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“Help him or take Aria to Lacey so I can help Seb,” Kane said.
“Do you not want Lacey to yourself?” I asked, astonishment must have been written across my face.
Kane’s eyes locked with mine, the highest angel locked eyes with the god of darkness. He didn’t flinch or look in the least bit scared of me. “We have a wonderful family. We’re happy, Lacey is happy.”
Kane turned away briefly, looking at Seb, as Ryan reined another blow. “She could be happier.”
“I’ll help him. You go to Lacey,” I said, seeing claws raised again as he slashed across Seb’s torso, and it was as though Ryan was dragging out his death.
I growled.
I was the fucking devil, and I shouldn’t care what happened to Seb. If Ryan had somehow found a way to kill an angel, I could use him to kill Kane too and then kill Ryan when he’d done my job.
And I’d have Lacey to myself.
But I held the knife now, I could kill Seb and Kane without Ryan's help.
But I couldn't. Her bind was crawling inside me, squeezing at my black heart and urging me to defend my broken friend against this new threat.
I dropped low and could see Seb couldn’t take much more. He was no longer trying to get away, but covering his throat.
Seb’s motions grew more frantic. “She’ll never love you like she loves us,” he screamed, as though these were his last words.
Us.
He never told Ryan… me… never said it was him she loved. He knew Lacey loved all of us and accepted it.
Why couldn’t I?
But Seb was right about what he told him. She wouldn’t. She could never love Ryan now and even if he killed Seb. Lacey wouldn’t take him as her lover ever again. She would reject him, and I expect she would probably kill him. Not only for killing Seb, but for kidnapping her daughter.
Ryan was a fool.
Ryan stopped slashing. He leaned back, cracked his head from side to side, then glanced over his wide wolf's shoulders. Seb’s blood peppered over his snow white pelt.
Seb was prone on the floor, only a flicker of movement showing me he was still alive, but from where I stood, it looked like he was barely hanging on.
Ryan raised his head to look at the sky as he roared into the atmosphere.
This was it. He was about to rain down the final blows.
Let him kill him.
But Lacey’s bind tugged away at my dark heart. Urging me to show her love.
Ryan twisted and stared at Seb, who I could hear faintly groaning on the floor. Ryan rose on all fours, his limbs as muscular as his torso. The white wolf paced around Seb, poking into wounds he had already made.
Save him.
It was me saying it, but I knew Lacey would plead with me if she knew how close to dying Seb was. Seb obviously wasn’t communicating with her. He resigned himself to death. And he knew she could save him, but didn’t want her near Ryan. He wanted to save her, not calling for her help.
I closed my eyes, throwing my head back for one split second. Pushed my dark, leathery wings behind me and swooped lower, lower. Until I landed with a whoosh behind the colossal beast. His upper lip curled back as he spun to face me.
“Another angel,” he said. His voice rumbled deep and low.
“Yeah,” I drawled. Surprised he hadn’t heard of my true persona.
“Two down, one to kill,” he said. “I should have just done this earlier. Pipped you, Seb, and Kane off one by one.”
