She hummed her agreement, then waggled her eyebrows at me. “It happened the night before Sable’s death. We couldn’t sleep. You and Rathiel had taken off. So we decided to go for a walk?—”
“Ah, yes, a romantic walk in Hell along the lava pits and brimstone.”
Eliza shot me a flat look. “Do you want to hear this or not?”
I mimed zipping my lips.
“Anyway,” she continued. “I started telling Levi about my life on Earth, describing home to him, when he got this look in his eyes and kissed me. But it didn’t stop there.”
I leaned forward like a gossip-hungry teenager. “Definedidn’t stop there.”
Her lips pursed. “You know exactly what I mean.”
“Oh, I do. But you’ve had your nose buried in Rathiel’s and my relationship since we got here. So this is me returning the favour. You slept with anangel, girl! Tell me everything. Was it slow and romantic? Fast and desperate?”
“You sleep with a fallen angel!” she argued. “I assume it’s no different.”
Oh, Ihighlydoubted that. Rathiel was all darkness, in the most delicious ways.
When I didn’t relent, she growled in exasperation. “You’re the worst. It was slow at first, tender. Then things grew more heated. Almost desperate. Like if we weren’t touching each other, we’d both stop breathing.”
Delight bubbled within me in a way it hadn’t for days, and I excitedly clapped my hands. “That’s great! What was it like sleeping with someone while knowing your powers weren’t affecting them?”
Eliza pretended to faint. “Amazing.”
A grin tugged at my mouth. It made me happy to see her like this. She deserved it.
“So?” I asked, wiggling my brows.
She eyed me. “What?”
“Do you love him?”
“Lily—”
“Nope! Come on! No backing down now.”
She stared at the ceiling for a moment, but she wore a grin wide enough to crack her entire face. “Yeah. Yeah, I love him. It’s hard not to. He’s…”
“A damn angel,” I said. “And not only in the literal sense.”
“He’s definitely raised the bar,” she said, laughing.
I chuckled and nodded. “So have you two discussed what sleeping together means?”
Her brow pinched. “What do you mean?”
“Well, he’s an angel,” I repeated. “They aren’t supposed to…you know.” I flicked a finger at her. “Dally with humans. Not that you’re human. But I suspect the rule still applies. He dipped the forbidden wick.”
“Oh my gosh.” She clapped her hands over her cheeks when they reignited. For a siren, she sure blushed a lot. “Um, no, I never thought to even question that.”
“I admittedly don’t know the rules forup there. Can he even go home now that you two have…”
“Lily,” she groaned. “I don’t know. And I don’t want to even think about that right now.”
I nodded. “Fair enough. Let’s move on. Do you know if he loves you back?”
That damn grin again. She nodded, her eyes glowing in a way that had nothing to do with her siren magic. “He told me so last night. He asked me to promise myself to him, which I did. I…I kinda thought that means he plans to stay?”
