“I was handling the situation,” I said.
I’d never seen Marduk truly angry until now. “He was pointing the gun right at you! That’s not handling it, that’s tempting the void to take your soul back!”
I hadn’t heard that term before and made a mental note to ask someone what the void was. This interaction felt extra disappointing after the fun interactions with Marduk on PixUs.
I glared up at him. “He wasn’t going to—”
“No!” Marduk's sharp voice cut me off. “You don’t play games with your life!”
I wanted to say I wasn’t playing games, I was taking a calculated risk. But the words got lost as his green eyes glowed bright, completely distracting me.
“Did you do that on purpose?” I asked.
His anger evaporated, replaced by confusion. “What?”
“Your eyes,” I said. “They lit up, like they have a power source.”
“Uh, no,” he said. “They’re tied to my emotions.”
“Fascinating,” I murmured. Before I could ask another question, he stepped so close we were almost touching. I could feel heat radiating from him and the image of his hard chest hidden under that shirt made me want to touch him.
No, no I wasn’t doing that. I was going to be strong. I couldn’t give into temptation, no matter how hot he was.
“Do you want to touch me?” he asked, his voice low and sensual. “We could go to my place. You could do anything you wanted to me. Touch me anywhere for as long as you like. Imagine what that would be like, getting to run your hands over every part of my body.”
His husky voice did strange things to me. It almost felt like a touch against my skin and caused a shiver down my spine.
For a moment, my hormones were in control, and his words created a myriad of pictures in my head and none of them had us wearing clothing.
The sound of police sirens pulled me out of my thoughts. Stepping back, I shook my head while he let out a low rumbling curse.
“Why is the timing always bad?” he grumbled.
I almost laughed. “Saved by the bell.”
He sent me a sour look as the cop car screeched to a stop in front of the door.
“Stay here,” he ordered, then walked past me and out the door. As a tall imposing male, he was more likely to get shot by mistake than me, but he was bulletproof so I stayed quiet.
Going to a nearby cooler, far away from the one where the guy was still cowering, I pulled out a soda. It was the least I deserved after successfully resisting Marduk.
Chapter 3
Marduk
It was a relief to see a familiar face when I walked out of the store. I grinned at the cop and held out my hand. “Good to see you, Officer Chavez.”
Angel Chavez was a wolf shifter and member of the Lobo Gris Pack. I was an honorary member of the pack and enjoyed going to their parties.
He gave me a knowing smile as he grasped my hand. “What are you doing getting tangled up in something as mundane as this? Aren’t you usually helping vampires find their wayward flock?”
I shook my head. “You’ve got me confused with my twin, Danzig. He was the one who helped Tobias find Briar and Memphis. Thankfully, that was a one-time thing.”
Angel nodded his head. “Right, sorry to confuse the two of you. That has to be annoying.”
I brushed it off. “Don’t worry about it.”
Even shifters and other magical creatures had a hard time telling us apart unless they were around us often. I’d only hung out with Chavez a few times, so he got a pass.
