Hell's Belle - Eve Newton Page 0,40

aside to let me in. “What can I do for you?”

“Look, Doc. This Night Mare creep has gotten into my head. I don’t want to sleep in case I end up in a situation like last night. But I’m exhausted. I didn’t realize that the power drains me so much.”

“You need sleep?” he asks.

“Yeah, I guess I’m figuring out that it’s a weakness.” I glare at him, daring him to comment.

He is wise and doesn’t.

He takes my hand. “What can I do?”

“Stay with me while I rest,” I mutter.

“Me?” he asks, shocked. “I’m afraid that I will be no good to you if this nightmare Demon shows up.”

I grin at him. “You leave that bit to me. I just don’t want to be alone. If I fall asleep, wake me up straight away, okay?”

He nods. “I can do that, but, Annabelle, this is only going to get worse.”

“It’ll do until I can find a solution. Please.”

“A ‘please’ from the Demon Queen? How can I refuse?” he says with a little laugh.

“Fuck off,” I growl good naturedly. I make a move towards the couch, but he guides me over to the far side of his office, to the door that leads to his bedroom.

“You’ll be more comfortable on the bed,” he murmurs.

I let him get me settled on the double bed and watch as he pulls up a chair. “You can join me, you know. I don’t bite…unless you ask me to.”

He blushes a bright red. “Uh…”

I pat the bed next to me.

He hesitates for a second before he climbs onto the bed with me. He lies flat on his back as far away from me as he can get without falling off the bed.

I decide to have a bit of fun at his expense and curl up next to him, my head on his chest. His heart hammers loudly in my ears, but he slips his arm around me, making me smile.

We lie in silence for a while, but the peace and quiet, the reassurance of him there makes my eyes heavy and soon I feel myself fall into oblivion.

18

Elijah

I don’t know if I’ve made a big mistake pitting her against her brother or if I’ve made her see that I’m not totally the bad guy. I guess only time will tell. I give up pacing and worrying about Annabelle as I feel a presence behind me that is filled with conflict and antagonism.

“E,” the deep voice of the Horseman of War rumbles through the building and I turn with a smile.

“Killian. I wasn’t expecting you back today.”

His eyes, as white as the sexy top Annabelle was wearing earlier, give me a shrewd look. “Hoping I’d stay away longer?”

He stalks towards me. He is slightly taller than me, wider as well with shaved auburn hair. When he reaches me, he leans forward to brush his lips against mine, his hand on the back of my neck. I open up when he flicks his tongue against my lips. He massages my tongue with his in a sensual kiss that makes my heart pound.

“Of course not,” I say softly when he draws back. “Just surprised. You’ve been gone eight months this time. I’ve missed you.”

“I’ve missed you too. What happened here?” He gestures to the broken desk.

“Our Queen paid me a visit,” I inform him.

“Ah. She discovered the box?”

“Not exactly,” I reply, “She was looking for something. She didn’t know what.”

“So you didn’t give it to her?”

I shake my head. “But her brother has it.”

“Oh?” Killian gives me a curious look. “Interaction with both of the twins while I was away. You have been busy.”

I give him an eye roll, but he isn’t fooled. He knows me too well, so there is no point in even denying it. “Just the one twin,” I say lightly.

His eyes hood, but he nods. “I see. The Queen, I presume?”

“Yes.”

“Did you enjoy it?” he asks, his voice low with desire.

“Yes, she is something else.”

“So I hear,” he comments. “This is the first female you have been with for a while.”

I don’t say anything. I know he isn’t jealous, just working through it in his head. We have an understanding. We are free to fuck whoever we want. It has been longer for him since he took a female to his bed, enjoying it but preferring the company of males. I prefer it the other way around. I don’t fuck other males. Females are my main interest, except where Killian is concerned. Especially this one female that