“Fuck you!” He hung up, then turned to face Sorcha. His eyes were no longer amber. They were a fiery red unlike anything she’d ever seen before. These didn’t glow. They swirled.
“Helly!” he growled in a guttural tone.
She appeared instantly and drew up short as she caught sight of his state. “Yes, dominus?”
“Find out where the last call on my phone came from.”
Nodding, she turned into a dark mist and covered his phone.
That was one way to do a trace. Personally, she preferred the more conventional means.
“Shouldn’t we tell the captain or Bernadette about this?”
“Tell them what? I’m being harassed?”
“Stalked and set up. They need to know.”
“What can they do?”
He was right. This wasn’t human. What could a mere mortal do to help with someone far beyond the normal realm?
“I do have one question and please don’t take this the wrong way. I’m just trying to fact find. Have you killed anyone recently?”
The look he gave her was blistering. “No.”
“Okay. Don’t get angry. I’m only curious why they’re saying you did.”
“I really don’t know.” The sincerity in his tone and on his face told her that he was innocent.
“Just breathe, Luke. We’ll get through this. We’ll find out who’s after you and stop it.”
Luke adored the conviction he saw in her eyes and heard in her voice. But she was human.
What could she do?
Bleed?
His anger rose high and it took everything he had to keep it under control. Nothing would please him more than to explode everything around him. To throw a fit the size of a tsunami. But it would solve nothing.
Worse? It would terrify Sorcha.
She reached out and placed her hand on his.
And for the first time in his life, he calmed down.
Shaddix passed a droll stare at her imp, a gift from her father on the day she’d been born. “Careful, Enos. Else I’ll yank out the stubs where your wings used to be.”
Enos mumbled something incomprehensible.
“What was that?”
Her imp shook its head. “Nothing, domina. Just my stomach rumbling.”
Right… Shaddix narrowed her gaze on the beast. “Control your body.”
“Yes, domina.”
Sneering at it, she craved real company. Pets held no interest for her right now. Not when she was now her father’s favorite. Her newfound power was addictive.
