His hand came up to rub his sternum.“You put a serioushurting on me, but we angels are pretty tough.”
Apparently so.A Wytch’s silver fire weapon was so deadlythey were forbidden to use it except to save their own life.She’d never heardof anyone surviving a full-body strike.But then, she’d never heard of it beingused against an angel.
“How did you find me?”She frowned.“Whydid youfind me?”
He shoved his hand through his sandy hair, and bizarrely,she wondered what it felt like.Was it as silky as it looked?Did angels haveperfect, super-soft hair?What about their wings?Would it be rude to ask?
“Another long story,” he sighed.“I just wish I’d found yousooner.”
Yeah, she wished that, too, but she wasn’t going to complainthat he hadn’t saved her life sooner.That he’d savedit atall was a miracle.
“Please tell me he’s dead.”She’d never wished death onanyone, but Drayger needed to die slowly and in excruciating pain.
“I would love to tell you that,” Hawkyn said, his voicedripping with raw anger.“But I won’t let him hurt you again.”
Footsteps passed by the door, reminding her how weird thiswhole thing was.“Excuse me, but...you’re an angel.You brought me to ahospital full of demons?Aren’t angels anddemonsmortal enemies?”Hell, she should be his enemy as well.
“Well...”
She held up a hand to stop him.“Are you going to tell meit’s another long story?”
The red tinge in his cheeks said yes.“Let’s just say it’scomplicated.”
“I’m sure it is.”She peeled the top slice of bread from thesandwich on her tray.Lookedlike ham and cheese.Sheliked ham.But then, this was a demon hospital...Maybe itwasn’tham.Ew.Appetite ruined, she pushed the tray away.“What is the angelic stance onWytches?”
“We have no problem with witches.”
“Just to be clear, it’s Wytch.With a Y.”
His eyes shot wide.“Seriously?I’ve never met one.I alwaysthought you were mythical.”He shrugged, a slow roll of one big shoulder.She’dbet those broad shoulders carried a lot of weight, and her fingers itched toknead the tension out of them.“Of course, I always thought elves were mythicaltoo, but last year one of the fallen angels who works for my father mated one.”
Elves?And who the hell was his father?She was about to askwho Hawkyn’s father was and why a fallen angel would be working for him whenthe door opened and a pretty, dark-skinned nurse entered.This one lookedhuman, but somehow Aurora doubted that she was.
“Hi, Aurora,” she said.“I’m Shanea, and I’m going to takecare of you.”
Hawkyn stood, rising to his full height, which was somewherearound six and a half feet, she guessed.“I’ll give you some privacy.”
Instinct made Aurora want to ask him to stay.She didn’tknow anything about him, but he’d been there for her in the grocery storeparking lot, he’d rescued her, and he’d sat at her bedside while she recovered.Right now, he was the one thing in her life that made her feel safe.
She couldn’t even call her brother because he was in someMiddle East hellhole, and her parents were just two weeks into a year-longcruise around the world.No way was she going to interrupt anyone.
“Are you coming back?”Aurora asked, hoping the eagerness inher voice wasn’t as obvious to Hawkyn as it was to her.“Will I see you again?”
His smile made her pulse flutter, and it even made Shaneasigh a little.“Absolutely.”
He took off like a shot, disappearing before the door swungclosed, leaving her with far more questions than answers.
But he also left her with something to look forward to, andthat hadn’t happened in a long, long time.
Chapter Six
Azagoth couldn’t remember the last time he’d beennervous about anything.After all, he ruled his own realm and was one of themost powerful beings in existence.
But the thought of seeing his daughter Idess and her son,his grandchild, made him twitchy, and it had for the last few months.Eversincetheday he learned the details about her past.
He hadn’t been able to even look at Idess without thinkingof how she’d grown up, and how desperate she was to protect her son from life’sugliness.Because that was what a parent did.
You didn’t know.
