Page 6 of Chaos
She simply stared at me as if our words didn’t make sense.
Grim sighed, taking a seat at the end of the bed. “Look at me, Merri.”
She wouldn’t. Her face had returned to the shelter of my chest. I made eye contact with Grim for a fleeting moment before understanding his silent request and turning her to look at him. I’d hold her there if I had to, forcing her to listen as Death spoke.
“I can still see his soul safely nestled within him. Death has not touched this place, Merri. I assure you. If you trust nothing else, at least trust that.”
“He knows what he’s talking about, hellcat. HeisDeath.”
She worried at her bottom lip, her eyes moving over Sin’s still form. “Then why?”
I shrugged. “I’m not an expert on your power, but he is. I’m sure he’ll break it down for us when he wakes up.”
“If he wakes up,” she muttered.
“He will,” I said firmly.
She still didn’t look convinced. If anything, she looked resigned, but at least her tremors had subsided. “For all you know, I fucked him into a coma.”
My brows lifted. That was a piece of the puzzle we hadn’t had. All I’d known from the shockwave of lust was that it had resulted from Merri’s orgasm, not what had been involved to get her there.
I exchanged a quick glance with Grim, wondering if perhaps Sin had managed to complete our mission. He shrugged, but I could tell he wanted to discuss this further.
“I think it’s probably best if you get some sleep,” Grim murmured.
“Yeah, right. Sleep is the furthest thing from my mind,” she protested.
I glanced over Grim’s shoulder at Malice. He jerked his chin in a nod and moved until he was standing beside us. She’dprobably be angry when she woke, but she’d be better for the rest.
Malice touched his lips to her forehead a heartbeat after her soft gasp told us she realized what was happening. Then she went limp in my arms.
After laying her down with Sin and tucking her under all the blankets for good measure, I turned to my brothers.
“This can’t continue. Every time this happens, she will be a wreck.”
Grim paced the floor, brows drawn into a deep frown. “She should’ve been sated. She fed from us all beforehand.”
“Maybe that’s the difference?” I offered. “Down there, we were a group and split the cost equally between us, but this time Sin bore the brunt alone? Or maybe it was the intensity of the act since this time there was actual penetration”—I grimaced—“and not just mutual satisfaction?”
“What brunt? Like I said, we all fed her.”
“That doesn’t mean her power ceases to exist. People eat when they’re full all the time.”
“So she gorged herself? She has more control than that, surely.”
Malice sighed and threw another log on the fire. “Look, none of us are experts here. We’re all grasping at straws right now. We’ll have to wait for lover boy over there to wake up. He’s the only one who’ll have answers for us.”
He was right. Two of us had experienced unconsciousness as a result of Merri’s power. That meant both needed to participate in the comparison of events if we were going to get any closer to figuring out the puzzle of keeping her strength up. Whatever happened, feeding her could not be at our own peril.
We may not be able to die, but being put out of commission when the Prince of Darkness was coming after us wasn’t exactly ideal. We were supposed to keep her safe.
Well, not just safe.
I ran a hand over my face, addressing the other elephant in the room. “Do you think he was successful?”
“I guess we’ll find out soon enough,” Malice said, his focus distant.
“That would mean all of this would be over soon,” I pointed out.
