Compilation Of Short Stories
Like incense burned in a forbidden temple.
"Still hiding among the broken things, Angel?"
The voice was a low thrum, velvet over gravel, sliding down her spine and pooling molten heat low in her belly.
Not fear. Never fear with him. Just the inevitable, gravitational pull.
She turned.
Malakai filled the doorway, rain glistening on the worn leather of his jacket, plastering dark strands of hair to his temples. Exiled demon. Fallen star. Her ruin, or perhaps her only possible redemption. His eyes, the colour of aged whiskey catching fire, held hers. No mockery tonight. Just a hunger so profound it stole her breath.