Page 326 of Flirting with Darkness

Nova should have been more careful. She should have known an angel would somehow pick up on her presence, but he’d played her so well she’d thought he had no idea he was being followed.

Dex suddenly appeared in front of her, and Nova reacted without thinking, dropping to her knees and sliding between his legs, punching upward right in the sweet spot. His scream of rage was the most terrifying thing she’d ever heard in her life.

Nova wrapped the darkness around her. No use in hiding that anymore and she knew he couldn’t see in it.

She couldn’t run forever, and he was so much stronger than her—than a shifter. It would be suicide to try to fight him fair.

“Nova!” The pain in his voice made her gasp, and his hand wrapped around her arm before she realized her mistake.

His eyes were glowing, and she froze.

One was bright silver fire, and the other…

The other burned with the fires of hell.

Demon.

Dex was…a demon?

She studied the eyes that mirrored her own in a warped way. The silvery white was still there, she hadn’t imagined it. He’d said his father was an angel – he hadn’t lied to her about that. But his mother…

He slammed her into the brick wall, and she reacted on instinct, snarling as she pulled a knife from his thigh, sinking it into his side. Dex barely even reacted. He pressed into her, and she did everything in her power to get free.

But he wouldn’t let her go.

Nova gritted her teeth and twisted the knife.

Wings burst from his shoulders, and she let her entire body go lax.

Closing her eyes to concentrate, she let her left hand curl into a fist.

“Why?” Dex demanded, squeezing hard enough everything in her throat ground together.

Her eyes flew open as her power spiraled down her arm and into her hand. Nova put her hand to his chest and took a deep breath. “Let me go, I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Why are youhuntingme?” he practically roared, wings spreading so wide they were all she could see.

Nova released every drop of magic she could, letting it slam into him.

Dex was thrown back so far, she actually hesitated. Had she done more damage to him than she’d thought?

He wasn’t moving and Nova took a step toward him, but there was no way to repair this. His heart was still beating which meant he was alive at least. She needed to leave before it was too late.

Nova was a Council hunter. After what she’d learned, he would torture her for information and then kill her to cover his tracks.

No one could know what he was, especially the Council.

Nova turned and wrapped the darkness around her like a cloak, regretting every life choice she’d made that had brought her to this point. She jumped and gripped the gutter. Her right arm screamed in protest, and she lost her grip.

Breathing harsh, she fought through the pain and hauled herself up so she could grip the gutter with her legs.

This is why her father had always told her never to get emotionally attached. Dex had set a trap for her, and she’d fallen right into it like a rookie.

Nova used her leg strength to do most of the work and just used her good arm to stabilize her body. Every movement hurt and she couldn’t help the scream of frustration and pain as she hauled herself on top of the roof.

What was she going to do now?

Nova took her time crossing the roof, knowing it would be a while before any of the shifters woke up, and Dex…she had no idea how long it would take him, but she’d used enough magic to take out literally anything but a demon until they regenerated.

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