It calmed me.
That steady, even tone suddenly wasn’t the cause of my anger but a balm that soothed it. It couldn’t be that bad if he was here, telling me he got me a present.
My toes curled in my Pradas, and I straightened in my seat.
The last present Gabe had gotten me had been epic as fuck.
He’d got me Krampy and the Yule tree I had needed to complete my event plans in Hell for the holidays.
His amused grin widened at my reaction.
Fuck, I was losing my touch. Was my excitement that obvious?
“What kind of present?” I asked suspiciously, sliding my shades down my nose.
“It’s a surprise,” he said, holding out an elegant hand.
I narrowed my eyes on him.
What was with him and always wanting me to hold his fucking hand?
“Let’s go, Shemhazai. It’s time to come home. You’ve pouted long enough,” he said, and my lips parted in surprise.
My mind couldn’t make sense of what the fuck was happening right now.Home?Salem wasn’t our home. Hell was… but the way he said it made me feel like he was implying that home was wherever he was.
I wanted to reject it.
Throw it in his fucking face to punish him for leaving me out here by myself for so long.
But… he’d gotten me apresent.
Before I knew what I was doing, I tossed cash on the table and stood up.
Instead of taking his hand, I pressed my shades back up my nose and shoved my hands in my pockets.
There. Take that!
He just chuckled and shook his head before gesturing for me to lead the way back.
Back… home?
I shivered, resisting the urge to smile at the fact that he had really come to get me, and I let myself feel comforted by the fact that he was following me again.
I could let myself enjoy this. It didn’t have to mean anything…
‘Your pleasure is a sin, Shemhazai,’Raz’s cold, detached voice rolled through my mind again, but I stuffed him back in the steel box I’d imprisoned him in long ago.
Fuck off, douchebag. I don’t have time for you.
My man got me a present.
“All three of them?”
“Yes, baby.”
“Fuck,little bird… you always get me the best presents.”
“Mmm. I knew you would like it.”
