Her Dark Angel by Felicity Heaton

rubbed her wrist. “It’s a bit late for that, don’t you think?”
    Edward still stared at her, his gaze dropping to her exposed thigh every so often. She smoothed her dress over her thighs and was surprised when Apollyon set her down on the couch beside him.
    He stood and faced Edward. Edward glared at him.
    Serenity sat very still, afraid of moving and breaking whatever battle of wills was happening between them. When neither looked as though they were going to back down or say anything, she rose from the seat and stepped between them.
    “We have nothing to talk about, Edward.” The confident edge to her voice pleased her. She had thought that it would shake and give away her rising nerves.
    She wasn’t sure what to do or what to say. Here was her big chance to look Edward in the eye and tell him what a bastard he had been to her by cheating on her and how she wanted him to suffer but she couldn’t find the strength to confront him, not even with Apollyon at her back.
    Edward stepped towards her, his dark look shifting to reveal a charming smile. She had fallen for that smile before and it wasn’t going to happen again. He had broken her heart and she would never forgive him for it, and she would never believe a word he said because of it.
    “I’ve never seen you like this, Serenity... so passionate... sensual... just talk to me. I was a fool, I made a mistake... I never realised just how good you were for me.” Edward reached out to her and she stared at his hand, her heart beating painfully against her ribs. She shook all over, afraid of making the wrong move and confused. “I want you back.”
    Serenity looked into his eyes. He was being honest. She didn’t need a spell to see that. Why though? Why was he suddenly interested in her again when he hadn’t even looked back when she had dumped him for cheating on her?
    “Just talk to me.” Edward smiled. “I want you back... I’ll do anything.”
    Cold crept through her when she sensed Apollyon step back, away from her, as though he thought she had already made her decision and was going to leave. She wasn’t sure what she was going to do. Edward had cheated on her. He had betrayed her trust. He had hurt her so badly that she had asked for revenge and Apollyon had given it to her and so much more.
    He had fixed her heart.
    He had brought her smile back and made her feel alive again.
    Was that what Edward was seeing now? Were the feelings Apollyon brought to life in her, the happiness and the passion, what he wanted from her? She couldn’t give that to him. He had never made her feel as Apollyon did.
    Serenity looked over her shoulder at Apollyon, right into his blue eyes, and saw his feelings in them. The same look shone in their depths that had been there earlier when they had been in the kitchen and he had said that he had been alone for too long. He didn’t want to be alone anymore.
    He wanted to be with her.
    It all seemed so impossible, so ridiculous, but she wanted to be with him too and she knew in her heart the reason why.
    She was falling for him.
    She was falling in love with an angel.
    Serenity looked at Edward and stepped back, until Apollyon’s body was against hers again. He wrapped his strong arms around her from behind, linking his hands over her chest, holding her flush against his, so close that she felt he wouldn’t let her go. She didn’t want him to. She wanted him to hold on to her forever.
    “I don’t love you anymore,” she said to Edward and shook her head. “I hope you feel as lousy as I did.”
    She closed her eyes when Apollyon pressed a kiss to her bare shoulder.
    Edward cursed at her and Apollyon held her closer. She sought the comfort of his embrace and how safe it made her feel, and opened her eyes and cursed back at Edward in her head and with all of her heart. She wasn’t brave enough to curse him properly, condemning him as Apollyon would, but she did manage to work her way through several sexually transmitted