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“Severalthings,” I rasp darkly.
She shivers. “Like…?”
“Like…I want to shield you from the world. Like I want tohurtpeople who wish to harm you.”
Una’s face flushes as her eyes raise to mine.
“Like even the idea of anyone laying their hands on you makes me seeblood,” I snarl.
She shivers. “Do you want to hurt me?”
“I want tofreeyou.”
“No, I mean…” She shifts, her eyes darting over my face. Searching. “I mean do you want tohurt-hurt me.” Her eyes hold mine. “Do you want to inflict your anger on me?”
There’s no hesitation.
“No. Only in the ways you want me to hurt you.”
“Good hurt?” she whispers.
I nod.
“Do you want to chop me into a million little pieces?”
The corner of my mouth lifts. “No.”
“Good.”
She smiles.
So do I. When she reaches up to cup my face, I don’t flinch quite so hard this time.
“I guess you’re not a monster after all.” She shrugs. “Sorry to burst your bubble.”
I grin as I lower my mouth to hers and lose myself in her lips.
34
CILLIAN
Except,sometimes, Iamone.
A necessary monster. An avenging angel of death. A corrective force of nature.
Like tonight, when I’m Kevin Halcott’s grim reaper and worst nightmare.
“Please…I…”
“I think you know why I’m here, Kevin.”
I glare down at the portly man in his underwear that I’ve just dragged from his bed. The man with blood pouring down his chin, horror in his sobbing eyes, andno teeth.
…As of about four minutes ago, when I smashed them all out with a hammer.
“Please…”
“How many, Kevin?”
