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Skylar pushed away from me, then looked up at me in surprise. She’d joined in the kiss, but now that the moment passed, she looked like she wanted to forget it. Or slap me.
My heart hammered in my chest and a weight settled in the pit of my stomach. I couldn’t let her forget it. In fact, I needed more of her. I needed all of her.
The drive was insatiable. I couldn’t explain it, but Skylar had gone from an inconvenience to my priority. How the hell did that happen? Then it hit me. From the moment I met her, I’d been unable to think about anything other than her.
My chest tightened as I watched her jog toward the townhouse. Somehow, I’d managed to fall for Skylar in a day. That didn’t seem possible, yet here I was.
I shook my head, trying to tell myself I was being insane. It had to be the shared experiences or the adrenaline. There had to be a logical reason why I was feeling so attached. I knew as soon as this was done, she’d go back to her life and I’d be back to mine.
Even if I wanted to follow my temporary feelings, I couldn’t. There wasn’t time for a distraction like a relationship. While I’d told her David’s reasons, I hadn’t explained any of mine. While I had to stop David, it wasn’t the sole reason I was here. It was far more personal and I had to admit, for the longest time, I would have said protecting the human realm wasn’t my job.
But Skylar lived here. And if the demons came through, she’d be more at risk than most humans. She was already on David’s radar and once he set his sights on something, he was relentless.
I knew he’d keep to the code for now. He wouldn’t hurt her now that he knew she was part demon. But that wouldn’t last forever. Eventually, he’d tire of waiting.
We had to find Lola’s killer and figure out a way to destroy that stone before he knew what we were up to. I just had no idea how we were going to pull it off.
