“I’m Evangeline.”
“And I’m Jacks,” Jacks said, appearing beside Evangeline , no longer wearing the smile he’d shared with the Darling girls. “How’s your new wife, Merrick?”
“I’m Evangeline.”
“And I’m Jacks,” Jacks said, appearing beside Evangeline , no longer wearing the smile he’d shared with the Darling girls. “How’s your new wife, Merrick?”
“Well, let’s hope I don’t decide I’d rather be a vampire than be useful to you.”
“Well, let’s hope I don’t decide I’d rather be a vampire than be useful to you.”
She looked up again. For a second, he looked almost shy and incredibly young, barely older than her. Blond locks of hair fell over his eyes as he slowly leaned in closer.
She looked up again. For a second, he looked almost shy and incredibly young, barely older than her. Blond locks of hair fell over his eyes as he slowly leaned in closer.
“Yes, by me.” Luc flashed his fangs.
Jacks merely laughed. The sound was musical and very much at odds with the voice Evangeline heard in her head. I’ll give you a choice. Dance with me, or watch me use one of my swords to chop off his head.
“Yes, by me.” Luc flashed his fangs.
Jacks merely laughed. The sound was musical and very much at odds with the voice Evangeline heard in her head. I’ll give you a choice. Dance with me, or watch me use one of my swords to chop off his head.
“I don’t. But you still owe me one more kiss, and until I collect it, you’re mine, and I do not like to share.”
“I don’t. But you still owe me one more kiss, and until I collect it, you’re mine, and I do not like to share.”
“Yours did.”
“After you tended to them.”
His mouth twitched up at the corner. “Only because I wanted to take off your clothes.”
“Yours did.”
“After you tended to them.”
His mouth twitched up at the corner. “Only because I wanted to take off your clothes.”
Chaos tilted his head, eyes landing on their intertwined hands. “Interesting.”
Chaos tilted his head, eyes landing on their intertwined hands. “Interesting.”
“But you were dying.”
“No,” she said, a little embarrassed. “I just forgot to breathe.”
“But you were dying.”
“No,” she said, a little embarrassed. “I just forgot to breathe.”
Jacks ran across the cavern and punched Apollo in the face. Then he punched him again and again.
Jacks ran across the cavern and punched Apollo in the face. Then he punched him again and again.
Heat flushed her cheeks. “I’m not thinking nice things.”
“Even better.”
Heat flushed her cheeks. “I’m not thinking nice things.”
“Even better.”
Married.
Married.
Married, she reminded herself.
Married.
Married.
Married, she reminded herself.
The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse.
“There is nothing of equal value to me.”
The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse.
“There is nothing of equal value to me.”
“Perhaps I look forward to hating you.”
The corner of Jacks’s poisonous mouth twitched as if the idea vaguely entertained him.
“Perhaps I look forward to hating you.”
The corner of Jacks’s poisonous mouth twitched as if the idea vaguely entertained him.
But she was. She just needed to tell him she loved him.
“Evangeline—” His voice was hoarse. “Come back to me…”
But she was. She just needed to tell him she loved him.
“Evangeline—” His voice was hoarse. “Come back to me…”
Jacks nipped at Evangeline’s ear, cold and sharp. She felt the sting of it everywhere, covering her with gooseflesh, which somehow turned to blush when it reached her cheeks.
Jacks nipped at Evangeline’s ear, cold and sharp. She felt the sting of it everywhere, covering her with gooseflesh, which somehow turned to blush when it reached her cheeks.