A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I thought… I thought I heard you calling my name.” The crease between his brows deepened. “Screaming for help.” Letting go of his sword, he ran a hand through his nearly white-blond hair. “It must’ve been the wind.” “Or your guilty conscience.” “Probably the wind.” I started toward him. There it was, a flash of a grin. “Sorry to interrupt.”

“Now I am yelling!” “It’s the wind,” he yelled back through the door.

“And maybe you should actually look at me when you try to order me to do things,” I tacked on. He turned to me, his head cocked. “I’m looking at you now.” “But are you listening?” “Oh, man,” Delano murmured under his breath as the rest of the room went dead silent. “Someone is getting stabbed again.”

“I’m going to have to kill him.” My head whipped in his direction. “What? Why?” “I don’t like the way he looks at you.” Confused, I glanced back to where Emil was walking toward the stairwell. “How does he look at me?” His hand was a scalding brand on my hip, even through the layers of clothing. “He looks at you like I do.”