shoulders, down my arms and back to take my waist, confirming I was truly there.
With a final kiss that left me weak, he cupped my cheeks and looked disbelievingly at me. “Is it really you? Have you really come for me?”
The slow, loud knock at the door went unnoticed by him.
“Brax,” I said, tilting my head to the door.
“Oh, right.” Opening the door, his face was transformed from loving to murderous rage on seeing Moore. “You!” he spat.
Caught off guard, Moore backed up as Brax charged him.
“Brax, don’t,” I shouted, grabbing his arm and pulling him off. “Brax, stop it.”
“That bastard…”
“He helped me find you, Brax. I would have been lost without him. I would have never found you.”
His chest rose and fell as every angry breath seeped through his tightened lips. “He’s the reason I’m out here. Him and his insane sister. Have you already forgotten what they did, Lux? For crying out loud, they killed my uncle, they almost killed us. They unleashed a room full of demons.” He turned away and passed his hand through his hair with harsh and aggressive motions. “Damn it. I can’t believe you came here with him.”
“Brax, what happened to your uncle wasn’t Moore’s fault. It was Shayne. And Moore is trying to fight it. He’s being good.”
“Good?” Brax glared at me, his brow cocked with indignant disbelief.
“I think I would have preferred you not find me at all rather than show up here with him on your arm.” He shot Moore a hate-filled grimace.
“Brax, I had to find you. You have to come back. You're untrained and it’s dangerous for you to be out here on your own. And the estate… it needs tending and you're the rightful owner, and there is just so much to take care of.”
“Well then, you came all the way out here for nothing, Lux. I’m not going back. I’ve had it with this supernatural stuff. It was hell when my parents disappeared and I was just starting to get readjusted when…” His balled his fist and glared once again at Moore. Shaking his head, he looked at me. “I can’t go back. I want out of this insanity. I want to be normal, to live a normal life. I’m not cut out for this demon world you live in.”
“I know, but you live in this world too. I know this is all hard and that’s why I want to help. You have to let me help you, Brax.” I pulled him into my arms, feeling his tension and his anger. “I came to help you.”
After a moment, his body relaxed and he sat on the sofa.
“I also need to know what happened,” I said.
“What happened? What do you mean, what happened?”
“Since that night… since the death of your uncle…”
“Murder,” he corrected with a deadly glare at Moore.
“Since the murder of your uncle, I’ve been having these dreams. And just recently, when I awoke from such a dream, I saw them.”
“Them? Who’s them?”
“Your parents, Brax. I saw them, only not in human form. They told me to help you, to save you. They want me to keep you from turning into them.” I sat beside him and grasped his hand.
He snorted. “That’s impossible. They’re dead.”
“I know, Brax.”
“What are you saying, that they…?”
“They weren’t…” I fought to find the best way of breaking it to him. “They were like… like demons, though they clearly loved you and wanted you to be saved.”
Moore sat across from us and propped his elbows on his knees. “What were they investigating?”
Brax fell back into the cushions and sighed. ons andpoI don’t know. They didn’t really tell me much. They said it was too dangerous and the less I knew the better off I was.”
“Maybe it’s time you found out,” I said. “They wanted me to save you from becoming like them, Brax. Surely their turning has something to do with whatever they were investigating.”
“Demons,” he muttered, his voice an agonized
With a final kiss that left me weak, he cupped my cheeks and looked disbelievingly at me. “Is it really you? Have you really come for me?”
The slow, loud knock at the door went unnoticed by him.
“Brax,” I said, tilting my head to the door.
“Oh, right.” Opening the door, his face was transformed from loving to murderous rage on seeing Moore. “You!” he spat.
Caught off guard, Moore backed up as Brax charged him.
“Brax, don’t,” I shouted, grabbing his arm and pulling him off. “Brax, stop it.”
“That bastard…”
“He helped me find you, Brax. I would have been lost without him. I would have never found you.”
His chest rose and fell as every angry breath seeped through his tightened lips. “He’s the reason I’m out here. Him and his insane sister. Have you already forgotten what they did, Lux? For crying out loud, they killed my uncle, they almost killed us. They unleashed a room full of demons.” He turned away and passed his hand through his hair with harsh and aggressive motions. “Damn it. I can’t believe you came here with him.”
“Brax, what happened to your uncle wasn’t Moore’s fault. It was Shayne. And Moore is trying to fight it. He’s being good.”
“Good?” Brax glared at me, his brow cocked with indignant disbelief.
“I think I would have preferred you not find me at all rather than show up here with him on your arm.” He shot Moore a hate-filled grimace.
“Brax, I had to find you. You have to come back. You're untrained and it’s dangerous for you to be out here on your own. And the estate… it needs tending and you're the rightful owner, and there is just so much to take care of.”
“Well then, you came all the way out here for nothing, Lux. I’m not going back. I’ve had it with this supernatural stuff. It was hell when my parents disappeared and I was just starting to get readjusted when…” His balled his fist and glared once again at Moore. Shaking his head, he looked at me. “I can’t go back. I want out of this insanity. I want to be normal, to live a normal life. I’m not cut out for this demon world you live in.”
“I know, but you live in this world too. I know this is all hard and that’s why I want to help. You have to let me help you, Brax.” I pulled him into my arms, feeling his tension and his anger. “I came to help you.”
After a moment, his body relaxed and he sat on the sofa.
“I also need to know what happened,” I said.
“What happened? What do you mean, what happened?”
“Since that night… since the death of your uncle…”
“Murder,” he corrected with a deadly glare at Moore.
“Since the murder of your uncle, I’ve been having these dreams. And just recently, when I awoke from such a dream, I saw them.”
“Them? Who’s them?”
“Your parents, Brax. I saw them, only not in human form. They told me to help you, to save you. They want me to keep you from turning into them.” I sat beside him and grasped his hand.
He snorted. “That’s impossible. They’re dead.”
“I know, Brax.”
“What are you saying, that they…?”
“They weren’t…” I fought to find the best way of breaking it to him. “They were like… like demons, though they clearly loved you and wanted you to be saved.”
Moore sat across from us and propped his elbows on his knees. “What were they investigating?”
Brax fell back into the cushions and sighed. ons andpoI don’t know. They didn’t really tell me much. They said it was too dangerous and the less I knew the better off I was.”
“Maybe it’s time you found out,” I said. “They wanted me to save you from becoming like them, Brax. Surely their turning has something to do with whatever they were investigating.”
“Demons,” he muttered, his voice an agonized
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