I moved next to Mercy.I’d opted to take the first shift with her, so I’m not sure why he was still there, wings unfurled and all.
I’d expected him to leave at the first sight of our cabin, what with how grumpy and agitated he’d been.
A part of me wanted to press him about it, but I got the feeling it wasn’t a good idea.Still, I was curious.
We had Mercy.We were on our way to Jasper Springs, and soon, we’d find her body and...
Reality dawned on me once more, that Mercy may not be the only lost soul in need of guidance.
Miles.
Whoever he was to her...is...I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was in need of guidance, too.Whatever happened between them...there was a feeling in my gut that he was connected somehow on a monumental level.
Love will bond people in the face of death.
And judging from the warmth emanating off Mercy during that kiss...I’d say it was safe to say she definitely had feelings of love for the boy.
Something we could use to our advantage.
Her memories were becoming more vivid, which meant we must have been getting closer.Combined with her feelings, it might have been just enough to bring us not just to Mercy’s body, but to another lost soul who needed our help.
Our help.There is no we, Valory.Endor is a demon.When this is all said and done, he will return to Hell, and you to Heaven.
I stiffened in my seat as Mercy settled her feet in my lap.
Somehow, I’d always known this.That my...partnership...with the sexy demon who was all spread out along the booth in front of mine, gazing out the window like some brooding vampire, was as numbered as my days with Mercy.
Findingherbody was the mission.If we failed...
God, I didn’t want to fail and find myself trapped here, in limbo like a ping-pong ball unable to trulyrest.
But what sort of punishment would a demon endure?
Something horrendous, I was sure, and I certainly didn’t want to be a part of Endor’s eternal damnation.
And because she was such an astute little soul, that was the moment she shot me a knowing look.
I evaded her as best I could, offering her a kind smile.
“Get some rest,” I said as she pulled her feet out of my lap.
“I need to use the restroom first,” she answered sweetly, flashing me a gaze that had me sighing in defeat.
I knew that look, but I also knew I couldn’t really deny a girl the use of the bathroom.Lord only knew the last time she did go, what with waking up a lost soul, getting kidnapped, and getting rescued.
Endor pulled his attention from the window to Mercy, his shoulders tightening.
“Do you want one of us to come with you?”he asked, and there was a softness in his voice that couldn’t be missed.
It was always there when he spoke to her.It was hard to think of a demon as beingsoft, but Mercy seemed to draw out a softness in the both of us.Accessed parts of us we didn’t know existed until she found her way into our prospective realms.
“I don’t think anything is going to happen to me on the way to the bathroom,” she said with a smirk, and I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle as Endor’s eyebrows furrowed.
“I promise I won’t be long,” she said as she slipped through the cabin door before either of us could follow her.
The cabin was stiflingly silent without her there.
My mind was bustling with thoughts, my body aflame as I fought the urge to look at him.
