“If you do that, they’ll shoot your human.”
Talon stiffened, then relaxed. “Then we’re at an impasse, because we’re not leaving until we’ve talked. So either we can talk, or you and Alex can die. What’ll it be?”
Alex squeaked out something indignant.
It had to be a bluff. There was no way Talon would actually let anything happen to Alex… would he?
Lilith narrowed her eyes. For a tense moment, no one moved. Then, with a sigh, she waved a hand, and the halfling goons lowered their guns.
“Fine,” she said. “Let’s talk.”
Chapter16
Storm
The last thingStorm wanted was for Lilith to learn about his feelings for Nathan, but it was far too late to worry about that. Now, he focused on her, determined not to let Nathan’s wandering hands distract him from the conversation.Somebodyneeded to keep a clear head, and Storm wanted to be that for Nathan now.
“What do you want?” Lilith asked, sitting back in her chair and crossing her legs primly. “Why are you here?”
“The pills,” Talon said. “Why are you distributing them? What’s your plan?”
Lilith’s blood red lips curled into a slight smile. “I’m just providing a service for a client.”
“Which client?”
“Ah-ah-ah. That’s confidential,” she said.
“What do the pills do?”
She gestured to Alex and Nathan. “Can’t you tell?”
Storm glanced over. Nathan’s hand was trailing up and down Storm’s abdomen, and Alex was doing the same to Talon, his blue eyes distant like he was lost in the sensation of the cotton on his palm.
“Magda said it makes them feel like us,” Storm said. “Is that true?”
Lilith’s gaze darkened as she turned toward him. “I see you’ve got one now, too,” she said, looking disdainfully at the ring on Nathan’s hand. “It’s spreading like a plague.”
Storm scowled.
“The pills, Lilith,” Talon said. “We need to know their purpose.”
She shot Talon a simpering smile. “Why, chaos, of course.”
Talon shook his head. “They’re targeting paladins.”
“Are they?” She blinked innocently. “Like I said, I’m just a distributor. I have nothing to do with their purpose.”
“They’re killing people,” Talon said. “If we can trace them back to you, so can the paladins. I thought you didn’t want more heat on your club?”
“It won’t matter if the pills do what they’re meant to.”
“Whichis?” Storm prompted impatiently.
Lilith sighed, flicking a hand through the air. “Think about it, boys. The paladins are all in a tizzy about some of their members falling for demons. They’re blamingus, even though the majority of us have nothing to do with you all. To ensure our own safety, we’re… taking the fight to them, in a way.”
“‘We?’” Talon repeated. “Who is ‘we?’”
Lilith’s throaty laugh danced through the air. “You’re not the only one with a lover. It just so happens that mine has sway in Hell.”
