Page 59 of Grave Revelations

Rebecca stared down at the phone beside her on cerulean velvet.

54672 - Your driver is arriving with your order.As if in response to the message, her stomach grumbled loudly.

She hadn’t seen Azazel since he’d disappeared from her room the day before. All night, she had lain awake, waiting for him to return. He hadn’t.

He wasn’t far, though. That tether between them was taught, but not stretched beyond her awareness, and occasional thoughts from him flitted through her mind. It was as if the more time they spent near one another, the stronger their connection became.

And if Rebecca was getting glimpses of his thoughts, she was confident he had a front-row seat to hers. She’d sent as many lewd, dirty thoughts as she could when she woke but only got an occasional brooding response. When that hadn’t worked, she tried her hand at jokes.

He hadn’t laughed once.

She didn’t have a lot of practice telling jokes, but she had thought a few were funny. Eventually, she gave up on trying to coax more from him and focused on the issue at hand—her coven.

Her phone buzzed again. She looked down at a text from Simon.

Are you feeling better? Can we talk?

She flipped the phone over, sighing.

Dog.

I heard that,she thought back.

Good.

Rebecca stifled a laugh.Will you come in?

No.

I can tell you’re very close.

I’m outside the door.

Come in then.

The silence that followed sliced through her chest.

Her phone buzzed again.54672 -Your order has been delivered.

Rebecca hopped up from her place on the couch and went to the foyer. She flung the door wide and froze. Azazel filled the doorframe, casting the world behind him into darkness while holding out a plastic to-go bag.

“Eat with me?”

He arched a brow. “I don’t eat.”

Butterflies erupted in her stomach.

Beautiful.

A thrill shot through her.

Want her.

He hadn’t moved an inch, the bag dangling off a finger.

The flutter of her heartbeat pulsed in her throat, and the pull that had only seemed to be growing stronger tugged her forward.

She slid the bag from his finger and closed the door in his face.

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