Wicked Ever After (A Blud Novel Book 7) by Delilah S. Dawson

Author:Delilah S. Dawson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2015-10-04T21:00:00+00:00

12

Despite the fact that he’d recently driven me to screaming with passion on a balloon, Criminy Stain looked like a fashion plate as we hurried down the sidewalks of London. The sun was scurrying down, and the gaslights popped on, one by one, giving the cobbles an eerie green glow.

“We need to go faster, love. It’s getting late,” Crim said blithely, as if discussing the weather.

“But I don’t want to go fight an evil wizard in the dark,” I whined. “I’m tired now, and it’s creepy, and I just want to drink a bunch of blood and take a nap.”

Crim shook his head at me and patted my glove. “We’re not going to see Sweeting now, pet. His shop’ll be closed. I want to hurry so we can see the show at Demi’s cabaret. We need new acts, if you’ll recall. And yes, you can have all the blood you want once we get there.”

“Mm.” I sighed. “Amazing sex, a full belly, a great show, good friends, puppy snuggles, and a good night’s sleep. That’s my kind of . . . wait!”

“Hmm?”

“This is starting to feel like a bucket list.”

“A what, love?”

“A bucket list. It’s basically this thing they do in my world when people start to feel like they’re running out of time to do all the things they’ve dreamed about. So they make a list of stuff they want to do before they kick the bucket.”

I could tell by his silence and the squeeze of his hand that I’d come closer to the truth than he’d have liked. “Your newly perfected instincts leave little open to discussion, darling.”

“So what else is on your list? Because I don’t think you’re going to drink from the Magistrate or steal the jewels in the Tower.”

Criminy sighed deeply and tucked my hand into his elbow to guide me around a fetid pile of bludhorse manure.

I couldn’t help feeling as if I’d found a Mr. Darcy on the streets and a Mr. Willoughby in the sheets; he had such a habit of getting proper and stilted when discussing something he knew I would hate.

“Perhaps you’re a little right, love. I’ve waited so long for you to be a Bludman so that I wouldn’t be constantly worried about keeping you alive in this wretched world. And now here you are, beautiful and clever and sexy and rather hard to kill, and the first thing you want to do is challenge the two most dangerous creatures in this town to a fight. So perhaps I am indulging myself, and you, just in case. But if there’s anything wrong with giving us both pleasure and making sure the caravan is comfortable before throwing ourselves to the wolves, then I do apologize.”

We turned a corner, and I was relieved to see the Demimonde cabaret rising above us, a daimon in full costume selling tickets out front.

“So you think we’re going to lose?” I asked, in a tinier voice than a born Bludman would ever use.

Crim slipped his arm around my waist, goosing me in the process.

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