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“Every demon, Chaos,” he whispered, his voice rough. “I’ll kill every one.” When I didn’t respond, he stood and turned to look at me. “Chaos?”
I think I lifted my eyebrows.
“Jessica?” he asked cautiously. His eyes were full of concern and his chest was heaving as he sucked in ragged breaths.
Kieran . . .
“I’m okay.” My gaze slowly moved to where AJ lay, blood pooling from his neck. I couldn’t think of anything I’d ever wanted so much.
Except Kieran. I wanted Kieran.
And he was standing so far away, watching me with a guarded expression.
My head felt light and my stomach twisted uncomfortably.
“It’s different when you see it firsthand,” he said knowingly. “When it’s real instead of an idea.”
“See what?”
“The monster you fell in love with.”
I looked at him—every part of him. The blood-covered knives in his hands. His spotless clothes and body despite killing multiple men. The worry and love that poured from him as he watched me.
Kieran hated what he was.
AJ had embraced it.
“You’re not a monster.”
He closed the distance between us, switching his knives to one hand so he could curl a hand around my cheek. “Tell me you’re okay.”
“I am.”
For a moment, it felt like I was experiencing everything differently. Like I was me, but I wasn’t. Like we were in a dream.
This was a dream.
AJ wasn’t really dead, and when I woke, he would still be waiting for me somewhere.
And then the feeling was gone.
AJ drugged me, and the drugs were working too fast on my empty stomach. I needed more time.
“I’
m taking you home,” Kieran said quickly. “We’ll find the ghost another way.”
“No, we have to get my mom,” I said on a rush.
His eyes searched mine, the concern in them obvious.
“I’m fine. I’m fine, we have to do this.” I started to pull away from him, but he slid his hand into my hair and pressed his forehead to mine.
I had to leave now. I had to get to a place where the ghost would find me before it was too late. Before I wasn’t in control of my body and everything went black.
“I’ll be right behind you,” he promised before pulling away. “I’m going to move the car and bodies out of the way and call someone to come clean up, then I’ll be right behind you.”
My shoulders sagged with relief just as a wave of dizziness crashed through me.
