Persephone stared into the surface of the scratched mahogany bar, where countless others had sat, trying to drink away their worries. Her head ached, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed in a vise. The fight with Jax had been awful, and the most devastating thing about it was, he was right. She wasn’t being fair to him.

He’d yelled and slammed the door, and she’d totally deserved it. In fact, she deserved a lot worse.

On top of it all, she got to feel guilty for betraying Adrastos. But as she sat, rehashing her suddenly way-too-complicated life, she realized what scared her most was that Jax might leave—might be gone already. Not so much because she’d be all alone, but because she’d never see him again.

“You need another, hon?” Rose asked, jerking her chin at Persephone’s empty glass.Unfortunately, the two Dr. Peppers she’d already downed weren’t making her feel any better. No way Rose would give her anything stronger, though—especially since it was early in the morning and the bar part of the restaurant wasn’t even open yet. Not that Persephone thought alcohol would really help. At this point, nothing would. “Sure. Hit me again.”

As usual, a colorful headband—red today—kept Rose’s curly black hair off her face. Her ebony skin showed only hints of aging around her eyes, and she could easily pass for ten to fifteen years younger than her sixty some years.

Rose set the refilled glass in front of Persephone. She leaned her six-foot frame over the bar. “I called the school, and I know you’re having a rough day…” She fixed Persephone with a serious glare that grown men often cowered at. “But don’t you make this a habit, kay?”

Which part? Fighting with Jax, making myself sick with guilt over having feelings for him when Adrastos is still out there, or sitting here thinking about what a horrible person I am?

Persephone didn’t want to make any of it a habit. Of course, Rose meant ditching school. “I won’t.”

Rose squeezed Persephone’s hand and then headed to the dining area to tend to her customers.

The door opened, and Persephone automatically turned. For a brief moment, she hoped it would be Jax.

But it wasn’t.

And she wouldn’t know what to say to him even if it was.

Sorry I’m so selfish? Sorry I already have someone else? Sorry I like the way your arms feel around me? Sorry that when I think about you my pulse races, and I want to let go and kiss you, regardless of the consequences?

When she was with Jax, everything felt like it might actually be okay.

But I feel that way around Adrastos, too. In my dreams, anyway.

Persephone reached up and ran a finger across her tattoo. Jax’s words echoed through her head: You let him mark you?

Adrastos hadn’t asked, but she knew he’d done it to show her how much he loved her—to give her a symbol to cling to in her waking hours. If he’d asked, she would’ve agreed. She’d agree to almost anything he said.

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