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“There are rumblings in Hell about a rising dark force with enough power to wipe us all out. The demons down there love their gossip.”
“Rising dark force?” Thierry repeated.
“One problem at a time,” Nix said, taking a deep breath. “Iwillbe helping you find the missing students,” Nix informed the men adamantly.
“Baby, I’m loving this enthusiasm, but…howdo you plan to help us?”
The incubus’s insinuation was obvious, and it grated on Nix’s nerves.
Nix was not strong; she had no special powers. Despite her efforts, she did not know how to fight.
“You think I’m too weak,” Nix muttered. A soft anger slithered in her stomach. “You think I’m powerless. That I would slow you both down. A nuisance.”
With narrowed, heated eyes, Bael shook his head. “I don’t think that.”
“Then, why? Why don’t you want my help?”
“It’s dangerous, what we’re doing,” Bael said. “If they can inject us with that fucking shifter neutralizer, even Ryker or I could be taken.”
“Then, why risk yourselves?” she asked.
Nix had always been told that dragons were naturally inclined to evil. Her clan taught her that winged demons like incubi would be just as sick and twisted. Yet, the only incubus and dragon shifter Nix knew were two students risking their freedom to save others?
Nix muttered, “You have no idea the torture that those missing students could be going through. No idea the Hell it is—uh, could be—for what they are doing to them.”
But Nix knew.
Nix had wanted to kill her captor in this new life. She did not realize this could be an entire underground organization that needed to be burned to the ground. She did not realize that potentially others—besides Nix and Persius—lived futures of captivity and torture.
Is someone being tortured now? Like I was?
Nix’s rage spiked, and her heartbeat stuttered. “What if they do take you and Ryker? What if you save no one and end up taken too?”
Bael smirked. “You worry about me, baby? You care if I live or die?”
Frustrated, Nix slammed her hands onto Bael’s chest and pushed him—but Nix was not strong, and his body was like a massive, chiseled statue.
“Be serious,” Nix exclaimed. “There are fates worse than death.”
“Ryker and I will be fine. We’ll find the culprit, and we’ll find those who were taken.”
Nix shook her head but held back her retort.
Because Nix had died in captivity six years in the future. She knew.
She knew that Ryker and Bael never saved her.
If they get taken…who will savethem?
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“You seem nervous.”
“Stop listening to my heartbeat,” Nix scolded Thierry as she ran a hand down the large button-down of Ryker’s that she wore and tucked her knees under her as she sat on the couch. “It’s rude.”
“Let’s get you relaxed before your classes this morning.” Bael rubbed his hands together and strode over to the kitchen. The open interior concept of the house allowed Bael to keep Nix within his sights as he ransacked the kitchen. “You want some calming tea? An orgasm or two?”
