Rule Breakers, Soul Takers by Jacqueline Jayne

Author:Jacqueline Jayne [Jayne, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC027000 FIC027120 FIC027030
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Prudence anxiously paced in front of the Gate, her eyes never leaving the portico ceiling.

Where was the light to release Ellie? Why was it taking so long?

Had her dalliance with lust interfered with the soul’s salvation? It wasn’t Ellie’s fault she’d been weak. Surely, the poor mother wouldn’t be blamed.

The tap of shoes on concrete made her jump. She glanced down at Jesse walking up the steps. A rag from the saddlebag of his motorcycle bulged around his hand. He’d claimed hitting the demon had blistered his palm, but she could have sworn the burned hand had been the one that had held her so tightly.

Concerned about Ellie, she probably wasn’t remembering clearly. Some of it she didn’t want to remember.

Especially not the change in her partner. But the loop of Jesse towering over the demon kept playing over and over in her mind. It pained her to keep seeing his face contorted into an angry mask, the fiery, amber eyes she’d admired for so long turning solid black.

Under the wrong circumstances, his buried darkness surfaced.

Fortunately, from the moment she’d read him their connection hadn’t completely disengaged. The heat of his rage thawed her, and with some common sense, she’d been able to bring him back to reality.

But she couldn’t wait any longer for her partner to confess his secrets. Tonight, he would have to bare his soul.

“No first aid supplies in the bag?” she said when he stopped halfway up the stairs.

“Had ointment and one gauze pad. Finished the job with the oil rag. It’ll hold until we’re home. I’ll go to the doctor tomorrow.” Somber, he hadn’t made eye contact since they’d left the Passion Pit. “You ready?”

“Not yet.” She sighed, raising her sights. “I’m waiting for the light to come.”

“I thought I’d missed it.” Lips pursed thin, he headed toward her. “It should have been instantaneous.”

Arms wrapped her waist, she hugged herself. “It’s not coming at all, is it?”

“I don’t know.” He shrugged. “This has never happened before.”

“I want to wait a while longer.”

“We don’t have a choice. But I need to rest my dogs.” He perched his now denim covered butt on the top step and leaned back on his elbows, stretching out his long legs.

She plunked down beside him, miserable to her core.

“I need to say something,” he said in the low, serious drawl she often heard in her dreams. He twisted to look her square in the eye. “You should know it already, but—I’d never, ever hurt you. I’d never hit any woman for any reason. The demon didn’t leave me a choice and—”

“Your record’s still clean, Jess. Demons have no specific sexual orientation. They appear as they sense they need to be seen. And they’re demons, so they don’t count. In fact, I owe you a big thanks. For quick thinking and not falling into the trap.”

He sighed relief. “Well, like I said. Hurting you wasn’t an option. No matter what. I hope those spanks didn’t—”

“They didn’t. You didn’t. So no worries.”

He arched an eyebrow, the hint of a grin teased his lips.

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