Page 34 of Angel I Am Not

Luc caught my chin before I could.

“They’re changing again,” he said. “That’s all we know.”

“And if they keep getting darker?”

His mouth tilted slightly. “Then they keep getting darker.”

Nick pressed closer behind me, his chest warm against my back without trapping the wings between us. “Still beautiful.”

I shivered at the declaration.

For once, I didn’t hate the title that had been following me around for the last few days. Temptation. Impossibility. Whatever the fuck I was.

Unfortunately, the soft moment lasted approximately five seconds before Nick gathered me against his chest, his cock rock hard against my ass. He wrapped his arms around my waist, ensuring that he was only in contact with my clothes and not my skin.

His essence settled around me, soothing the last of the panic I was warring with, enough for me to conceal my wings.

“No. Touching.”

His voice was rough with need, his body trembling with the effort of maintaining restraint.

I twisted around, a cheeky smile playing on my lips, but he caught on before I could kiss him too.

“No. Not here. Fucking hell. Let’s go home. Shit, you’re going to be the death of us, Ari.”

Nick’s eyes flashed with a mixture of lust and amusement as he released me.

Luc shook his head as he followed us out from between the buildings. “Three days. She’s been here three fucking days.”

I looked back at him. “You’re welcome.”

Nick barked out a laugh beside me. “Menace.”

I smiled all the way back toward the dorm.

Ariuk

Walking back from campus as I tried to keep my hands to myself was a chore, one that I thought I accomplished spectacularly until Nick pulled me against him as Luc tried to get the apartment door open. Luc grumbled as he fumbled with the key, Nick’s lips dipping to the curve of my neck as I squirmed in his hold.

The door swung open, Luc dragging me away from Nick and inside, ready to devour me on his own terms until someone clearing their throat pulled me out of my lust-filled haze.

I twisted around Luc to see the last person on Earth I wanted here at the moment.

Motherfucking stingy-ass cock-blocking king of hell himself was politely waiting for us, that smug look on his face telling me that he knew way more about our situation than he had originally let on.

He hadn’t even technically lied to Raphael when he said that his mentees needed guidance. He just hadn’t let the archangel know that it included guidance for me too.

The heat thrumming through me didn’t go anywhere, but I decided to place myself far enough away from the boys so I didn’t embarrass myself. I pried Luc’s fingers from the top of my dress and put a few steps between us so my essence didn’t magically have one of them bending me over the edge of the couch in front of Dante.

God, that would be so fucking embarrassing.

The blush rising to my cheeks told me I wasn’t completely against having people watch me in the throes of passion though, which was a problem for another fucking day.

“Looks like you’ve been settling in just fine, Ari. How is everything going?”

A devilish grin spread across Dante’s lips as he crossed his legs, his eyes dancing with amusement at how flustered we all were. Nick grunted at the question as he closed the door behind him, the outside world now cut off from this odd conversation.

I frowned at his terrible display of hospitality. “Just fine. I always hated school. Good to know that human school is just as bad.”