I reached out and caressed his jaw, felt it tighten beneath my touch.
“It doesn’t have to be this way.”
He closed his eyes and sighed.
“I hate how convincing you are.”
His hands were at my hips in an instant, and then I was over his shoulder.
My pussy clenched so tightly I already knew what I was thinking when I asked, “What are you doing?”
He didn’t answer.
Just strode to the bed—and tossed me onto it.
The ground rumbled beneath us, groaning like a wounded beast.
Tremors followed, and the bed rattled against the floor, the vibrations jarring every bone in my body. Cracks split along the stone walls.
What was Luke doing?
But when I looked at him, his eyes were wide—stance alert. He bent down and scooped me into his arms, cradling me to his chest.
He tucked my head beneath his chin and said, “Cover your head with your hands,” just before he broke into a run.
So, it wasn’t him.
Could Harvest have found a way to break into Hell?
Stones pummeled Luke as he ran.
I could feel the force of each one striking his shoulders and arms, the jolt vibrating through me. Some hit my legs—one cracked into my knee directly, and I hissed from the pain.
Luke growled low in his throat and tried to gather me even closer, hunching his body over mine as if to shield me completely.
“Can’t you just move us to another spot in Hell?” I asked.
I cringed at the loudthwacksas debris rained down on him. One massive chunk slammed into his back, jolting his entire frame. I felt the vibration through my fingertips, still splayed across his torso.
“No, Kitten,” he gritted out. “This is happening everywhere in Hell.”
My eyes widened. “Everywhere? Then port usoutof Hell. You can withstand a few minutes outside, right?”
Hades, there was so much crashing down on him that he started to stumble. If something bigger fell, we wouldn’t be able to escape in time.
“Luke! We can’t stay in this!”
“I can’t…leave,” he ground out.
“Then I’ll fade us out,” I said.
“Fade yourself but know that I’ll come for you as soon as this is over.”
“No—you can go with me.”
Before he could protest, I tried to fade…and tensed. Nothing happened. Why couldn’t I fade? I still had my powers.
“I can’t go,” Luke said tightly. “Go. It’s not safe. Your powers—”
