by Kailin Gow
“Lux,” Moore said, his breathing shallow and ragged as he gripped my hand. “I had to. I had to let Asher take the fall. Shayne would have accused you. She had already prepared a whole story to accuse you of Asher’s death and she would have used that same story for Kingsley. You came to school with the bad reputation, the bad girl image. All she had to do was remind everyone of that.”
“Look, I don’t care.” I ripped my hand from his hold and held it up to keep him at bay. “I don’t care about your reasons. I don’t care about your excuses. All this time, Moore, you’ve been playing with my emotions, playing with my attraction for you when all you’ve really wanted was to feed off my soul. Well you and your beautiful sister can go to hell.”
“You’ve got it all wrong, Lux,” he whispered. “My attraction to you started out as a game, I admit that, and, damn it, I know the little demon in me may have been cruel at times, but beneath all that playing I had growing feelings for you, strong feelings. I wanted you from the very first moment I saw you. I knew you were going to rearrange my life. I’m cruel and spoiled. And one of the Beautiful Ones, who rule Shadowlight. Then you showed up, breaking through the bond between Brax, me, and Shayne. Then that night when we had sex, I couldn’t have sex with anyone else. I haven’t been able to kiss another girl. I just want you. And now…”
“And now, it’s over.”
“No.” The softness of his voice gave way to heated passion as he shoved my restraining hand aside, pushed me back to the wall and pressed up against me. “This is not over,” he rasped into my face.
Burning with anger and fearful his passionate spell would take over once again, I ripped my crucifix from around my neck and reached up, holding it just inches from his brow.
He stared at me. “I’m not the demon you think I am,” he whispered.
“You're not human either.” My lips pressed together in determination. I had to slay him, but my fingers refused to approach him.
“You're condemning me for something I have no control over.”
“That doesn’t excuse what you are, Moore.”
“Then slay me.” He leaned in close, pressing his brow to mine. “Slay me as you have so many demons before me. I’d rather be slain by you than to die without you in my life, Lux. All this time I’ve been crying out for help, asking for salvation from becoming a full demon, all I get are intense dreams of blinding light. I can’t figure it out to save my own soul…so when Shayne offered a solution, it was all I had. I’m so desperate to get out from under this curse, I’d listen to any crazy plan.”
That spellbound sensation I’d always felt around him began to resurface, slowly pushing aside all logical thought and leaving only raw emotions and the purest sense of love.
He wove his fingers through mine, leaving my crucifix to dangle on its chain. Tenderly, but with enough force, he pushed my hand against the wall.
“I’m a product of my parents’ inability to control themselves, to avoid contact with demons. I’ve lived my life doing everything within my power to turn my back on the dark side and follow the light.” He cocked his head lightly to the side, a shy smile curving his lips. “Maybe that’s why I was so instantly drawn to you… Lux… the light…it finally made sense. You’re the girl for me.”
“All my life,” I said. “I’ve been trained to destroy demons. I was brought here, to Shadowlight, to rid it of the demons that roam the halls. You and Shayne are two of those. I can’t close my eyes to what you are and simply allow you to continue to exist.”
“And what of the human in me? What of the angel? Don’t they matter?” He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply while his fingers tightened around mine. “I need your help, Lux,” he said.
When he opened his eyes, I saw his soul for the first time; the soul of the beautiful being he was.
“The dark side tugs at me… every day. Every day is a battle as I seek out the light, but darkness is everywhere, and fighting it has become increasingly difficult. I need you. I need your light, your strength. The spell I spun wasn’t as powerful as you’ve always thought. That passion, that desire to be with me… it came from you, Lux. You really felt all those feelings for me. Whenever your blood burned for me, whenever you want to run your fingers through my hair, to kiss me, it’s all coming from within you. From deep within your soul, Lux. Don’t turn the other way now, not when I need you the most.”
Remnants of a dream. The sensations that had filled me, haunted my dreams so many times. The pull of darkness. The unfathomable desire to keep him in the light. The slip of his fingers through mine. Losing him; time and again, losing him to the abyss of darkness. “You,” I whispered. “All along, it was you.” One of the greatest love I will come to know…the boy in my dreams…
“Help me, Lux,” he said simply.
I knew then, there wasn’t anything I wouldn’t do to help him, to keep him from the clutches of the dark side. If I lost him, I would lose my soul.
*****
Orta recens quam pura nites Newly risen, how brightly you shine
Lux, Brax, Moore, Asher, and Shayne’s story continues in
Book 2 of Shadowlight Series
Magic Over Boys
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The Beautiful Boys
The Shadowlight Academy Series is a Reverse Harem, Bully Romance NA Academy Series
Books in this series are:
The Beautiful Boys
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Magic Over Boys
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Gone Rogue
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SOCIETY OF SUPERNATURAL SLEUTHS
A Reverse Harem New Adult Paranormal Romance Series
Scarlet’s Three
My name is Scarlet, and I live in strange times. The year is 1890, and Queen Victoria is our Queen. It is a glorious time, where we have steamships, inventions, and exploration.
When I received a mysterious letter from my father's friend, Sherlock Holmes, I am whisked into a world of magic and mystery. A world I never knew exist, until I was able to discover devices from this world. The supernatural world.
I am new to this world, but when I meet a handsome stranger one mysterious night, I am soon initiated into the heart of it. Commissioned to help solve a mystery. Turns out I have some gifts and talents.
Needed for the Society of Supernatural Sleuths.
**Society of Supernatural Sleuths is a 3-book Series, featuring Reverse Harem, mystery, steamy scenes appropriate for mature audiences. This is the edgier, New Adult version of Kailin Gow's YA series, Steampunk Scarlett, rewritten for mature YA and New Adult readers and featuring Reverse Harem, as it was originally intended.
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