There were many things to say, but none really matter at the moment. “It was your angel light that saved me,” I said suddenly calmed by his admission of love. I gazed into his blazing blue eyes.
“I’ll always be there to protect you Mercy, no matter what. But you have to decide,” he said then pulling his hand away from my face he looked at me that final time and walked away.
I could have stopped him. And maybe I should have stopped him to explain everything. I could have told him that my love for Paul was a brotherly love. I could have explained that I loved him too. But there are times like this when the words from an old saying said it all. If you love someone you let them go. Yes, there was a second half to that particular saying, but I loved Luke enough not to put him in harm’s way. My fingers reached for the necklace he’d given me and relief washed over me when I felt it was still there. I would be content with loving him from afar.
I wasn’t going to turn around to see him go for fear I might run after him. But I couldn’t help it, I turned anyway. Before he reached his car he looked up and our eyes met. I felt the tears begin to well up, but I held them back. I wouldn’t let him see me cry. His goodness may bring him back to me, not wanting me in pain. Nor would I give in to the pain. So I walled up my heart behind a brick façade I built, watching his car pull away. I would give up all guys again. Nothing good had come breaking my own rule. My mom would be so pleased.
Stomping my way back to Flynn, I allowed my fury to build again. My pain was now balled up in the form of rage and I knew just the person I could release it on. “You arrogant jackass. I thought you were my friend,” I hissed out at him with words I knew he’d understand while I jabbed my finger in his solid chest.
“Mercy, neither one of them was any good for you,” he said unmoving letting me jab him with my finger. He was going to stand there and take whatever I dished out.
“Luke is your best friend,” I said my voice breaking which angered me more.
“Which is why I told him like I’m telling you that he is angel and you demon, it can never be,” he said.
I found myself going to slap him again. His hand came up and caught mine. “It wasn’t your place to decide,” I said pulling free from his grip.
I started walking off the patio. I didn’t walk past him through the door to the house but headed around the opposite side from where Paul and Luke escaped. I wasn’t sure when David and my mom would return, but I need time to cool off.
Flynn called out to me. “You and Paul are no good Mercy,” he said. “He is human and that can never be either.”
I turned to him, stopping halfway to the side of the house. I didn’t yell, but spoke loud enough that I knew he heard me. “You and I could never be either. Even if I thought maybe, I could never be with you because of who you are,” I said. I would let him decide what I meant. Although Flynn had shades of goodness, his manipulation smelled of what I knew about him prior to me getting to know him. I’d assumed people had him pegged wrong. But now I was certain he had been manipulating me all along.
If I’d bother to look back, I may have notice Flynn kicking a lawn chair and stubbing his toe. Maybe I would have seen the self loathing and regret in his face. But I didn’t turn except to round the corner of the house.
I wasn’t sure I could possibly have any more surprises today but it was obvious today was a day full of them. Caught with a slight flutter in my chest, I saw him. I wonder if it was just a remembrance to our one and only kiss.
“Sebastian,” I said in surprise.
He looked at me with his blue eyes and for the first time I saw a flicker of something in them. He moved so swiftly to me, I thought maybe he’d blink over in one of his genie moves. We were so close and I could see myself reflected in his blue pools vision. Was there something more? Was there life now in those previously dead eyes of his? Could I trust him completely? He had saved my life but he was also a demon predator and could just as easily take my life too.
“You came for me,” I said. Luke had saved me at the house. But it was Sebastian who’d saved me from hell. Not that I thought Luke wouldn’t have come if he could have. But only a demon could enter and escape alive.
“Always,” he said. He smiled at me almost waiting. I could swear that this time the smile did reach his eyes. Could it be a trick of the light?
If Flynn and my dad were right about all the guys in my life being so wrong for me and Flynn sure he was the obvious choice because we were the same species for lack of a better word. Wouldn’t Sebastian also be a viable candidate? This was crazy because a second ago, I’d sworn off boys. But I could feel the heat rise in me.
“Kayla,” he said. His nickname for me crooned off his tongue and I felt that something tremble inside me. Would I have time later to decide if it was me or the succubus that reacted to him? I’d known for a while that the succubus was clearly interested, but I needed to know if I was.
Like oppositely charged magnets, this was a culmination of the all events that led until now. When he leaned down and in, not moving I waited.
To connect with me online visit:
http://www.shannondermott.com
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Seven
Chapter Twenty Eight
Chapter Twenty Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty One
Chapter Thirty Two
Chapter Thirty Three
Chapter Thirty Four
Chapter Thirty Five
Chapter Thirty Six
Chapter Thirty Seven
Chapter Thirty Eight
Chapter Thirty Nine
Chapter Forty
Beg for Mercy - kindle edition v3 Page 38
