Life Cycle by Zoe Winters

Author:Zoe Winters [Zoe Winters]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Teen Paranormal
ISBN: 9781938639036
Google: zNZYLwEACAAJ
Publisher: Incubooks
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Cain held back a growl. The blonde was curled against his chest, sleeping, her breathing shallow. He’d nearly killed her, and he should have. And yet, he’d stopped. He wanted to hurl the woman across the room. He was an incubus. His kind killed women. It was just what they did.

Sure, they didn’t have to, and he didn’t always, but eventually he did—when he got bored. But this wasn’t about that. She’d been a quick bite, a distraction, something meant to prove he still had it, that he was still demon enough. He had no plans to come back to her again. There was no reason to keep her alive.

He couldn’t deny the truth of the situation. He’d shown mercy to someone outside his own species. The word made his lip curl in disgust. That witch had worked magic against him. She had to have. This wasn’t normal. And the whole time he’d been in bed with Gloria, who had he been thinking of? Tam.

He slid out of the bed, careful not to wake her. After coming so close to killing her, she really would be weak. Without letting himself think about why, he went to the kitchen and made her a sandwich and poured a glass of juice, then left it for her on her nightstand.

Angry with himself at the display of kindness for a mere meal, he allowed a fireball to form in his hand. It glowed and hissed. He tossed the ball in the air and caught it over and over as he contemplated throwing it at her and ending her.

It was one thing for him to spare Tam. There were multiple reasons that might be a good idea. He could use a witch that powerful as an ally. Anthony clamping down with his police state would affect Jane, and Jane was one of his. It made Tam useful.

At the last confrontation with the vampire king, Tam had fought by his side like one of his demons. There were reasons to keep her breathing. But this woman? This stranger? She was just some woman he’d fed from. Her only redeeming quality was that she resembled Tam. But if he was sparing meals who reminded him of the witch, it would be admitting he kept Tam alive for reasons he didn’t want to acknowledge.

Gloria woke then, a satisfied smile on her face—until she saw him across the room with fire in his hand. It wiped the smile away as the pieces began to come together that something about their encounter was off.

“W-what are you?”

“You know, that nervous stutter was endearing for about the first twenty minutes, but it’s played out now.”

Her eyes welled with tears, her lower lip trembled, and she pulled the sheets up around her to shield herself from his gaze. Too late for that.

“I’m a demon. Incubus. Eat your sandwich.” He’d made it, she was going to eat it, then he was going to kill her. He’d made up his mind.

“So all those stories on the news are true? A-about demons? I thought the protesters were just crackpots.

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