Origin (Lux, #4)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Did you think you could stop me?” Power shot from me, smacking into the door behind Dawson, blowing it off the hinges and into the house. “I’ll burn the world down to save her.”

Daemon Black could be as prickly as a hedgehog having a really bad day, but underneath all that spindly armor, he was sweet, protective, and incredibly selfless.

“There’s only one thing I want.” “And that is?” “I want to see Kat.” Nancy’s smile didn’t fade. “And what are you willing to do to accomplish that?” “Anything,” I said without hesitation, and I meant it. “I will do anything, but I want to see Kat first, and I want to see her now.” Calculating

“And I’m not going to let you do this by yourself. You’re my—you’re my everything, Kat.” At the sound of her soft inhale, I smiled again. “Come on, Kitten, did you really expect anything less from me? I love you.”

She was beautiful, and I was so, so desperately in love with her. Her chin jerked up, and she sucked in a breath, eyes widening. Okay, I may have actually thought that last bit at her. You did. A small smile split her lips. I liked hearing it. A lot.

Sometimes words were cheap. They could be powerful, but in those rare occasions like now, words meant nothing.

I’d take out an army, burn down an entire city, and throw the world into chaos if I had to in order to keep Kat out of that place.

“He can read your mind without you even knowing.” Dee’s face went from pale to bright cherry. “Oh God.” “What?” She smacked her hands over her face. “Well, the whole time we were downstairs, I was so picturing him naked.”

“I want to marry you because I’m in love with you, Kat. I will always be in love with you. That’s not going to change today or two weeks from now. I will be just as in love with you in twenty years as I am today.”