Edin (Monstrous, #2)

by Lily Mayne

His skin was a pale purple, and I could see the hint of a fang peeking from between his lips. His hair was long and kind of messy. Also purple. Dark purple, like his eyes, which were bigger than a human’s and had much larger irises, giving them a creepy look.

Don’t worry, human.” He shot me a wide, fanged grin. “I think you’re pretty.”

I eyed his tail, which was flicking irritably, its dagger-like tip swiping dangerously close to me. I couldn’t tell if he was doing it on purpose or not, and I narrowed my eyes at his broad, bare back with suspicion. “Watch the tail.”

He shot me a wolfish grin. “You can call me whatever you want, human.” His voice was a low rumble, somehow intensely intimate. My breath caught, and I felt my throat bob as I swallowed. I saw his big eyes track the movement before he turned to face forward again.

Fuck. Was I… I couldn’t be attracted to him. Could I? That was crazy. And totally inappropriate, given the circumstances. It wasn’t helping to calm my traitorous body when Edin looked at me like… like he was attracted to me too.

Edin bared his fangs at Wyn over my shoulder. “Mind your fucking business, Wyn. I don’t meddle in your affairs.” “What?” Wyn’s creepy voice was incredulous. “You meddle in my affairs all the time, you—”

I found myself taking a hesitant step closer to Mallory’s body. Feeling vaguely ill, I looked down at it. There was so much blood, surrounding him in a dark, sticky outline. It had run down the sides of his neck to pool under his head and shoulders, so I could still see the word Wyn had carved into his chest with painstaking precision. MONSTER.