Lord Rayven nodded. "What else do you need?"
"Nothing."
"Are you done or should I wait some more?"
"I am ready," she said.
She looked behind him at the bed and then at him.
No heart. Be still! But it didn't listen.
Angelica cleared her throat as if trying to mute the sound of her wildly beating heart. She walked past him and went to bed. She curled under the blankets as if that would save her from this man. God, he was a demon. Nothing could save her from me. He had already told her she couldn't run away from him. Not that she believed he was any danger to her. It wasn't that kind of running away she was thinking of. It was just this new unfamiliar feeling he awakened in her.
