Untouchable Darkness (The Dark Ones Saga 2)

I smirked. “Staying for dinner?”

“It smells…” His nose curled up. “Like meat.”

Mason let out a loud, aggressive snort. “It’s ham.”

“I don’t care to eat animals.”

Alex plopped down next to Sariel in an entirely too careless manner. “Hear that Mason? He’s not going to eat you.”

Another growl erupted from the kitchen as Mason started tossing around pots and pans, purposely slamming them against the granite so they made a loud noise.

His thoughts were just as loud.

But I chose to ignore them, shutting off what I knew wasn’t my cross to bear. To listen in on Mason’s thoughts was to experience raw pain over and over again. There was never a pause in his emotions, in the bleeding of his soul, the only balm in his otherwise dark life.

Was Genesis.

Proven yet again, when she quietly joined him in the kitchen, pressing her hand against his.

Light burst, pushing its way through his dark morose thoughts, calming the beast inside as they continued working in silence.

“Interesting.” Sariel’s eyes narrowed in on them.

Clearly he noticed the same exchange.

“Why are you here?” I pulled out a chair and all but shoved Stephanie into it then managed to push it away so that I was between her and Sariel, exactly where I needed to be.

“I think you know why.” His voice held a raw destructive edge as his eyes flashed white. The blue and purple feathers shuddered red before returning back to the violet hues.

I made eye contact with Ethan as he moved himself between Genesis and Sariel and stood directly behind the Angel, ready to make a move if I needed him to, ready to commit an unfathomable crime in order to not only protect his mate, but mine.

I’d underestimated his friendship. Greatly.

To kill an Angel is inviting a soulless existence, death, nothingness.

But he’d do it.

For his family.

“I’m restored,” I finally announced.

“Not that.” he snapped. “Do I look like an idiot?”

Alex opened his mouth to speak but I sent him a seething glare of shut the hell up before he pouted and waited for more information.

“No,” I answered for everyone. “But you’re making Genesis nervous. You know it’s impossible for a human to be in your presence too long without… heart problems.”

“Genesis,” Sariel said her name with reverence. “How are the twins?”

All talking and thinking ceased in that damn room.

“Healthy.” She answered in a bold voice. “Thank you for asking.”

Sariel’s eyes went white. “It will be a hard birth.”

“If it were easy men would do it.”

Alex burst out laughing.