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Shit. I’d just made out with a Fang in full view of an unwilling audience, and the only thought going through my head was, when could I do it again?
He frowned slightly. “Is love finite? Are you saying your heart isn’t big enough to love and be loved by more than one man?”
what did he see when he looked at me? A woman eager to finally close her eyes and freefall? What was I seeing? A man teetering on the brink of relinquishing control. The knowledge sent a wicked thrill through me.
“So, you and Ash?” He wriggled his brows. “Glad to see you took my advice.” He made to brush past me but paused to lean in and whisper in my ear, “My offer is still on the table, by the way.”
“You do realize he wants to fuck you, right?” “Shut up, Logan,” Jace said. “Enough.” My neck heated but my face remained impassive. “And I’d love a cup of coffee. What has that got to do with anything?” Sage snorted. “She knows. I laid those cards right on the table straight off. I’m not the type to wrap my feelings in angst.”
I feel it too. I don’t think I could leave Ash even if I wanted to.
My heart felt too full, and three words sprang to my lips. I bit down on my bottom lip to stop myself from saying them, because despite this strong connection, despite this need to be in each other’s gravitational fields, it was too soon. We barely knew each other, and once those words were out, there was no taking them back. I wanted to, needed to be sure. His eyes crinkled, and his mouth moved—three little words that crushed the air from my lungs and brought tears to my eyes.
Would it bother him that I’d kissed Sage? Did it bother me? It felt natural. Like it was meant to be. Like we were meant to be. Is this how Julia had felt with the Fangs? This longing for each of them, this ache in her soul. Once the world was no longer a fucked-up mess, maybe we’d be able to figure out what we all were to each other.
“I thought you were dead.” His voice was so soft I barely caught the words. But I’d seen the flash of relief on his face just before he’d shut it down and turned away. A lump formed in my throat because that look couldn’t be found on a face that didn’t care. He cared. He fucking cared, and if not for him, I’d be dead.
Time for the genes we’d built you with to begin to have an effect on your overall makeup.” “What do you mean? Take effect?” Sage asked. The clone’s eyes darkened in the way that happens before someone is about to deliver bad news, and my stomach clenched in anticipation. What more? What more could he throw at me.
blood. I’ve studied your bloodwork, and the marker is indeed dissolving; you have maybe a month left before it breaks down and the supernatural genes inside you begin their war for dominion over your body.” “And then what?” I forced the words out, knowing what was coming and hating myself for needing to hear it spelled out. “And then … It will kill you.”
I shoved him away, struggling to find the breath to speak. “Why are you doing this? Why now? Damn you, Logan. I’m dying. Do you get that? It’s over.” His mouth turned down in anger and his free hand pinched my chin, forcing me to look at him. “It’s only over if you give up. And I won’t let you. I won’t let you tear into my life and force my heart to beat again only to crush it. You don’t get to fucking check out. You have to live.”
“You don’t want to live?” His hand slid down my abdomen toward my waistband. Oh, God. My body was alive and aching for this. “Fuck you, Logan.” “No, Eva. Fuck you.” With one deft move he yanked down my slacks and pushed me down over the desk. One huge hand pinned me to the wood and the other pulled down my panties and cupped me. I was wet for him, ready for the slide of his fingers as they slipped over my throbbing need. Oh, God. Oh, fucking God. “You want to die?” He adjusted the rhythm, making me squirm and gasp. “You want to not feel?”
That’s it, that look said. You’ve purged the fear, now we get up and we fight. We find a solution. We find a way.
“Fuck it.” He cupped my face in his huge hands. “You ignited my heart and that means something. That’s a connection I won’t lose. Of all the djinn DNA in all the world, you were woven with the spark that was meant to burn alongside mine. There has to be a way to save you, and I vow to you now that I will find it. I’ll find it, or I will burn alongside you.”

