The train door slammed open.
Finn flew inside, landing on his knees. He barked, “Shut the door, Choo-Baby-Choo!”
The train door slammed shut.
I rushed forward, my hands hovering over his shoulders, not sure if I should touch him. His clothes were in tatters, and blood streaked each exposed piece of flesh, though there were no actual wounds. My voice shook as I asked, “Are you okay?”
He shook his head and stood to his feet. “No, I’m not okay. We need a miracle right now to get her out of there. The golems have piled on top of themselves halfway up the house, and we can’t get through to a door or a window. Every time we behead one, another falls in its place. Poppy is going to have her soul sucked right out of her if we don’t figure something out.”
“The green light? It steals a person’s soul?”
The power had felt so right butwrongtoo.
“Yes.”
I shuddered in horror. “What about the roof?”
“They’ve made a nest up there.”
I inhaled and exhaled to focus. “You know how you’re never supposed to stand directly under a train because of the clean energy heat at the center?”
Finn’s blink was slow. He understood immediately and gradually started nodding his head. “You want to burn them.”
“Yes. If we can hover the train close enough to the top of the roof, it should burn the golems directly underneath it. Then we can burn through the roof. You’ll have to jump down into the house from the train to get her, and you can jump back in easily. But if there’s as many as you say up there, the rest of the nest will follow you inside.”
Finn was still nodding with every word I said. “I’ll get the others. We’ll take the whole team in.”
“Are you positive?”
“This is the best idea we’ve had so far.” He tipped his head and pressed his warm mouth to mine, gently kissing my lips. “Thank you, Mina. Losing Poppy would wreck God…”
I blinked like a person with no wits, leaning against him for more. “Is that all you’ve got?”
“Hell no.” He gently pushed me back a respectable distance. “But when I start, there will be no stopping us. Now isn’t the time.”
I shook my head to regain a sense of clarity, my hair brushing past my bare shoulders. “My apologies. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
He snickered. “I do.”
I closed my eyes. He was probably right.
I wanted him. Monster or not.
I swallowed and peeked out from under my lashes.
The kitty could play with me all he wanted.
Oh, yes.
“I’m going to contact the guys. Get ready for them to enter the same way I did.” He lifted his wrist and tapped on his silver bracelet. But he hesitated, inhaling heavily. His nostrils flared as his beautiful blue eyes narrowed on my heated gaze. His eyes dilated, but he shook his head. “Not right now, Mina. But tonight, we’ll play. Just hold on until then.”
“I’m merely letting you know I’m saying yes. To you. In the bedroom.” I shrugged my shoulders, allowing my cleavage to bulge over the top of my dress. “Tonight will do.”
Finn’s eyes caught on my breasts, and he bit his bottom lip in desire. “You’re not all sweet. You have a little sin in you too.” He tipped his head to my overflowing cleavage. “Because that’s just fucking mean.”
I chuckled. “Call your friends, Finn.”
“Yep.” He inhaled deeply through his mouth, and then jerked his gaze away from my cleavage. He started to tap on his bracelet. “Calling God now.”
The floor of the train shook.
I shot my arms out to my sides for balance and my eyes to Finn’s. Trains didn’t react to outside forces like an earthquake—because of the clean energy powering them.
But the floor only vibrated more fiercely.
I cried out, “What is that?”
Finn steadied his feet, his brows furrowing.
Then his eyes bulged wide. “Cassander.”
