Demon's Trust (The Chronicles of Arcayos #1) - Raven Dark Page 0,76
me. I jolt, then cover it by trying to step on his foot.
What the fuck was that? I would have swayed if he weren’t holding me. I miss his foot by a mile. My skin tingles at the thought of Arcayos pinning me like this.
“What did you do, get superspeed all of a sudden? You get faster every day.” Panting, I clap his arm, the signal for him to stop.
Tyrone releases me.
Thank god he did, because I’m burning up. My whole body feels like it’s in flames. Feverishness prickles from my every pore. I bend over, head down, praying the weak feeling will pass, but it doesn’t.
“What’s wrong, Cass? You okay?” Tyrone puts his hand on my shoulder.
Another jolt. My teeth grind together.
“I’m okay. Just really hot in here all of a sudden.” I walk over to the bench, fanning myself. I’m panting even though we’ve only been at it for a few minutes.
“It’s all that chocolate magnetism.”
I laugh.
He sits beside me. “How are you this tired so fast?” He leans over toward me. “You sure you’re all right?”
I nod, wiping my brow. I’m good, except that my pussy is on fire. I close my eyes, imagining Arcayos licking me there.
“Yeah, I’m all right, but I’ll have to take a rain check.” That ticks me right off. I never bail on him.
Arcayos, what have you done to me?
“Sure. You okay to get up the stairs?”
I nod and then my shoulders shake. “Can you imagine what people would say if you carried me through the station?”
“Ha. Yeah. I should do it. Over my shoulder. There would be a lynching. And Hawk would probably have my head.”
“What?” I jerk my head up. “Why… why would Hawk….” My face is roasting hot now, and it has nothing to do with whatever weird fuckery is happening to my body.
“Oh, come on, Cass. As if you don’t know.”
“Know what?”
“The way he looks at you?” He bumps my shoulder with his. “The way he always keeps so close, as if he doesn’t want anyone near you? You telling me you don’t know he’s got a thing for you?”
Not trusting myself to speak, I nod for the door and drag myself up. My body is covered in a sheen of sweat.
There is a strict policy against fraternization between cops within the same precinct, and I can’t afford for Arcayos to be paired with someone else, even if sometimes I’d love to see it happen.
Tyrone walks with me out of the gym toward the stairs to the main floor.
As soon as we get up to the second-floor squad room, he goes to get himself a coffee. I don’t see Arcayos anywhere.
“Is Hawk still in that computer seminar, Louie?” I force my tone to remain casual.
“No, Ryan finished the class a few minutes ago. Hawk is in evidence storage, I think.”
I want to march back there, but I make myself walk casually down the back steps and out to the station’s back lot. Don’t want to draw attention.
Evidence from cases for this precinct alone has accumulated over the last half century to the point where most of it is kept in a separate building. It’s a warehouse behind the station that’s fenced off from the street, with boxes set on hundreds of shelves that go up over ten feet, high enough to need a ladder. Hunting up evidence from a case you aren’t familiar with is a nightmare, let me tell you.
At the warehouse, I key in the security code and let myself in. Sweat still slicks my skin, heat is still pumping through my veins, and my sex is throbbing. It’s all making me extremely grouchy.
Whatever that demon spawn has done to me, we’re going to have it out right now. Enough of this shit.
“Hawk?” I’m so pissed that I almost forget not to use his real name. No one answers, so I start down one of the aisles in front of me.
“Hawk?” My voice echoes through the place.
I come to a split in the path and choose a direction. “Hawk, we need to have a talk—”
From behind, a hand clamps over my mouth. Then a huge arm snatches me around the waist and yanks me backward.
16
The Devil’s Touch
A demon.
A demon has somehow broken into the warehouse and has his fucking hand over my mouth.
Arcayos did confirm that Hazuldar wants my powers, after all.
Panic races through my veins like ice. Did he find Arcayos in here? What did he do to him?