My Demons (The Angel Trilogy #2) by Kimberly Blalock Page A

question,” Evan grunts to Drake.
    “What’s the problem Drake, I’m late?” Thomas enters the apartment again.
    “This lunatic is threatening me,” he answers.
    I think Thomas must consider him important and maybe that’s why he thinks Evan won’t hurt him. I want to get up and knock the shit out of him myself. I really don’t need Evan to fight my battles.
    I don’t want to be weak and pathetic and need a man to rescue me. I’ve had a lot of things happen to me, but isn’t that what makes us strong, eventually?
    “What is the problem, Evan?” Thomas asks using a bored tone as he begins to enter the living room.
    I think I’ve had it with this crap .
    Before I realize what’s going on I stand up from the couch and speak, “This man you left to babysit me has threatened to fuck me, kill me, and get rid of me.” I take a deep breath.
    I need to yell, curse, or throw something because the adrenalin is now taking over and I have courage enough for five men. Seriously, not kidding, five men. I feel the fire spark from somewhere deep. Fire that was never there before, maybe it was or maybe it wasn’t but either way, it’s there now and I damn well intend to use it.
    I’m a strong independent woman, who’s been through a lot and while life has dealt me a darkness at the edge of a cliff which I’ve almost walked off of many times; I’ve been told I’ve also had happiness. Happiness I would’ve had all along if my sister hadn’t been taken from me.
    I grip the gun that I’ve now realized is in my hand. I look down to the dark metal and recall what Evan had said, ‘Flip this, aim, point, and pull the fucking trigger.’
    Pull the trigger Abby, this is your chance, this is it. A tear falls from the darkness that my fear frequently hides in, it releases and the light shines brightly. I can do this for Addie, I can make it all right. I can stop the pain, make him pay for what he did to her, to me, and to my family.
    I raise the gun looking up and into Evan’s eyes. The bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. I see so many things in his eyes, but it’s not the past that I see, it’s the future. I see my future in those eyes and I have no intentions of letting that be ruined by anyone. Especially these men that are standing in front of me now.
    Ever…

Chapter Ten
    Evan
    Have you ever wondered why humans feel fear or what process the body has for the thoughts that run through our mind when we know that someone we love is about to die or be hurt?
    What would you do to save the person that consumes your soul and sets your heart on fire?
    A wild animal doesn’t think twice about taking action and ripping its opponent’s throat out when put into a situation of kill or be killed.
    I’m standing in front of the most beautiful girl in the world. I see something in her eyes shift. The green becomes dark and uncontrolled by the normal human response to emotion. Her head falls to her right, my eyes follow the trail of darkness I feel emanating from her as I’m pulled by her gravity.
    The gun’s in her hand.
    Life can come to an end at any moment and in a second with no warning or forgiveness. Life isn’t promised. So again, I ask you, ‘What would you do to save the person that consumes all things that you are?’
    I will kill to protect my love, my light, my angel. She’s everything and without her I’m nothing. End of!
    I know that the men that are in the room with us have no soul and as soon as they see the gun in her hand they’ll shoot her with no remorse, because they’re here to protect their fearless leader Thomas Carter, and that they will. I know what these people are capable of and I won’t let them take her.
    There are two things that I know. One, I need to deal with Drake and two I need to take that gun from Abby before anyone realizes it’s in her hand. My problem though – Drake will see the gun before I can get to Abby.
    I have to deal with him first and quickly.
    I feel the pull from vibrations