The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)

by Amber V. Nicole

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“Don’t touch me, and don’t try to be nice to me right now. You have Camilla breath.”

“Are you jealous?”

“Do you want me to be?”

I wanted to claim her as mine.

I knew nothing of love, but I knew I wanted her, needed her, and dreamed of her. It was the most inappropriate and irresponsible thing I could ever want for myself. I just wanted to feel, and a single touch from her set my body alight. I wanted her hands on every part of me, and I wanted it more than I had ever wanted anything.

It

was the most selfish desire in the world, but I wanted her more than a crown, more tha...

She had seduced me. More than that, she owned me—and she didn’t even know it.

“What are you doing?” “You told me to go to bed, so that’s what I am doing.” “Not here. You have your own.” “I don’t want my own.”

“You came for me,”

“You saved me even when you didn’t have to. You had the information you needed and could have left me to go find the book, but you came for me.”

“I’d never abandon you.”

“I tried to fight, but there were too many,” she said. “You were perfect.”

“I am no warrior.”

“Yes, you are. Along with being brave, stubborn, crass, and volatile, you are one of the strongest people I know. You fight me on everything. Which is saying

a lot, considering everyone trembles when I e...

“Hey, look at me. You would have to be an ignorant fool not to think you are anything b...

“You still have witch breath.”

“Then fix it,” I dared, throwing down the challenge.

There were no words to describe how Dianna’s lips felt against mine, but with that first kiss, my gravity shifted. I may not have the words to do justice to her or what I was feeling, but I knew if she would let me, I would happily spend a millennium trying.

I had kissed and been kissed thousands of times in my lifetime, but nothing compared to this moment. With the right person, a kiss was so much more than a kiss.

A part of my soul had been waiting for this woman, and one kiss from her had undone me.

“Earlier, you wished for me

not to touch you. Is that still your wish?”

“No.” “Very well.”

“You know, I was not truthful earlier,”

“You have the most phenomenal ass.”

“I am almost ashamed to admit how many times I have looked at it, fantasized about it.”

“Do you wish to know why I avoided you? Why I couldn’t bear to spend another night beside you?”

“Because I could not lie there, close to you, and not wish to be inside you.”

“Ride my fingers like you’ll ride my cock when I take you beneath the stars.”

“I’ll never admit to how amazing that was,” she panted. “Your ego is already large enough.”

“Dianna, if you touch me, I promise that neither of us will sleep tonight. I am barely hanging onto my control, and the first time I take you, I do not want either of us to have to worry about being quiet.”

I found out I loved waking up with Liam—especially when I woke first and could wake him by

taking him into my mouth.

“That feels so fucking good, my Dianna.” My Dianna. There was that word again. I didn’t know if it

was the possessiveness in it or the way he said it, but it made my body run hot, and I felt myself grow slick.

“That’s it, baby. You’re so fucking beautiful. I love the way you look when you suck my cock.”

“Suck me harder. Please, baby, please.”

“Don’t wipe me away.”

“There’s the bossy and arrogant god-man, and I’m not, but I have drool on my face.”

“I don’t care. Don’t do ...

“That’s eight ways now, because when we leave here, I’m going to fuck the word friend out of your vocabulary.”

“The prophecy remains. One falls, one rises, and the end begins. It was foretold and will remain. One carved from darkness, one carved from light. The world will shudder.”

“Remember…” Gabby swallowed, a single tear sliding down her cheek. “Remember that I love you.”

“Would you like to see the true beast that rests under Dianna’s pretty skin, Samkiel? Do you think you will care for her still? Let’s find out.”

But it was not this world. No, it was mine. It was Dianna.