Page 4 of Capturing Sin

The demon.

Clearly, if I was alive, and apparently in one piece, then it was because of whatever his blood did to me.

But why would a monster help me?

Maybe I’d hallucinated the whole thing.

I pushed weakly at Jayce, and he obliged with a snort. “Classic pampered princess, taking a royal doze on the job. Don’t take your irritation out on the poor peasant to wake you too.” He stood, allowing me a better view of my surroundings.

My whole body shook as I half rolled to face the unmoving demon lying right beside me. His blood-smeared chest rose and fell in a deep, even rhythm.

One thought screamed through my head.

He shouldn’t be here.

I reached for him, shaking his shoulder at the base of the spikes protruding from his grey skin. Even that much movement had spots blooming through my vision. Nausea slithered inside my stomach, but I didn’t stop, pushing weakly at the demon.

He’d saved me. But he was about to die.

Panic set in, reducing my attempts to wake him to a frantic pawing.

“The fuck is she doing?” Jayce muttered. “Trying to attack it?”

My fiancé stepped up beside Jayce, a gun in one hand and a bloodied sword in the other. He raised the blade above me, almost in slow motion.

“No!” A hoarse scream burst from my lips, and I fought the weakness in my body to push at the demon harder, trying to shove his bulk out of the way.

I knew what was coming, but I couldn’t stop it.

Sunshine eyes fluttered open, locking onto mine.

A wet crunch sounded.

He jerked, lips slackening to show the tips of fangs.

“No…,” I groaned, the sound breaking to a whisper.

“She must have hit her head on something,” Jayce muttered, toeing me in the ribs with his boot, sending another wave of nausea through me.

From my peripherals, Leo peered down, leaning on the sword embedded in my saviour, face unreadable before he pasted on a fake smile. “How wonderful, my sleeping beauty lives.”

No thanks to him.

“Come on, beta squad’s almost done with the last of the bodies.” Arsen, another alpha hunter, stepped up beside Leo. “Huh, never seen such a spiky grey-and-white one before. Must be a rare beast.”

“All right, we should probably get Dozer here back to medical in case she broke a nail,” Jayce snorted.

I caught the edge of a shrug from Leo but couldn’t look away from the twin dying suns staring back at me.

A demon had saved me. And it had cost him everything.

Jayce leaned down and hauled me roughly into his arms. Dizziness rolled me under, sucking me back into the abyss.

Chapter 2

Three weeks later…

“Oh, you’ll love court. Honestly, you’ll have such a great time if you get to go. It’s so interesting.” My boss smiled wide, leaning his forearms on the desk between us, caramel eyes crinkling at the corners with the edges of his excitement.

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