Never Keep (Sins of the Zodiac, #1)

by Caroline Peckham

My gifts snapped from me, snaring the brown-haired, green-eyed asshole in my grasp, seeking out his every want and desire, picking them apart like a stack of straw in my fist. He was predictably bloodthirsty, pathetically hungry, ambitious to the point of jealousy, the rot of which speared out towards the Flamebringers who all gathered around him, particularly the one with the soulless eyes. That could be fun to toy with, but I was feeling all kinds of petty and preferred the call of humiliating this piece of shit for the amusement of all those around us, so I went for sexual desire and smiled wickedly as I let him fall into the trap of my kind. “What was it you called me again?” I breathed, my words a low threat as I built his desire to an ache which had him groaning, stumbling closer to me and staring as if utterly enraptured. “You are the most beautiful creature I’ve ever laid eyes on,” he moaned, trying to move closer but his friends grasped his shoulders to hold him back. “Stay away from her, North,” one of them growled. What a simple name for such a simple creature.