Raini snickered. She and Demi were like chalk and cheese, and they'd never gotten along. The whole mess with Dwain only made it worse. "To her credit, she hasn't been rude or unwelcoming toward Harmony. She hasn't tried to taint this for Dwain. Only those who know her well can sense she's hurting."
"Well, let me tell you, Grams is furious with him for being so blind to it," said Harper.
"Yeah, I picked up on that easily enough. She often looks at him as though she'd like nothing better than to skewer him with a spear." It really was a pleasant visual.
A cold, familiar psyche touched Raini's, and then Maddox's voice flowed into her mind. How was work today?
Coming from anyone else, the mundane out-of-the-blue question might have seemed like an awkward attempt at small talk. But one thing Raini had learned about Maddox in the past four months was that there was no small talk with him. If he asked you a question, it was because he wanted to know the answer.
He generally didn't bother with hellos. He got straight to the point. Unless, of course, he was toying with someone. He could turn on the charm then, but it was just a mask. He didn't wear it with her. She liked that.
It was fine, she replied. As per their agreement, she always responded now.
Don't forget you're due to come to my club tomorrow.
I won't.
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Raini snickered. She and Demi were like chalk and cheese, and they'd never gotten along. The whole mess with Dwain only made it worse. "To her credit, she hasn't been rude or unwelcoming toward Harmony. She hasn't tried to taint this for Dwain. Only those who know her well can sense she's hurting."
"Well, let me tell you, Grams is furious with him for being so blind to it," said Harper.
"Yeah, I picked up on that easily enough. She often looks at him as though she'd like nothing better than to skewer him with a spear." It really was a pleasant visual.
A cold, familiar psyche touched Raini's, and then Maddox's voice flowed into her mind. How was work today?
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Coming from anyone else, the mundane out-of-the-blue question might have seemed like an awkward attempt at small talk. But one thing Raini had learned about Maddox in the past four months was that there was no small talk with him. If he asked you a question, it was because he wanted to know the answer.
He generally didn't bother with hellos. He got straight to the point. Unless, of course, he was toying with someone. He could turn on the charm then, but it was just a mask. He didn't wear it with her. She liked that.
It was fine, she replied. As per their agreement, she always responded now.
Don't forget you're due to come to my club tomorrow.
I won't.
His mind briefly sort of stroked hers, and then he was gone.
She would have thought their little meetings would be awkward and strained, but they weren't. Probably because he only ever asked her simple everyday questions as opposed to anything too personal. She suspected he already knew most of her private business; that he'd already compiled some sort of dossier on her—Maddox provided that service for people for a fee.
Initially, she'd expected him to attempt to seduce her, given his past sexual telepathic whispers. But he'd never once flirted with her or said anything suggestive, although a glitter of heat had occasionally flashed in those usually vacant eyes.
Maybe he'd quite simply decided that introducing sex into the mix would only complicate things. She'd have to agree with him on that. Which both disappointed and relieved her, because she was so very conflicted where he was concerned.
She wanted to dislike him. Wanted to hold that image of him being cruel and malicious in her mind so that she wouldn't lament that he didn't want the bond. But it was hard to truly dislike someone when you couldn't help but feel sorry for them. He was a demon who carried the very potent blood of a powerful archangel. How hard must it be to feel torn on the inside by both dark and light—two such extremes?
You'd exist in the gray.
Her inner demon wasn't so sympathetic. But then, it wasn't a creature who could feel compassion or empathy. It was too predatory. Too callous. Too dark. And exceedingly pissed that their anchor wouldn't just claim them already.
"Hello?" sang Khloë, waving her hand in front of Raini's face. "Raini, this is base, do you copy?"