Descent (Kissed by Death #3)
Author: Tara A. Fuller
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Publisher: Entangled Teen
320 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
He’ll destroy everything and everyone to save her…including himself.
Easton doesn’t believe in love. He believes in death. Darkness. Sin. As a reaper for Hell, it’s all he’s known for more than four hundred years. So when he gets slapped with the job of training the boss’s daughter, an angel that knows nothing but joy, he knows he’s in for a world of trouble.
Though he’s made it clear he wants nothing to do with her outside of work, Gwen will do whatever it takes to get close to the dark and wounded reaper—even taint her angelic image and become a reaper herself. But in all her planning, she forgot to factor in one thing—how far the demons Easton doomed to Hell will go for revenge.
When the dangers of the Hell threaten Gwen, Easton will destroy everything and everyone to save her. But as the darkness closes in, will he be able to save himself?
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The room seemed to settle into a dangerous calm as we entered, and at least a dozen sets of eyes followed our progress.
“Why are they all looking at me like that?”
“Because
most of them have never seen anything like you,” I said. “Put on all
the black leather you want, Red, but you’ll never be able to cover up
what you are.”
“And what am I?”
My gaze coasted over the
soft curve of her cheek, the slender arch of her neck. She was
beautiful, a warm sunrise in a world that had only ever known a cold,
unforgiving night. To think I’d even tried to hide what she was from the
filth here showed how foolish I really was. There was no hiding the
goodness in Gwen.
“Pure,” I finally said, tearing my gaze from
her. I had to stop looking at her like that. I had to stop wanting to
touch her. I had to stop... I just had to stop. Giving in to that desire
wasn’t going to do either of us any good.
“Then maybe I should do something to make them think I’m not,” she said, voice small and unsure.
I laughed. “Like what? Murder someone? News flash. Everyone here is already dead, sweetheart.”
“I don’t know,” she said, looking around. “What about that?”
She
gestured to a man and succubus on the dance floor. Lips locked
together, dancing so close you couldn’t tell where he ended and she
began. A group of pain demons closed in on them, waiting for her to
deplete and release the drained soul. They’d drag him away and finish
him off once she’d had her fill. That was the real dance here.
Feed. Punish. Pain. Repeat.
As
much as the thought of having Gwen pressed against me like that scared
the shit out of me, she was right. We needed to blend in. I grabbed her
around the waist and pulled her against me, telling myself I was only
acting. That I didn’t care. She gasped and her hands landed on my chest.
She was stiff in my arms, staring at my throat. A table of demons
pushed their drinks aside to watch us with suspicious, glowing eyes.
“Gonna
need to come a little closer than that, Red,” I whispered against her
hair. “Are you a succubus or an angel? Quick survival tip...you want to
be the succubus.”
She inched forward and buried her face in my
neck, releasing a shaky breath against my jaw. Her mouth pressed against
the serpent tattoo on my neck, and I could feel the brand of ink
writhe, basking in the pleasure of her purity. My heart kicked a painful
rhythm against my ribs. Without permission, my hands slid down to her
hips. She felt so warm under my palms, perfectly clumsy, trying to find a
rhythm to match mine. I’d never really danced before, but in a place
like this, I figured there was no right way. Not when everything was so
wrong. Gwen peeked out from under my jaw, looking at the others dancing.
“Should we...kiss?” she asked. “L-like them?”
I stopped
swaying and forced my hands to loosen their grip on her hips. My blood
felt too hot, my body tense and unfamiliar. My gaze dropped to her
mouth, and my mind went places it had no business going.
I wanted to kiss her.
I’d
never wanted to kiss anyone. Almighty knows that’s all it would take to
soil her. One touch from my lips and she’d never be the same.
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