5
Trinity
I didn’t expect the sharp spike of terror that seeing the killer’s face evoked and I reached for Leo instinctively. All I could see was the assassin’s mocking grin as I shot him over and over with the blaster. I could have been using a pea shooter for all the damage it had caused.
Vennix. Nix. He had a name. A terrible, terrifying name.
Then I was floating for a moment. I landed in Leo’s lap, my ear pressed over his heartbeat, his warm hand resting against my other cheek, holding me to him. “I’ve got you, Trinity. Never again, I promise you. Never again.”
Focusing on the steady pulsing sound, I let his heat soothe me, sink into me. It was almost as if he was feeding my Ardor, but there was nothing s****l passing between us. This was gentler. Softer.
I was falling in love. N
