The Devil You Burn For.

t's... disorienting. My brain just can't reconcile it. These men are supposed to be lethal shadows that walk on two legs, not doting husbands who fetch medical bags li

peripheral vision, taller than the rest, broader too. His presence hits like

ks, voice low and gravelly, y

instantly, s

n embodiment of arrogance, Seb,

course he said that. The man pr

eresa's detailed fangirling must be Michel, smirks

says, then strolls past us like nothing in this

chaos. She's got this graceful, grounded energy that instantly steadies me... a little.

leans in to shine it into my eyes. I blink but don't flinch, mostly because I'm too tired to care. She checks my heartbeat ne

ke care of that cut though," she

Wha

eyebrow. I tentatively touch it, and a sharp sting bites thro

more out of sur

e me like some mythological protector. He offer

across my chest like a toddler

e. Then lifts his gaze to mine with an expres

"I am not going a

t cleaned up," Aurora a

oward her. "I'd

something flicker i

is his stage. "I can do as

o tell him off, but he holds up a

My neck protests the sudden movement and th

those maddeningly g

g?" I narrow

I lie t

dn't

g banged up growing up. Cuts, bruises, split lips, broken bones. I got tired of waiting for help, so I took a few first-aid

lly does think he's

t if I d

ing you a choice. I'm not letting you go anywhere until I p

rse. Control-freak doesn'

ze. I glare. H

cking down. I can see it in every stubborn line of his ridic

denly stoops, wraps one arm behind my back, and the oth

ll are you d

ed, sweetheart. But yo

own, you

our cut's been cleaned an

this," she warns him, then points a finger in

his time it's almost...

Like there's more to his

s out her b

better equipped than wha

ance is e

ir conversation. They're all gathered, heads bowed together, voices low and urgen

ath ca

had sh

y direction, and if Seb hadn

g together as a fresh wave of fear crashes over me. I try to press myself

ten around me. "It's o

breakable. Not because of the muscle and heat that envelops me, or the way his scent, leathe

touch me w

is i

us. Ruthless

I've never

ohn Wick come t

only to stop myself from complet

steel. "Whoever it was... they

when. And instead of fear, heat pools in my belly. My heart pounds harder. The mix of danger

n the edge of the counter by the sink. I try

n, voice low and fir

thing is... I thi