Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunter 21 by Dream Chaser

Author:Dream Chaser [Chaser, Dream]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-06-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Simone woke up with an awful headache. She pulled the pillow off her head to find bright sunlight streaming in through her bedroom window. When had the blinds been opened?

"What time is it?" she whispered, rolling over to stare at her alarm clock. Seven twenty-five. Why did it feel so much later?

Yawning, she paused as she caught sight of Xypher sleeping on the floor—he'd completely refused to sleep on Jesse's mattress, saying he was too used to hardness to want the comfort of it. Not to mention he'd pointed out that since his arrival in New Orleans, he'd been sleeping sitting up in alleyways with his back against the wall. Her floor was a step up for him. At least here he could stretch out.

The blanket she'd given him last night was still lying folded beneath the pillow. He hadn't touched them. Instead, he was lying on his side with one hand stretched out over his head and the other curled just under his chin.

A day's growth of beard dusted his cheeks. There was something so manly and yet boyish about him lying there like that... But as she stared at his lips and remembered the hot kiss he'd given her last night, it chased away any thought of him being boyish.

"Simone!"

She jumped as Jesse came running into the room. A slice of fear went through her. Had the demon found a way in? "What's wrong?"

He stopped beside the bed and stomped his foot. "Would you tell Gloria to stop whining about my music? I like Culture Club and Prince."

Simone frowned in confusion. "Gloria?"

"Yeah. She came back last night."

"How?"

He shrugged. "She said Xypher brought her back."

"How?" she repeated.

"I don't know, but could you have a talk with her? There's a reason I'm an only ghost in this house. I don't like sharing."

"Okay, tell her to come here."

"Gloria!" he shouted so loudly that Xypher jerked awake on the floor.

Gloria manifested in front of Simone. "If I hear 'Karma Chameleon' one more time, I swear I'm going to find Boy George and make him eat Jesse's record. What does red, gold, and green have to do with anything anyway?"

Jesse was offended. "It's a brilliant song! C'mon... 'Every day is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival.' What could be more meaningful than that?"

Xypher groaned as he lifted his head up from the floor to glare at the ghosts. "Someone please tell me that we're not seriously having a friggin' debate over the genius of 'Karma Chameleon' at seven o'clock in the morning?"

Simone laughed. "Afraid so, sweetie."

Xypher glared hostilely at the ghosts.

"How do you know about Boy George?" Jesse asked.

"I was in hell, Jesse. What do you think they used to torture me with? Bad pop songs."

Gloria gave Jesse a smug look. "Told you."

"It's a great song."

Xypher growled low in his throat. "Yeah, the first nine thousand times you hear it. After a while it gets trapped in your head until it makes you crazy... now you know why I'm so effing nasty all the time.

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