Waking up to my sin
"They're not at the beach anymore, Mom. They’re in the shadows of the eucalyptus. I can hear the hum. It’s not like the Ministry. It’s... it’s thinner. Sharper."
Malakai moved past me, already a shadow himself. He was bare-chested, his tactical trousers pulled on in a blur of motion, his HK sidearm an extension of his scarred hand. He didn't look like the man who had just worshipped my body with a reverent, desperate heat; he looked like the Asset. Cold. Lethal. Absolute.
"What color, Kai?" Malakai asked, his voice dropping into that sub-zero register.
"Silver," Kai said, his voice sounding hollow. He finally turned around, and my heart stopped.