Yes, she did.For as long as he was still an angel, anyway.He had a feeling his time had become very, very short.
ChapterEighteen
Hawkyn flashed them both to her house, but he kepther close as he cleared the place to make sure there were no signs that Draygerhad set a trap or was hiding in a closet.Once Hawkyn gave the all-clear, shenearly collapsed in relief.
It was good to be home.She was exhausted, mentally tied upin knots, and she’d kill for a cup of chamomile tea.
“Are you hungry?”She headed for the kitchen, her stomachrumbling.She’d missed breakfast, thanks to the fact that she’d suddenly becomepregnant and Primori, and the Memitim at the castle had kicked them out.Nicely, but still.
Jordan had even given her a hug.
“Hungry?No.I can’t even think about eating right now.Idon’t like being out in the open like this.”
“You said it yourself.I have a guardian angel, right?Soif Drayger shows up, won’t my new angel sense it?”
“Yes, but—” He flinched and looked down at his arm.For along moment, he simply stared.
“Hawkyn?”His silencewas startingto scare her.“What is it?”
“It’s Drayger.”His mouth curved slowly into a grim smilethat gave her chills.“He’s no longer Primori.”
She sucked in a startled breath.“Seriously?What...whatdoes that mean, exactly?”
“It means he’s no longer under angelic protection.Mine orotherwise.”
Afraid to hope but hoping to no longer be afraid, shestudied every micro-expression on Hawkyn’s face for signs that there was acatch to what he was saying.But his eyes glittered, his fangs gleamed, and hewas smiling like he’d won the lottery.
“Sohe can pay for what he’s done?”
He nodded.“We can alert the police.”His gaze turned darkwith bloodthirsty anticipationthatsent a fresh waveof chills across the surface of her skin.“Or I can kill him.”
Oh, yes.She wanted that.Holy shit, it frightened her howmuch she wanted that.But she wasn’t Drayger’s only victim.There were a lot offamilies out there who needed justice and closure.
As if Hawkyn sensed her inner turmoil, he folded her intohis arms.
“I’ll take care of it,” he murmured against her hair.“I’llmake him feel everything he did to you and the others.”
“No,” she said, pulling back so she could see him.“He needsto be caught.He needs to pay for what he’s done, but it needs to happenthrough the human justice system.”
“But—”
“No.”She pressed her fingers to his lips, silencing himwhen part of her really wanted him to convince her that his way, the deadlyway, would be better.“It’s for the families of his other victims.They needclosure.But he’ll pay the true price after he’s dead, won’t he?”
“Oh, yes.”A vengeful light glittered in his eyes.“He’sevil, so he’ll go straight to my father’s realm.I’ll make sure he pays for alleternity.”
She shivered.
“I’m sorry,” he said, regret turning his voice rough.“Iscared you.”
“Oh, no,” she whispered.“You turned me on.”
Hawkyn pegged her with an amused look.“In that case, beforewe call 911, let me tell you what I did to a demon who I once caught breakinginto an orphanage...”
Hawkyn was going to be there when the police arrivedto arrest Drayger.They shouldbeat his house at anymoment, and Hawk couldn’t wait.He just had to resist the urge to kill himbefore the cops got there.If Aurora gave him the go ahead, he’d slaughter thatfucker in a heartbeat.Sure, killing a human was forbidden, but so was just abouteverything he’d done since themomenthe’d flashedinto the grocery store parking lot and found Drayger in the middle of anattempted abduction.
Hawkyn was so over following the rules.If Aurora changedher mind and wanted Drayger dead, the guy was going to die.
Unfortunately, she was adamant about letting the bastardlive long enough to pay for his crimes in jail, so both he and Aurora set wardsaround her house, allowing him to leave for a few minutes without worrying.Between the wards and her new guardian—whoever it was—she was as safe as couldbe expected.He doubted he could have left heranyplacesafer, actually.
