Page 76 of All the Devils are Here

Leaning up, I put my lips to his ear. “Does your cum glow?”

Trin turned so his lips brushedmyear, raising goosebumps all over my body. “Only one way to find out, mate.”

The chills turned sharp, tingling all over my skin. How long would it take to get used to them?

Magic tingled in the air, and I looked to see if someone was shifting, but it wasn’t. It was on me. The magic was onme. My hands were glowing bright, and I suddenly recognized the painful tingles. The island’s magic was alive and it was reaching for me.

Panic gripped me.

I wasn’t ready.

“Trin.”

He heard the difference in tone, and pulled back, suddenly seeing my hands too. “Laurent. Ariel,” he called, hauling me up off the couch. My feet were glowing as well.

They appeared, and Laurent cursed. Ariel was in front of me, magic washing over me, and I felt like he was trying to keep me here. But it wasn’t possible.

It was going to take me and try to kill me again.

“No.” It felt like I couldn’t breathe. “I can’t do this.”

Laurent’s hands gripped my face. “Yes, you can. You can do this, Meg. I’m going to find you, okay? We’re going to find you.”

Ban crashed through the door.

“I can’t,” I gasped. “Wait—”

There was a feeling of apull, and I was yanked out of Laurent’s arms and through what felt like a hurricane of wind and void. The air was filled with thrashing and the sound of water. My balance heaved, and I barely stopped myself from falling into the ocean.

The ocean.

I was on a rock, in the middle of the water. The slimmest of rock ledges, over water that wasteemingwith creatures. Not creatures. Fucking sharks. The water was bloody, and they were feeding on something. Under my feet, the rock was damp and they would be feeding on me in seconds if I slipped.

Painful magic was ripping through me, and I couldn’t even scream. I was too frozen because of where I was.

A splash of bloody water hit me, and I nearly fell. “What the fuck?” There wasn’t a way to survive this. One shark jumping out of the water and knocking me off balance, and I’d be in the water and torn to shreds in this feeding frenzy.

A wave rushed in, raising the water level. Oh my god. There was barely any light in the sky left, and the tide was coming in.

Oh shit.

My body felt like a statue. I couldn’t move. If I moved, I might die. The tide was coming in with every wave, and in minutes I would die.

“Please, please, please.” I wasn’t even sure I was saying the words out loud.

“Meg,” The cry came from a distance, and I held myself tighter. They were here. They were here, and that was everything. They found me.

Mist formed around my arms, and pain surged through me. “No. Ariel—”

Ariel swore and let me go. Another wave and they might be able to bite me. He floated in the air, lit up with his own silvery light. He looked like a god of wind, the magic swirling around him before it struck out, hard and fast, directly at me.

There was a cracking sound that broke the magic holding me here and sudden wind that was knocking me over, directly into the water. I saw teeth—

Arms formed around, and I swore I felt the impact of jaws that missed me. Wind swirled again and I found myself on the sand.

I sat up and Ariel was kneeling next to me, pale as death. But my eyes went to the water. It was still thrashing, and I saw the distinct shape of a tentacle. in the silhouette of the near-dark sky. “Where’s Trin?”

“He’s there, he’ll be fine.”

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