"Every day of my life."
"Yeah, well, I'm not used to that feeling and I find it highly disturbing."
He rubbed her arms and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "We'll find him."
Kat wanted to believe that, but she wasn't sure. What had they brought back? Was Zakar the demon Kytara had warned them about or was there enough of his decency left to combat it?
"If he's fighting for the gallu..."
Sin's face hardened. "He won't. I have to believe that."
"But if they converted him?"
"I will kill him," he said with a conviction so sincere, it was almost believable.
But Kat knew how much he loved his brother. "Do you really think you can do that?"
He hesitated as if he was considering his answer. When he met her gaze, there was no denying his intent. "I won't have a choice. I can't let the Dimme out and I can't allow Kessar to win in this. Whatever it takes. Whoever I have to sacrifice. I will do what I have to to keep them away from the innocent."
She couldn't imagine the strength inside him that would allow him to carry out such a thing. She laid her head on his chest and held him close as she tried to fathom the source of his courage. To kill family was hard... to kill a twin brother you'd spent your life protecting to save the world...
He was incredible.
"You're a good man, Sin."
He laid his cheek against her head. "No, I'm not. I'm just trying to make right something I should have never let go wrong."
Kat leaned back to kiss him. She couldn't believe how she'd misjudged him when her mother had sent her out to kill him. In all her life, she'd never met anyone who came close to the compassion and altruism of her father.
Until now.
Sin was everything a woman could hope for.
It gave her hope for the world and she wanted to touch him. To give him something of his own to hold on to. Pulling his T-shirt over his head, she threw it to the floor.
He frowned at her. "What are you doing?"
"Seducing you."
"Shouldn't we be looking for my brother?"
"Will twenty minutes really matter?"
He laughed low in his throat. "Twenty? You seriously underestimate my fortitude."
Spoken like a true fertility god. "Then let's make it an appetizer for later."
His smile warmed every part of her as he slowly unbuttoned her pajama top. Kat groaned as he ran his hands over her breasts after he parted the soft material. And when he dipped his head down to take her nipple in his mouth, she swore she saw stars from it.
Sin couldn't breathe as he felt her hands in his hair. He slid her pants down her long legs until they pooled at her feet. He'd never seen a more beautiful woman. Never.
Unable to stand it, he slid to his knees so that he could taste her better.
Kat leaned back against the bar while Sin gently tongued her. Waves of pleasure pierced her until she could barely stand. How could any man be so talented with his tongue? She gripped the wood behind her with her hands as she rose to her tiptoes.
Unable to stand it, she came in a searing moment of ecstasy. Leaning her head back, she cried out.
Sin growled at the taste of her climax. Rising to his feet, he pushed his pants down and separated her legs.