angel-human-romance

Take this message to your people, you obsequious little worm,_ I murmured. __nyone who lays a hand on Jordan Amador will have to answer to me. Now do me a favor and go to hell.__ removed my sword from his hand and then decapitated him. His severed head tumbled across the floor like a wayward bowling ball. Good riddance.I set my sword aside, found a stool in the corner, and climbed up in front of Jordan. Her handcuffs were attached to a huge meat hook bolted into the ceiling. I lifted her off of it with great care, unsure if she had the strength to stand. As soon as her arms were free, she looped them around my shoulders and pressed her face against my neck. She was trembling, but not crying. I sank to the floor and cradled her in my lap, breathing out the last of my anger now that she was safe. ___ sorry,_ she mumbled in a small voice. ____ so sorry, Michael.__ snorted. __hat the hell do you have to apologize for? You got kidnapped. Pretty sure that__ not your fault.__he shook her head, her words partially muffled as she pressed her face against my shirt. __hould__e been stronger. I could__e gotten you killed.___y Heckle and Jeckle here? Not likely.__ shaky laugh rattled through her. She slid her fingers into the hairs along the nape of my neck and hugged me tighter. I knew from experience she didn__ want me to see her face because she knew she was only seconds away from breaking down. No one would ever accuse Jordan Amador of being a crybaby, not if she could help it. It was a ridiculous notion at best, but I indulged her anyway. __hank you.___ust doing my job. But you__e welcome.__ smoothed the sweaty hairs away from her forehead enough to kiss it. She didn__ move away. We stayed there for a while without speaking, just clinging to each other until we felt strong enough to separate.

Where are we heading?___he closest wooded area to here is Kenwood Academy__ estate. Good place to hide, especially at night.___f we__e going into the woods, I definitely need to change.__ glanced back at her as we returned to the curb where the cab had dropped us off. __r you could just go home.__he crossed her arms and avoided my gaze, scowling. __ou__e sick of me already? That must be a record.__ lifted my eyes to the heavens. Women. __his creature tore out a woman__ throat and busted her chest cavity open like a piñata. I don__ like the thought of it being anywhere near you.___id it ever occur to you that I feel the same way?__urprise flooded over me. __o, it_actually didn__.___ know I__ not as strong or as smart as you are, but that doesn__ mean I can__ help. We__e partners, aren__ we?___eah,_ I said, and couldn__ stop the smile creeping across my lips. __ guess we are._ She tossed a quick look at me and frowned. __uit it.___hat?___ hate it when you do that.___ou hate it when I smile?___o, when you make that, __w, she does have a heart_ face. You look like a Disney prince.__ laughed. __y bad. I__l work on that.