No one is like
Daemon Black.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
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Daemon nodded and brought his lips
to mine. The kiss was sweet and soft, and I felt it in every part of me. “It’s
kind of sexy.” His mouth was on mine again, taking it deeper and longer. “The
whole raspy thing, but I wish—”
“Don’t.” I placed my hands on his
smooth cheeks. “I’m okay. And we have enough things to worry about without my
vocal chords. In the big scheme of things, they’re nowhere near the top of the
list.”
He arched a brow and wow, I did
sound kind of uber-mature. I giggled at his expression, ruining my newly
discovered maturity. “I have missed you,” I admitted.
“I know. You can’t live without me.”
“I wouldn’t go that far.”
“Just admit it.”
“There you go. That ego of yours
getting in the way,” I teased.
His lips found the underside of my
jaw. “Of what?”
“The perfect package.”
He snorted. “Let me tell you, I have
the perfect—”
“Don’t be gross.” I shivered,
though, because when he kissed the hollow of my throat, there was nothing
flawed about that.
I would never tell him this, but
beside the…pricklier side of him that reared its ugly head from time to
time, he was the closest thing to perfect I’d ever met.
With a knowing chuckle that had me
squirming, he slid his hand down my arm, over my waist, and caught my thigh,
hooking my leg around his hip. “You have such a dirty mind. I was going to say
I’m perfect in all the ways that count.”
Laughing, I wrapped my arms around
his neck. “Sure you were. Completely innocent, you are.”
“Oh, I’ve never claimed to be that
nice.” The lower part of his body sank into mine, and I sucked in a sharp
breath. “I’m more—”
“Naughty?” I pressed my face into
his neck and inhaled deeply. He always had this outdoorsy scent, like fresh
leaves and spice. “Yeah, I know, but you’re nice under the naughty. That’s why
I love you.”
A shudder rolled through him, and
then Daemon froze. A stuttered heartbeat passed and he rolled onto his side,
wrapping his arms around me tightly. So tightly I had to wiggle a little to
lift my head.
“Daemon?”
“It’s okay.” Voice thick, he kissed
my forehead. “I’m okay. It’s…early still. No school or Mom coming home, yelling
your full name. Just for a little while we can pretend that crazy doesn’t wait
for us. We can sleep in, like normal teenagers.”
Like normal teenagers. “I like the
sound of that.”
“Me, too.”
“Me, three,” I murmured, snuggling
against him until we were practically one. I could feel his heart beating in
tandem with mine. Perfect. This was what we needed—quiet moments of being
normal. Where it was just Daemon and me—
The window overlooking the front
yard blew apart as something large and white crashed through it, sending chunks
of glass and snow shooting onto the floor.
My startled scream was cut off as
Daemon rolled, springing to his feet as he slipped into his true Luxen form,
becoming a human shape of light that shone so brightly I could only stare at
him for a few precious seconds.
Holy crap, Daemon’s voice said, filtering through my own thoughts.
Since Daemon hadn’t gone ape wild on
someone, I scrambled to my knees and peered over the edge of the bed.
“Holy crap,” I said out loud.
Our precious moment of being normal
ended with a body lying on my bedroom floor.
Isn't that incredible???
This book is fabulous!!! Was there every any doubt?
USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout,
lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her
state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time
reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write,
and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of
becoming an author started in algebra class where she spent most of her time
writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer
writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary
romance. She also writes adult romance under the name J. Lynn.
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