But surrender is what he did as she pulled him closer.
It was just an inch, and one might even mistake it as an involuntary response to his touch.
But there was no denying the softest, slightest part as she opened her mouth, and her bright gaze fell to his lips.
His lips found hers with ease as the radio chirped in and out, the singer crooning on about needing to be rescued and never being saved.
And for a moment, I envied them.Mercy and this boy.
The soft shift of their bodies in the space, crashing against the cup holder that separated them as they clung to one another like dew clings to the spider’s web early in the morning.
The reality both saddened me and angered me.There was an innocence in their kiss that I would never know.
It was in my nature to taint the innocent, to draw one to the dark side and toplease.And I’d never known innocence, never seen it up close and personal until those last few days.But I wanted it all the same.
Make no mistake, I wanted to sink my fangs, my tongue, and my stupid, twitching cock into the pretty angel and drag her straight to hell.It would be hard for Roche and the contracting department to deny me a promotion if I could tempt a fucking angel, but...
The desire I could feel spreading within my being didn’t want to covet Valory because it was good for business.
No, I feared the truth was far worse than that.
For I wanted to covet Valory formyself.
And Mercy...
I didn’t want to let her go, either.No one ever looked at me the way she did.Like I wasimportant.Like I fucking mattered.
“Miles...”Mercy’s voice was soft, yet slightly raspy, but beforeMilescould respond, the vacuum sucked me back through those bright green neural pathways.
No.No, no, no...
Not now, not like this.
“Endor!”Val’s hand clamped around mine so hard, her nails dug into my palm, and before I could blink or suck in a breath, we were back on the bench in the train station.My wings bristled against Valory’s and the touch sent a jolt of energy racing through me that I was powerless to stay quiet about.
I groaned as it ricocheted through me.My head was pounding, my body hot like a flame.
Valory’s nails continued to dig into my palm, drawing blood, and reality hit me like a brick.
I yanked my hand away, my wings vibrating with anticipation as my fangs ached with venom.
I shoved her away, if only to get a hold of myself.Being near her right now, like this...
It was probably a bad fucking idea.
“Stay with Mercy,” I said as I slipped away.
Mercy looked up at me with confused eyes for a second, and then, she turned her head.It was slight, the movement almost unnoticeable, like in the car.
It was...observant.
It made me feel on display, and I didn’t like it.
“Endor...”Val’s voice was soft.Careful.
I hated it.
I hated how just the sound made my skin and my feathers react, how hard it was to fight looking at either of them at that moment, but we could not sit there like sitting ducks, bouncing from vision to vision.
