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And that piercing…
Speaking of demon dick, I know I need to call Becka and update her. Just the thought of it makes my stomach churn.Levi must have drained me when I confronted him, and I’m still struggling to get a hold of my emotions.
My whole body aches, and my head is pounding like there are a thousand monkeys inside slamming typewriters against my skull. All I want to do is go back to bed.
First, sustenance. Then, call Becka and figure out how to slay this bitch.
I order room service, and twenty minutes later, Frankie brings up a cheeseburger and french fries. If he notices how shitty I look, he doesn’t say anything, so I hand him a generous tip.
I crawl back under the covers to eat. The burger is filled with fancy gourmet lettuce, which I pull out. Just give me meat and cheese and pickles. Comfort food.
“I told you, sugar is the key.”
I look up. Brooks is standing in the doorway, looking more unsure of himself than I’ve ever seen in my life. He’s holding an enormous chocolate gateau.
“I swiped this from the kitchen,” he says as he walks over to the edge of the bed. “Helena and Toby will have to do without an anniversary cake.”
“Knowing Helena, she’ll be eating him for dessert, anyway,” I say as he sets it down on the bedside table. “Thanks.”
“Anything for you, Lily.”
The intensity of his words startles me. I look at him.Reallylook at him. Behind his smoldering eyes, he looks even worse than me, if that’s possible.
“I haven’t left your side since we brought you up here,” he says gruffly as he passes me the enormous cake. “Jackson and Orion are just next door. Orion has a plan to banish Levi. At least, the start of a plan. I’m next to useless at the book stuff, so I’ve just been…”
You’ve been looking after me.
The way you always have.
My chest tightens. I stare down at the cake, swiping my finger through the chocolate swirls and tasting it.
Mmmm, that does help.
I lick off all the frosting, glancing up as Brooks makes a strangled noise.
My heart hammers against my chest.
“How are you feeling?” he asks as he shoves off his shirt.
I try not to look at the chiseled lines of his chest.
I fail.
“I’ve been better.”
“Is there anything you need? You sure that Levi hasn’t harmed you? We’re going to lay a trap for him, and when we’ve got him, we’re going to—”
“Whatarewe going to do? We don’t have any way of fighting a demon.”
“This isn’t a ‘we’ situation. You’re in no state to go after him, after what he’s done to you.” Brooks’s jaw ticks. “We can’t risk it. You’re staying here, and that’s an order.”
Irritation flares white-hot in my chest. “You can’t order me around! I’m not one of your brothers. I’m not even part of the Vault.”
“If you think this is about us taking this job away from you, then you don’t know me at all.”
“You’re impossible!” I hurl a pillow at him. “Of course you have to be Brooks the Macho Man, storming in to save the day because you have such a hero complex, not even considering that if you go after him, it’s a suicide mission!”
“Don’t you think I know that?” he yells, punching the remaining pillow so hard that feathers fly everywhere. “Don’t you think I know that British dick could wipe us out with a snap of his fingers? Why do you think I don’t want you anywhere near him?”
