“Do you feel it, baby?”he rasped.
“I feel it.”I pressed my forehead to his.“I’m so sorry I threatened to kill you.”
He chuckled, low and rough.“If I have to go, dying in your arms is the only place I’d want to be.”
“You’re never dying, so you better get used to the idea of living for an eternity with me.”I pressed a gentle kiss to his busted lips.
“Hellcat, you’re stuck with me.I’m not going anywhere.”
“Promise?”I whispered against his lips.
“Promise,” he said back and kissed me.
Twenty-Four
Silas
Ursula walkedinto the bedroom of her apartment, and my breath caught in my lungs.As soon as I laid eyes on her, the velvet headiness of her presence swirled around me.Fuck, I was instantly drunk on her.She was in one of my shirts, legs bare, her vibrant red hair loose, framing her beautiful face.She never wore it loose anywhere but here in the apartment with me.When she walked out of here, she liked to be put together.For her, even wearing her hair down was a vulnerability.This Ursula was only for me.Only I got this version of her, and I’d never get over that, that she trusted me with all the tender parts of herself that she’d spend her life concealing.They were all mine, and so was she.
“Any word?”I asked.
“Lucifer called earlier.He’s spoken to the wolves, cats, and witches, the vampires are a little harder to get hold of, but as soon as they sign off on the complaint Lucifer has drawn up, they’ll submit it formally.”It turned out the angels had sabotaged the other teams in various ways, and everyone was more than happy to add their voices to the complaint.Not that we were expecting much to come of it.Still, it was worth a try.
We may not be able to prove definitively that the angels had a deal with Felditch to win, he’d sure as hell never admit to it, even though we all fucking knew it, but we could put in a complaint about the game of truth that was played the night before the final event.It was obviously designed for us to fail.The other teams had seen their teammate go through their fears, while mine had been at the same time as Ursula.There was no way she’d have the answer to Felditch’s question.It was a surefire way to start us at a disadvantage, with a penalty for the final event.
“Good.If Lucifer needs help, I can go talk to the vampires.”
She nodded.“Might be a good idea.We can both go.You feeling up to it?”
“Yeah, baby, I’m feeling good.”Urs had taken care of me, healed me in ways that were more than just physical, and I wasn’t sure she even realized it.
“I’ll be the judge of that,” she said, crossing the room.
My gaze slid over her and my heart did a wild thud in my chest.“When I woke, you weren’t here,” I said.“I didn’t like it, Urs.”
She lifted the tray she was holding.“You were out cold, and your stomach was growling so loud it was keeping me awake.I thought I should make you breakfast.”
I’d been here for two weeks while I healed, and my obsession with my female was only growing more intense with every passing day.In all my life, I’d never felt anything close to the way I did for her.
“You cooked for me?”I said, sitting up.Her sisters, a different one every day, had delivered our food, so this was new.
Her gaze slid down my bare chest.“Is that so surprising?”
I rested against the headboard, and for the first time since I got here, I didn’t wince in pain.My back was almost fully healed.“Well, yeah.My female’s a hellcat, not a domesticated one.”
Her eyes narrowed, but there was a glint there.She’d been so worried about me, and so focused on my healing since I got here, she’d barely left my side.“Are you calling me a fucking house cat?I’ll just toss this out, then, shall I?”
I chuckled and lifted my hands.“That’s just wasteful.It also smells really fucking good.Who knew you could actually cook?”
“Are you trying to get your ass handed to you this morning, angel?”she said, a cute-as-fuck smile she was trying hard to suppress curving her lips.
“No, but I am trying to get you to handyour assto me.”
She paused, then shook her head, her smile breaking out fully now, and it was wicked.I fucking loved it.“Do I amuse you?”
“You do, yeah.You’re a giant, dirty geek.The shit you say shouldn’t be as sexy as it is.”
“Geek?I’m a warrior.”