He had done nothing to prove himself worthy of her belief and she barely knew him. She had been afraid at one point, he felt sure of it, but had rallied and refused to leave him, instead telling him that she knew he could protect her and she was safest with him.Īsmodeus didnâ€™t believe that, so he wasnâ€™t sure how she could. Rather what she viewed as bad, he saw as good. He had tried to draw a line between them, hoping to force her into seeing that he didnâ€™t subscribe to her mortal concepts of right and wrong, and that there was no good in him as she would view it. He had felt powerless to leave her and had wanted to convince her to leave him, because he feared that the Devil would force him to obey his command to bring her to him. He liked the sound of her voice and the sharp note it had at times, a tone that told him she wasnâ€™t going to just back down and let him have his way. She had fallen quiet and he wished that she hadnâ€™t. Her hand covered his, warm and slight, her light weight pressing it into the grass. He couldnâ€™t remember experiencing guilt before he had met Liora. He couldnâ€™t remember ever regretting anything before. He hadnâ€™t meant to lose his temper with her, and he regretted dropping her from even a short height and shouting at her. He wanted to get them straight and figure everything out, and come to understand this world and Liora, but the more he spoke to her and the more he saw of this realm, the more on edge and overwhelmed he became.

Read on for this Tuesday’s tease…Īsmodeusâ€™s head was tied in more knots than ever and every inch of him felt tense, and he couldnâ€™t convince his body to relax, not while he was drowning under the tidal pull of his thoughts. Today’s tease comes from the paranormal romance book Her Wicked Angel, which is the sixth book in my popular Her Angel romance series.

Her Wicked Angel by Felicity Heaton